| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arvid Benjamin Smit[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-12-12)12 December 1980 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Netherlands women (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kolping Boys | |||
| ADO '20 | |||
| DEM | |||
| Haarlem | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Telstar | 66 | (8) |
| 2002 | →De Graafschap (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2002–2007 | PSV | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | →De Graafschap (loan) | 26 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | →Groningen (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | →Willem II (loan) | 35 | (6) |
| 2007 | →Marítimo (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Marítimo | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | →União Leiria (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Volendam | 11 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Telstar | 20 | (2) |
| Total | 224 | (27) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Telstar (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | DEM | ||
| 2019– | Netherlands women (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arvid Benjamin Smit (born 12 December 1980) is a Dutchfootball coach and former professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder. He is the assistant coach for theNetherlands women's national team.[2]
Smit was born inHeerhugowaard,North Holland. After impressing withTelstar in thesecond division, he was signed by country giantsPSV Eindhoven in 2002, but would appear very rarely officially for his new team and never in theEredivisie, going on to serve three loans in the country, always in the top flight.
In January 2007, still owned by PSV, Smit moved to Portugal'sC.S. Marítimo, making his first appearance on the 29th in thelocal derby ofMadeira againstC.D. Nacional.[3] After a good spell – he started in all thePrimeira Liga games duringthe season, completing all but one – the move was made permanent, but he was deemed surplus to requirements shortly after, which prompted a new January move, also in the country, as he joined (on loan)U.D. Leiria.
Smit returned to his country in the 2008 summer, signing with top-level sideFC Volendam. After having appeared sparingly throughoutthe campaign, he dropped down a category and returned to his first professional club, Telstar, retiring from professional football in July 2011 at the age of 30.
