Matthew Smith
26 yrs · Defensive midfielder (also CM) · Wales
St. Johnstone FC · Scottish Premiership · Foot: right · Height: 175 cm
Contract: Data unavailable
No model evaluation for this player. MoneyballAI evaluates players with at least 450 league minutes last season in leagues where match-level player data is available from the current free source (14 European top divisions). Market value and transfer history are still shown below.
Market value
€200k
Updated 6 days ago
Estimated acquisition
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Estimated · 20–80% range
Model value
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Performance-implied · estimated
Projected (24m)
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Resale range · estimated
Potential value gap
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Model value − acquisition
Market value history
Market value ≠ transfer fee ≠ acquisition cost.
Highest recorded: €1.5M
Season-by-season (domestic league)
Context-adjusted values are model outputs.
| Season | Club | League | Pos | Apps | Min | Min share | G | A | G+A/90 | Adj. G+A/90 | Opp. Elo | Team Elo | League str. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | St. Johnstone FC | Scottish Premiership | CM | 20 | 1278 | 43% | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 1253 | 1081 | 0.34 |
| 2023/24 | St. Johnstone FC | Scottish Premiership | CM | 30 | 2380 | 80% | 1 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 1269 | 1105 | 0.34 |
Cups & continental competitions
| Season | Competition | Club | Apps | Min | G | A | Avg opp. Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Scottish Fa Cup | St. Johnstone FC | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | — |
Small continental samples are shown for context only and are not over-weighted.
Historical comparables
Most similar profiles 2+ years ago (same position group) and what happened next. Chosen by similarity only — failures included.
No comparables computed for this player.
Transfer history
Fees as reported by the source; undisclosed fees shown as unknown, never estimated.
| Date | From | To | Fee | MV at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2025 | St. Johnstone | Newport County | Free / loan | €400k |
| 5 Aug 2023 | MK Dons | St. Johnstone | Unknown | €400k |
| 31 Jan 2022 | Man City U23 | MK Dons | Unknown | €800k |
| 30 Jan 2022 | Hull City | Man City U23 | Free / loan | €800k |
| 6 Aug 2021 | Man City U23 | Hull City | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 31 May 2021 | Doncaster | Man City U23 | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 16 Oct 2020 | Man City U23 | Doncaster | Free / loan | €900k |
| 31 Jul 2020 | Charlton | Man City U23 | Free / loan | €900k |
| 31 Jan 2020 | Man City U23 | Charlton | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 30 Jan 2020 | QPR | Man City U23 | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 1 Jul 2019 | Man City U23 | QPR | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 30 Jun 2019 | FC Twente | Man City U23 | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 3 Jul 2018 | Man City U23 | FC Twente | Free / loan | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2017 | Man City U18 | Man City U23 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2016 | Man City Youth | Man City U18 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2013 | West Brom Yth. | Man City Youth | Unknown | Data unavailable |
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