Wrexham

Sam Smith

A striker whose finishing rate has stayed high wherever he has played, scoring close to a goal every other game across spells at Cambridge and Reading. He is not the type to drop deep, preferring to stay close to goal and wait for a chance.
England Wrexham FWD
Appearances
5
Goals
0

Season Snapshot

Minutes played
145
29.00 per match
Goals
0
Shots on Target
2
Assists
0

Season Stats

Appearances
5
Minutes played
145
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
4
Shots on Target
2

League Rankings

Among EFL Championship 2026/27 forwards

Goals
56th of 56
Shots on target
63rd of 105
Shots
58th of 118
Assists
32nd of 32
👻 Ghost Players #73 of 362
😈 Bad Boys #197 of 397
💪 Workhorses #207 of 362
👑 Assist Kings #272 of 352
🎯 Pass Master #405 of 510
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WRE
WRE
18:45
Tue 8 Sep
BUR
BUR
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WHU
WHU
19:00
Fri 11 Sep
WRE
WRE
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WRE
WRE
14:00
Sat 19 Sep
SOU
SOU
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DER
DER
14:00
Sat 10 Oct
WRE
WRE
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WRE
WRE
18:45
Tue 13 Oct
WBA
WBA

Sam Smith, The Forward Who Finishes Chances

His scoring rate has stayed close to a goal every other game across two very different clubs.

Smith worked through a string of loan spells early in his career before finding real consistency at Cambridge United, where he scored heavily enough to earn a permanent return to Reading. His output there stayed just as high. Manager Phil Parkinson described him simply as a striker who has done really well over recent seasons, a modest description for a forward who has rarely gone quiet for long at either club.

Wrexham paid a club record fee to bring that scoring rate into the Championship, betting that a player built almost entirely around finishing chances rather than creating them can keep producing at a tougher level. The obvious tension is whether a striker who has thrived mostly in League One and League Two gets the same volume of chances against Championship defences. Those defences sit deeper and concede far less space in behind.

The Rest Of The Squad

27 players

Goalkeepers

22
Anthony Patterson
Millwall · Age 26
5 apps
25
Callum Burton
Age 30
0 apps
21
Danny Ward
Age 33
0 apps

Defenders

2
Callum Doyle
Age 22
5 apps 1g
30
Danny Imray
West Bromwich Albion · Age 23
5 apps 1g 2a
5
Dominic Hyam
Scotland · Age 30
5 apps
12
Issa Kaboré
Age 25
3 apps
3
Jacques Ekomié
Age 23
3 apps 1g
4
Max Cleworth
Age 24
3 apps
26
Zak Vyner
Age 29
3 apps
34
Aaron James
Age 21
0 apps
—
Joe Worrall
Burnley · Age 29
0 apps
13
Liberato Cacace
New Zealand · Age 25
0 apps

Midfielders

8
Benjamin Whiteman
Preston North End · Age 30
5 apps
27
Lewis O'Brien
Age 27
5 apps 1a
20
Oliver Rathbone
Age 29
5 apps
47
Ryan Longman
Age 25
5 apps
17
Callum O'Hare
Sheffield United · Age 28
4 apps 1g
37
Matty James
Age 35
4 apps
10
Josh Windass
Age 32
3 apps 1a
14
George Thomason
Age 25
2 apps
15
George Dobson
Age 28
1 app
18
Ben Sheaf
Age 28
0 apps
23
Sebastian Revan
Burton Albion · Age 23
0 apps

Forwards

19
Kieffer Moore
Age 34
5 apps 2g
33
Nathan Broadhead
Age 28
3 apps
11
Bailey Cadamarteri
Age 21
2 apps
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