After previously visiting Australia on holiday, he moved to
Cairns in 2010, and later moved to Sydney. By this time he had started playing football again and decided to give football one more shot. In Sydney he signed for
NSW Super League club
Fraser Park and duly won the 2010 NSW Super League Player of the Year award.
Sydney Olympic Smith signed for
NSW Premier League club
Sydney Olympic for the
2011 NSW Premier League season and was an immediate success, scoring a
hat trick on debut against
South Coast Wolves in Round 1 and scored the only goal in their 1–0 win over
2010 NSW Premier League champions
Blacktown City. Smith played his final game for Olympic in the Round 12, 1–0 win over
South Coast Wolves.
Gold Coast United Smith had been invited to trial with
Gold Coast United while he was playing for Fraser Park. Pleased by what he saw, and encouraged by his start with
Sydney Olympic, United coach
Miron Bleiberg signed Smith on a one-year contract for the
2011–12 A-League season. He officially joined their squad, and had his first proper training session on 17 June. Despite Smith joining Gold Coast United for their pre-season, Bleiberg asked Smith to accept a contract pay out, in exchange for the immediate termination of his one-year contract, as Bleiberg wanted to sign former
Blackburn Rovers striker
Maceo Rigters, who had turned down a contract with
Wellington Phoenix. On 1 September 2011 it was confirmed that Smith and United had reached an agreement in regards to the termination of his contract.
Return to Belmore After being released from
Gold Coast United, Smith returned to
New South Wales where it was announced he would re-sign with Sydney Olympic. He arrived in time for the Final Round match of the NSW Premier League, against
APIA Leichhardt Tigers, and picked up on where he left off, scoring the opening goal for Olympic in their 3–0 victory, in which Olympic were crowned Premiers. His return to Belmore would continue to be successful, with Smith opening the scoring in the 2011 NSW Premier League Grand Final against
Sydney United. Olympic would go on to win 2–0, securing the first Premiership and Championship double since the
NSL folded. After spending the month travelling from Sydney to the Gold Coast, where he still resided, it was announced he would fly to
Wellington, New Zealand to trial with
Wellington Phoenix with a view to securing an injury replacement contract, with the hope of extending it to a full contract.
Wellington Phoenix Smith signed a short-term contract with the Phoenix as an injury replacement player, for
Mirjan Pavlovic who broke his arm while training. He made his A-League debut off the bench in the Round 2 victory against the
Newcastle Jets in
Wellington. On 18 January 2012 Smith's contract was made permanent lasting until the end of the season. Smith went on to make 24 appearances that season. It was then announced Smith had signed for the 2012–13 season. He started the first 11 games of the season but fell out of favour with coach Ricki Herbert. In June 2013 it was announced that Smith would not be offered a new deal with the club.
Far North Queensland Heat In late 2013, Smith decided to sign with
Far North Queensland FC. Citing a desire to give back and help develop some young players, Smith hoped to help the club develop. He was also awaiting his Australian citizenship, which would allow him a possible return to the A-League. While in
Cairns, Smith held numerous coaching clinics, school clinics, holiday clinics and has also travelled to communities up in
Cape York Peninsula, like
Weipa, to help young football talents and coaches to better learn their game. Smith's first game for the Heat was against their rivals
Northern Fury FC in
Townsville. In the 44th minute, the captain scored the opening goal of FNQ FC Heat's 2014 campaign and his first goal for the club. Smith helped his side reach the inaugural
FFA Cup round of 32 where they played away to
Sydney United 58. Moreover, his 18 league goals guided the heat to a top two finish in only their second season since formation. However, his hat-trick in the Semi Final against
Olympic FC was not enough to get the side into their first
National Premier Leagues Queensland Grand Final. In 2015, his goal scoring ability again helped his team reach the FFA Cup for a second consecutive year. In seven FFA Cup games in his time at the Heat, he scored 13 goals.
Malaysia In early December 2015 it was announced that Smith had travelled to Malaysia to sign with
Malaysia Premier League club
NS Matrix for the
2016 season. Smith linked up with former
Sydney Olympic FC player and coach
Gary Phillips, who played the majority of his career with Sydney Olympic and won the
2001–02 National Soccer League as manager. After a successful individual season with NS Matrix, it was announced in December 2016 that Smith had signed with
Johor Darul Ta'zim FC II for the
2017 Malaysia Premier League season. He spent a year at the club, scoring twice and helping the team to a 4th-place finish. He then decided to return to Australia to focus on his coaching development.
Return to Australia Smith joined
Olympic FC in May for the remainder of the 2018
NPL Queensland season. For the 2nd time in his career, he scored a hat trick on debut in the
FFA Cup against
Moreton Bay United FC. He went on to score 27 goals in 38 games for the club and guide the team to 2 consecutive
NPL Queensland Grand Finals, however was unable to play in either due to injury. In his 8
FFA Cup games for the club he scored 7 goals. After playing with a ruptured ACL in the 2nd half of the 2019 season, Smith decided to retire and pursue his coaching career. In 2019, Smith won the
NPL Queensland Player of the year award. ==Coaching career==