Chris Smalling

Christopher Lloyd Smalling (born 22 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma. Smalling played for the England national team from 2011 to 2017.

Chris Smalling

Smalling lining up for Manchester United in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Lloyd Smalling[1]
Date of birth	(1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth	Greenwich, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.94 m)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Roma
Number	6
Youth career
	Walderslade Boys
	Lordswood
2002–2004	Millwall
2006–2007	Maidstone United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Maidstone United	12	(1)
2008–2010	Fulham	13	(0)
2010–2020	Manchester United	206	(12)
2019–2020	→ Roma (loan)	30	(3)
2020–	Roma	83	(6)
International career
2008	England Schools U18	5	(1)
2009	England U20	1	(0)
2009–2011	England U21	14	(1)
2011–2017	England	31	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 April 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maidstone United	2006–07[5][6][7]	Isthmian League Division One South	0	0	0	0	—		—		1[c]	0	1	0
	2007–08[8][9][10]	Isthmian League Premier Division	12	1	0	0	—		—		3[d]	0	15	1
	Total		12	1	0	0	—		—		4	0	16	1
Fulham	2008–09[11]	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2009–10[12]	Premier League	12	0	1	0	1	0	4[e]	0	—		18	0
	Total		13	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	—		19	0
Manchester United	2010–11[13]	Premier League	16	0	4	0	3	1	9[f]	0	1[g]	0	33	1
	2011–12[14]	Premier League	19	1	2	0	1	0	7[h]	0	1[g]	1	30	2
	2012–13[15]	Premier League	15	0	5	0	0	0	2[f]	0	—		22	0
	2013–14[16]	Premier League	25	1	1	0	4	0	7[f]	1	1[g]	0	38	2
	2014–15[17]	Premier League	25	4	4	0	0	0	—		—		29	4
	2015–16[18]	Premier League	35	0	7	1	2	0	11[i]	1	—		55	2
	2016–17[19]	Premier League	18	1	4	1	4	0	10[e]	0	0	0	36	2
	2017–18[20]	Premier League	29	4	5	0	3	0	8[f]	0	1[j]	0	46	4
	2018–19[21]	Premier League	24	1	2	0	0	0	8[f]	0	—		34	1
	Total		206	12	34	2	17	1	62	2	4	1	323	18
Roma (loan)	2019–20[22]	Serie A	30	3	2	0	—		5[e]	0	—		37	3
Roma	2020–21[23]	Serie A	16	0	0	0	—		5[e]	0	—		21	0
	2021–22[24]	Serie A	27	3	1	0	—		10[k]	1	—		38	4
	2022–23[25]	Serie A	32	3	1	0	—		14[e]	0	—		47	3
	2023–24[26]	Serie A	8	0	0	0	—		2[e]	0	—		10	0
	Total		113	9	4	0	—		36	1	—		153	10
Career total			344	22	39	2	18	1	102	3	8	1	511	29

1. Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Includes Football League/EFL Cup
3. Appearance in Kent Senior Cup
4. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearance in FA Community Shield
8. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three in UEFA Europa League
9. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
10. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
11. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 10 June 2017^[27]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2011	2	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	6	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	8	1
	2017	2	0
Total		31	1

As of match played 10 June 2017. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Smalling goal.^[27]

List of international goals scored by Chris Smalling

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2 June 2016	Wembley Stadium, London, England	25	Portugal	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[28]

Honours

Manchester United

• Premier League: 2010–11, 2012–13^[29]
• FA Cup: 2015–16^[30] runner-up: 2017–18^[31]
• EFL Cup: 2016–17^[32]
• FA Community Shield: 2010,^[33] 2011,^[34] 2013^[35]
• UEFA Europa League: 2016–17^[36]

Roma

• UEFA Europa Conference League: 2021–22^[37]
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2022–23^[38]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011^[39]
• Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2015–16^[40]
• UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season: 2021–22^[41]
• UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2022–23^[42]