Career
During his career he played for several Belgian clubs and also played overseas for UD Salamanca, Sheffield United (where he got sent off on his debut against Portsmouth) and MKE Ankaragücü, where he had several experiences (good and bad) and ended his career in Norway with HamKam due to a hip injury. The bad recovery from this injury prevented him from signing a 3 years contract for Club Brugge. The Norwegian Athletes Association had Smeets as right back on their football Team of the Year 2004.
After passing his Union of European Football Associations A Licence, he decided to take the Fédération internationale de football association Players" Agent Exam, which he also successfully passed.
He"s now devoting himself to his player"s careers. He also coaches the Saint John"s International School Boys Varsity football team