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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of FC St. Pauli's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences and 1 suspension (injury, heel). He still appeared 27 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2314 | 6.88 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 322 | 7.83 |
Scout report
E. Smith is a 29-year-old full-back at FC St. Pauli, rated 48.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 221st of 325 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (75.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.88 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smith.
Judged on this season alone, Smith graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga, on 4 clean sheets and 2.878 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 37 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 33rd of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 29 Smith is in his prime years, and a market index of 15.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Smith missed 5 games through injury and 1 suspension (injury, heel) out of roughly 34 this season. The 27 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
2.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 75.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 48.5, Smith carries the 33rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Bundesliga of 52, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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