Question: Facts: - clubs: leeds town york city -lrb- loan -rrb- york city fc united halifax town alfreton town tamworth -lrb- loan -rrb- reading stafford rangers worcester city tamworth mansfield - caps: 0 8 5 79 23 101 70 15 4 105 10 - position: defender - years: 0000 2005 -- 2008 2008 -- 2010 2010 -- 2011 2010 -- -- 2011 2011 -- 2014 2014 2014 -- 2015 2015 1996 1996 -- 1999 2004 -- 2005 - caption: smith in 2009 - youthclubs: leeds united reading - youthyears: 0000 -- 1996 1996 -- 1999 - fullname: christopher alan smith - birth date: 30 june 1981 - name: chris smith - image size: 220 - image: smith , chris.jpg - goals: 0 0 0 0 1 11 6 1 0 7 2 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chris smith -lrb- footballer , born 1981 -rrb- .
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christopher alan '' chris '' smith -lrb- born 30 june 1981 -rrb- is an english semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender .smith started his career with the leeds united youth system , but at the age of 15 he joined reading in their youth system .after three years , in 1999 , he signed a professional contract before joining third division club york city in 2001 .in his first season with the club smith failed to establish himself as a first team regular , but in the 2002 -- 03 season he had become a fans ' favourite .however , the 2003 -- 04 season saw york relegated to the conference national and after being released by the club he dropped into non-league football , spending a season with stafford rangers in the conference north .he joined conference north club worcester city in 2005 and in the 2006 -- 07 season he was named the club 's player of the year .after a third season at worcester , during which he was captain , the club was re-allocated to play in the conference south , which led to smith signing for conference north team tamworth in 2008 .in his first season at tamworth , 2008 -- 09 , the club won the conference north title and after serving his second season as captain he signed for mansfield town in 2010 .he joined former club york on a three-month loan later that year before signing for the club permanently in 2011 .smith captained york to victory in the 2012 fa trophy final and 2012 conference premier play-off final at wembley stadium , the latter seeing the club promoted to league two .