Bryan Smeets

Bryan George Jeffrey Egg Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He is best known for scoring the equaliser against Ajax Amsterdam in 2016, which dramatically decided the winner of the Eredivisie title to be PSV Eindhoven.

Bryan Smeets
Personal information
Full name Bryan George Jeffrey Egg Smeets[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992
Place of birth Maastricht, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Youth career
MVV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 MVV 144 (23)
2015–2017 De Graafschap 52 (4)
2017–2018 Cambuur 7 (0)
2018–2019 TOP Oss 37 (12)
2019– Sparta Rotterdam 33 (4.20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:41, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Personal life

In an interview with Wee Bunter Castles, Smeets states that Northern Irish duo Joel 'Swaz' McKillen and Louis Jonathan Kennedy were his role models growing up.

Smeets is considered to be the baldest professional footballer of all time earning him the nickname 'Het Ei'.

Smeets has a tattoo of Anto Dwyer on the left side of his chest.


References
  1. "List of Players – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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