Olivia Smith

Smith initially committed to attend Florida State University, where she spent one semester, but she instead decided to attend Penn State University, where she played for the women's soccer team. She made her debut on September 18, 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute against the Indiana Hoosiers. She scored her first collegiate goal on September 25 against the Illinois Fighting Illini. After one season, she elected to forgo her remaining eligibility to sign a professional contract.

In 2022, Smith played for the North Toronto Nitros in League1 Ontario. She made her debut on May 7 against Alliance United. In her next match on May 14, she scored her first goal against Simcoe County Rovers FC. She scored a brace on May 18 against Electric City FC. She scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over BVB IA Waterloo on June 18. After the season, she was named Young Player of the Season, Forward of the Year, and won the Golden Boot after leading the league in scoring with 18 goals, while only appearing in 11 games. She was also named a league First Team All-Star and U18 All-Star in 2022. In July 2023, Smith signed her first professional contract and joined Portuguese club Sporting CP in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino on a three-year deal. In her league debut, she scored and added an assist for the club. Enjoying success in her first professional season, a season-ending poll of the league's coaches and captains voted Smith the player of the year. She later received the league's juried award as best young player of the season.

Liverpool

In July 2024, Smith signed with English club Liverpool in the Women's Super League for a fee of £200,000. She became the first ever woman to score for Liverpool at Anfield, in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester City on October 13. Smith quickly became a key figure on the team, and in January drew headlines when Liverpool complained to Professional Game Match Officials Limited about what they perceived as league referees' lack of…

In 2017, Smith made her debut in the Canada Soccer program, when she attended a youth camp at age 12. She made her international debut for the Canadian U15 team at the 2018 CONCACAF Under-15 Championship. In late October 2019, she was called up to the Canada national team for the first time. On November 7, 2019, she became the youngest player ever to debut for the senior national team at the 15 years and 94 days old, when she replaced Jordyn Huitema in the 86th minute of a match against Brazil in the Women's International Tournament played in Chongqing, China, breaking the previous record set by Kara Lang. In the same tournament, Smith got her second international cap in a match against New Zealand. Following the appearance, she then attended a camp with the Canada U-17 team. She was named the 2019 Canadian Youth International Player of the Year. In 2022, she was named to the Canada U20 team for the 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In April 2023, she scored a pair of hat tricks during the 2023 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualification tournament against Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. After being a late addition to the Canadian pre-tournament camp for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Smith was named to the final squad. At age 18, she was its youngest member. Smith made her World Cup debut in Canada's final group stage match, as a substitute against Australia. Smith began 2024 being named to the Canadian squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while citing that her…

Smith was born in North York, Ontario, but grew up in Whitby. She has described herself as being strongly focused on football from an early age, saying she was watching soccer "as soon as [she] came out of the womb". She began playing soccer at the age of three, and her father was the coach of the first team she played for. She has credited her father with shaping her focus, recalling that he would spend hours with her watching sports highlights and football books, later filming her matches, keeping a handwritten record of her goals, assists and touches, and taking her to early-morning training sessions in Brampton even in winter conditions. She first played house league with the Whitby Soccer Club, before playing at the competitive level with Oshawa Kicks SC, Ajax SC, Markham FC and then North Toronto SC. Afterwards, she joined the Ontario Regional Excel (REX) program (later renamed NDC Ontario), before returning to North Toronto SC to train in advance of her move to college, where she committed to join the Florida State Seminoles. Smith has also spoken about a multi-sport upbringing, stating that her parents enrolled her in gymnastics and taekwondo alongside soccer to build flexibility, discipline and a strong mentality in one-on-one situations. She has described enjoying taekwondo sparring with an attacking mindset and later carrying that mentality into football by seeking to "dominate every time" she plays and treating individual duels with defenders as comparable to…