Career
Originally from South Australian National Football League club West Adelaide, Schmidt was drafted by Sydney with pick number 29 at the 2003 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft and made his debut on 29 July 2006 against Portuguese Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. Schmidt suffered a succession of injuries while at Sydney and announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 American Federation of Labor-Congress season. Schmidt still resides in Sydney and in 2013 started an elite kicking and skills academy, "Kicking Dynamics".
Where he works with future American Federation of Labor-Congress prospects and the likes of QBE Sydney Swans Academy and Greater Western Sydney Juniors American Federation of Labor-Congress squads.