Sylvia Smit


Sylvia Smit is a Dutch former footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen and the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League. She also had 106 appearances for the football team">association football">football team.

Club career

Smit's career started at amateur clubs SETA, SPW and SC Stadskanaal. In 2002, she joined Oranje Nassau, winning the KNVB Women's Cup in her third and final season at the club. She then joined Be Quick '28 in 2005 and was the top scorer of the Hoofdklasse. When the professional Dutch women's league, the Eredivisie Vrouwen, was formed in 2007, she joined FC Twente for the league's inaugural season and won her second Dutch Cup at the club. In 2008, she joined SC Heerenveen and was the Eredivisie top scorer for two consecutive seasons, with 14 goals in 2008–09 and 11 goals in 2009–10.
She joined PEC [Zwolle (women)|FC Zwolle] in 2011 and when the Belgian and Dutch leagues merged creating the BeNe League. She played the inaugural season for the club.
On 1 August 2014, she returned to SC Heerenveen and signed a one-year contract.
On 11 June 2015, it was announced she was joining DTS Ede in the Dutch Topklasse.

International career

On 6 August 2004 Smit debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, playing the first half of a 2–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Zeist.
Smit also featured in the Dutch run to the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, playing all of the Netherlands five matches in the tournament and scoring a goal.
On 25 November 2012, she earned her 100th cap for the national team in a friendly match against Wales at Velsen, scoring the first goal of the 2–0 Dutch win.
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Smit in his Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. She came on as a substitute in the tournament against Iceland on 17 July 2013, her final appearance for the Netherlands.

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 September 2004Sportpark De Wending, Heerhugowaard, Netherlands1–01–2Friendly
2.20 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands3–04–02007 [FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 5|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]
3.20 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands4–04–02007 FIFA Women's [World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 5|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]
4.24 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands3–04–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.22 November 2006Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands3–05–0Friendly
6.26 August 2007Veronica Stadium, Volendam, Netherlands2–02–1UEFA [Women's Euro 2009 qualifying#Group 4|2009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification]
7.4 May 2008Univé Stadion, Emmen, Netherlands2–12–2Friendly
8.7 March 2009GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus1–21–22009 Cyprus Cup
9.12 March 2009GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus2–05–02009 Cyprus Cup
10.25 April 2009Kórinn Stadium, Kópavogur, Iceland1–11–1Friendly
11.29 August 2009Lahden Stadion, Lahti, Finland1–02–12009 UEFA Women's Euro
12.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands2–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands5–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands6–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands11–113–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands12–113–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands13–113–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18.24 February 2010GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus2–04–12010 Cyprus Cup
19.3 March 2010GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus2–04–02010 Cyprus Cup
20.3 March 2010GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus3–04–02010 Cyprus Cup
21.27 March 2010Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands1–02–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22.22 April 2010Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo, Macedonia3–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.6 June 2010Sportpark De Dorens, Loenhout, Belgium2–02–0Friendly
24.15 December 2010Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil3–13–12010 Torneio Internacional Cidade de [São Paulo de Futebol Feminino|2010 Torneio Internacional]
25.3 April 2011Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands2–06–2Friendly
26.3 April 2011Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands3–06–2Friendly
27.22 October 2011Gradski stadion, Vrbovec, Croatia3–03–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 6|2013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification]
28.6 March 2012Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus1–02–22012 Cyprus Cup
29.6 March 2012Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus2–22–22012 Cyprus Cup
30.25 November 2012Telstar Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands1–02–0Friendly

Honours

;Oranje Nassau
;FC Twente
;DTS Ede

Post-career

In 2018, Smit was knighted by the Royal [Dutch Football Association|KNVB]. In 2022, she was an assistant coach for the Dutch women's under-16 team.