_(cropped).jpg) Smith in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alistair Oluwashaun Smith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-05-19)19 May 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Beverley, England[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Wimbledon | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Mansfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Mansfield Town | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | →Loughborough Dynamo (loan) | ||
| 2018 | →Frickley Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | →Kettering Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Altrincham (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | Altrincham | 30 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Sutton United | 68 | (13) |
| 2023–2025 | Lincoln City | 25 | (1) |
| 2024 | →Colchester United (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | →AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 45 | (6) |
| 2025– | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:03, 23 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alistair Oluwashaun Smith (born 19 May 1999) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forEFL League One clubAFC Wimbledon.
A product ofMansfield Town's academy,[3][4] Smith spent loan spells atLoughborough Dynamo andFrickley Athletic.[3][5][6] He made his first-team debut for Mansfield on 13 November 2018, in theFootball League Trophy,[7][8] and signed a new 18-month contract with the club in January 2019.[4] He made his first appearance of the 2019–20 season on 13 August 2019, in theEFL Cup.[9] He joinedKettering Town on a one-month loan on 31 January 2020.[10]
In November 2020 he moved on loan toNational League sideAltrincham.[11] After making eleven league appearances for the Robins, Smith joinedAltrincham on a permanent basis on 15 January 2021 by signing an 18-month contract with the club.[12][13] He returned to the Football League with newly promotedSutton United in July 2021.[14] He won the Young Player of the Year award for the 2022–23 season.[15]
On 12 June 2023, it was confirmed that Smith would be joiningLincoln City signing a two-year contract on a free transfer following the expiration of his Sutton United contract.[16][17] On 5 August 2023, he made his Lincoln City debut coming off the bench againstBolton Wanderers.[18] His first goal came againstExeter City on 28 October 2023.[19]
In January 2024, Smith joined League Two clubColchester United on loan for the remainder of the season.[20][21]
On 1 July, Smith joinedAFC Wimbledon on loan for the 2024–25 season.[22] Following the end of the2024–25 season Smith was released by Lincoln City.[23]
On 23 June 2025, AFC Wimbledon announced the signing of Smith to a two-year contract, from 1 July 2025 once his Lincoln City contract has expired.[24] He made his second debut againstLuton Town on the opening day of the season.[25]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mansfield Town | 2018–19[26] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20[27] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[28] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Kettering Town (loan) | 2019–20[26] | National League North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Altrincham | 2020–21[27] | National League | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| Sutton United | 2021–22[29] | League Two | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 9 |
| 2022–23[30] | League Two | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 5 | |
| Total | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 14 | ||
| Lincoln City | 2023–24[31] | League One | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 2024–25[32] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Colchester United (loan) | 2023–24[31] | League Two | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2024–25[32] | League Two | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 54 | 6 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 2025–26[33] | League One | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Career total | 206 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 245 | 27 | ||
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