Max Smallcombe

Max Smallcombe
Personal information
Full name Max Frederick Smallcombe[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Truro, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2016 Exeter City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Exeter City 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Bideford (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2019 → Tiverton Town (loan) 25 (1)
2019–2020 Bideford 16 (2)
2020–2021 Bodmin Town
2021–2023 Loughborough Students 49 (5)
International career
Wales U16
2015–2016 Wales U17 4 (0)
Wales U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Max Frederick Smallcombe (born 27 March 1999) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Smallcombe came through the Exeter City Academy to make his first-team debut on 30 August 2016, in a 4–2 defeat at Oxford United in an EFL Trophy group stage match.[3] He turned professional at Exeter in April 2017, having successfully captained the youth team to a league title in the 2016–17 season.[4]

He started the 2017–18 season on loan at Southern League Division One West club Bideford.[5] He scored his first goals in senior football with a brace on 2 September, helping the "Robins" to a 5–1 victory over Bishop's Cleeve in an FA Cup qualification match at The Sports Ground.[6] Manager Sean William Joyce went on to praise his professionalism, stating that he was badly missed by the team after he picked up a hamstring injury in September.[7]

On 28 September 2019, Smallcombe returned to Bideford.[8]

International career

Smallcome made his debut for the Wales under-17 team in a UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification victory over the Netherlands at Dragon Park on 22 October 2015, and went on to win a total of four caps.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Exeter City 2016–17[11] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2017–18[12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Bideford (loan) 2017–18[13] SFL - Division One West 5 0 3 2 — 0 0 8 2
Career total 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 9 2
  1. ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Exeter City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 79. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ Max Smallcombe at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Oxford United 4 Exeter City 2: Match report". exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Five academy players set to put pen to paper on pro contracts at Exeter City". exetercityfc.co.uk. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. ^ Smart, Matt. "Bideford ready for first game of Evo-Stik League South West season". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ Barker, Adam. "Bideford AFC 5 vs. 1 Bishops Cleeve - 2 September 2017 - Bideford AFC - Bideford AFC". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ^ Byrom, David (4 October 2017). "Bideford boss Sean Joyce praises Exeter City over on loan duo". devonlive. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  8. ^ TEAMS: Today's teams for the visit of @AFCTotton..., twitter.com, 28 September 2019
  9. ^ "Smallcombe, Max - The Grecian Archive". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Under-17 - Max Smallcombe – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by Max Smallcombe in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Max Smallcombe in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Max Smallcombe - Bideford AFC - Bideford AFC". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.