Andy Smith

Early career

Smith started out playing for Lisburn Youth in Drumbo, and Shankill Boys as a child. Smith began his career in the Irish League First Division with Ballyclare Comrades, before he was signed by English First Division side Sheffield United in September 1999. He had a two-month loan spell at Second Division club Bury in December 2000. In total, he played ten games for the "Blades" in the 2000–01 campaign and also featured three times for the "Shakers". He struggled with ankle and shoulder injuries at Bramall Lane. He was loaned out to Glenavon in November 2001, and scored three goals in 13 Irish League Premier Division games.

Glentoran

Smith returned to Northern Ireland on a permanent basis when he signed with Glentoran in February 2002, and scored two goals in ten league games in the remainder of the 2001–02 campaign. He had a prolific 2002–03 season to help Glentoran win a treble (the league title, County Antrim Shield, and Irish League Cup), scoring 35 goals in all competitions, and was described as a "fans favourite" due to his "peroxide blonde" hair and "cheeky goal celebrations". His goal tally included a 12-minute hat-trick in a 6–1 win over Institute on New Year's Eve. He played in the League Cup final, a 2–0 win over Linfield at Windsor Park. He scored a goal as Glentoran lifted the County Antrim Shield with a 3–0 victory over Ballymena United. The "Glens" could have won a quadruple, but lost 1–0 Coleraine in the final of the Irish Cup…

Smith won a cap for the Northern Ireland B team in a game against Scotland Future in May 2003. He played well in the game, and as a result was called up to the full Northern Ireland squad by manager Sammy McIlroy to play against Italy on 3 June 2003. He continued to play in the Northern Ireland team under new manager Lawrie Sanchez. His final international appearance came in a 4–1 friendly defeat to Germany on 5 June 2005.

Smith was a forward with stamina and fitness.

Smith began his coaching career as an assistant to former Sheffield United teammate Bruno Ribeiro, and also played seven Campeonato Nacional de Seniores games whilst helping Ribeiro coach Moura AC in the 2014–15 season. He later joined Ribeiro at Pinhalnovense and Vitória Setúbal. He followed Ribeiro to Bulgarian Parva Liga side Ludogorets Razgrad in June 2015. Smith left the club when Ribeiro was sacked six weeks later. Smith later recalled how "mafia types with firework" tried to attack the pair of them in Bulgaria. He followed Ribeiro back to Portugal to assist him at Académico de Viseu in February 2016, before following him to Port Vale five months later. He departed Vale Park after Ribeiro resigned in December 2016.

Dubnica

Smith signed a two-year contract to manage Slovak 2. Liga club Dubnica in summer 2022. He took charge for eight games – three wins, one draw and four losses – before leaving the club on 6 September.

Haka

On 31 October 2023, he was appointed the new head coach of Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka, on a two-year deal with an option to extend. In his first season managing in Veikkausliiga, he led Haka to surprisingly qualify for the top-6 championship group with one of the smaller budgets, and to ultimately finish sixth in the league. He also caused public attention with his outspoken and controversial comments. Smith also publicly criticized the refereeing on multiple occasions, and claimed that some matches were fixed against his…