Career
De Smet usually plays as an attacking midfielder or forward. He was discovered by Cercle Brugge (as well as their rivals Club Brugge) at the age of 12 while playing for his local team, SV Jabbeke.
De Smet's big breakthrough came in the 2004-2005 season, being in the starting line-up 19 times. The season before, De Smet had only appeared in 6 matches in total. He has plays for Cercle Brugge, where he is regarded as the most promising youth prospect and the best youth player at the team since Thomas Buffel. In December 2006, Stijn De Smet was invited for a trial at Blackburn Rovers, the partner team of Cercle. Sadly for De Smet, a knee injury caught in the match at Anderlecht forced him to stay in Belgium. On 17 July 2009 the 24 year old forward has left Cercle Brugge to sign a five-year deal for K.A.A. Gent. In this team, he won the Belgian Cup in 2010.
On 25 July 2011, De Smet signed a season-long loan deal with K.V.C. Westerlo.
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