Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.
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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2314 | 6.88 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 322 | 7.83 |
Smith's current-season form is down 29% on last season (Season 38→27), while his Rating eased 65→52. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | FC St. Pauli · 18th | 27 | 2 | 2 | 6.88 | 52 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | FC St. Pauli · 14th | 32 | 1 | 1 | 7.04 | 65 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | FC St. Pauli · 1st | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7.13 | 60 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | FC St. Pauli · 5th | 26 | 2 | 1 | 7.04 | 61 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | FC St. Pauli · 5th | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6.81 | 56 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | IFK Norrkoping · 6th | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 37 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
E. Smith is a 29-year-old central defender at FC St. Pauli, rated 51.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 221st of 325 in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (91.8% 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 27 — 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 38 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 52, 34th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 29 Smith is in his prime years, and a market index of 47.4 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.
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.
With a Rating of 51.9, Smith carries the 34th-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.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~86), then tapers with age. At 29, Smith sits on 47.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Smith's projected Rating — 51.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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