Luka Smyth
_06.jpg) Smyth with VPS II in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luka Benjamin Smyth | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Australia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Notts County | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sydney FC | |||
| Central Coast Mariners | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Sydney FC II | 25 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Central Coast Mariners II | 25 | (10) |
| 2024–2025 | VPS II | 8 | (16) |
| 2024–2026 | VPS | 21 | (7) |
| 2026– | Notts County | 3 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026 | |||
Luka Benjamin Smyth (born 25 February 2004) is an Australian professional soccer player, playing as a centre forward for EFL League One club Notts County.[1][2][3][4]
Club career
On 9 October 2024, his deal with VPS was extended until the end of 2026.[5]
On 27 July 2026, Smyth joined newly promoted EFL League One club Notts County on an initial three-year deal for €150,000 transfer fee.[6][7][8]
Career statistics
- As of 23 July 2026
| Club | Season | League | National
cup[a] |
League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sydney FC II | 2022 | NPL NSW | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | NPL NSW | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Central Coast Mariners | 2023–24 | A-League Men | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central Coast Mariners II | 2023 | NPL NSW | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | NPL NSW | 23 | 10 | – | – | – | 23 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||
| VPS Akatemia | 2024 | Kolmonen | 4 | 11 | – | – | – | 4 | 11 | |||
| 2025 | Kakkonen | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | ||
| VPS | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 22 | 12 | ||
| Total | 21 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Notts County | 2026–27 | League One | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 2 | |
| Career total | 79 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 45 | ||
- ↑ Includes Australia Cup and Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
- ↑ Luka Smyth vahvistaa Vaasan Palloseuraa - keskusteli ennen saapumistaan Vepsulle tutun australialaispelaajan kanssa!, vepsu.fi, 8 August 2024
- ↑ VPS vahvistuu uudella hyökkääjällä, suomifutis.com, 8 August 2024
- ↑ Kucharski and Smyth eyeing first team minutes, sydneyfc.com, 21 September 2022
- ↑ VPS plockar in anfallare från Australien, Svenska Yle, 8 August 2024
- ↑ Luka Smyth jatkosopimukseen Vaasan Palloseuran kanssa!, vepsu.fi, 9 October 2024
- ↑ "SIGNING: LUKA SMYTH". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Luka Smyth: Notts County sign Australian forward from Finnish side VPS". BBC Sport. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Notts County set to beat AFC Wimbledon to to[sic €150,000 striker signing], the72.co.uk, 23 July 2026
External links
- Luka Smyth at Soccerway
- Luka Smyth stats at Finnish FA
Categories:
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Australian men's soccer players
- Men's association football forwards
- Central Coast Mariners Academy players
- Sydney FC players
- Central Coast Mariners FC players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Notts County F.C. players
- National Premier Leagues Men's players
- Kolmonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen