Milan Smit (born 13 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for club

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

Career

Cambuur

He made his professional debut in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

appearing for

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

at the

Cambuur Stadion The Cambuur Stadion () is a football stadium in the east side of the city of Leeuwarden, Netherlands. It was used for the home matches of SC Cambuur. The stadium is able to hold 10,500 people and it opened on 12 September 1936. Currently, the clu ...

in a 2–1 defeat to

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

on 3 April 2022. Smit scored his first professional goal when he bagged a 95th minute equaliser against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

at the Cambuur Stadion in the Eredivisie on 6 May 2022. Smit voiced to the media that such a goal was a prime motivator to him over the summer of 2022 to prove that he was more than a "one goal wonder". Smit would go on to be the top scorer for the club during the 2023-24 season, with nineteen league goals. In August 2024, a fee was reportedly agreed of around €900,000, excluding add-ons, for his transfer to Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.

Go Ahead Eagles

On 26 August 2024, Smit signed a four-season contract with

. Upon his signing the club’s technical manager

Paul Bosvelt Paul Bosvelt (, born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles. As a player he was a midfielder who notably played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Feyenoord and ...

noted that he was already in his fourth season in professional football, despite being only the age of 21 years-old, describing him as "a talented attacker with scoring ability who can hopefully develop further with us.” He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2024 in the

in a 2-1 away win against

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on 18 January 2025, scoring a 95th minute winning goal in a 2-1 home victory against

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

. He scored in the penalty shootout in the final of the 2024-25 KNVB Cup as

won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

on 21 April 2025.

Honours

Go Ahead Eagles *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...

: 2024–25

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smit, Milan 2003 births Sportspeople from Hoogeveen Footballers from Drenthe Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SC Cambuur players Go Ahead Eagles players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen