Profile
Season stats
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 central defender at FC St. Pauli, rated 51.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 222nd of 325 on scout potential 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 37 → 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 17.1 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
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 91.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
