| Max Smallcombe | |
| Fullname: | Max Frederick Smallcombe[1] |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Truro, England |
| Height: | 1.72m (05.64feet) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Exeter City |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Bideford (loan) |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Tiverton Town (loan) |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Bodmin Town |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Caps6: | 49 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Nationalteam1: | Wales U16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Wales U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalteam3: | Wales U19 |
| Club-Update: | 16:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC) |
Max Frederick Smallcombe (born 27 March 1999) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Smallcombe came through the Exeter City Academy to make his first-team debut on 30 August 2016, in a 4–2 defeat at Oxford United in an EFL Trophy group stage match.[2] He turned professional at Exeter in April 2017, having successfully captained the youth team to a league title in the 2016–17 season.[3]
He started the 2017–18 season on loan at Southern League Division One West club Bideford.[4] He scored his first goals in senior football with a brace on 2 September, helping the "Robins" to a 5–1 victory over Bishop's Cleeve in an FA Cup qualification match at The Sports Ground.[5] Manager Sean William Joyce went on to praise his professionalism, stating that he was badly missed by the team after he picked up a hamstring injury in September.[6]
On 28 September 2019, Smallcombe returned to Bideford.[7]
Smallcome made his debut for the Wales under-17 team in a UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification victory over the Netherlands at Dragon Park on 22 October 2015, and went on to win a total of four caps.[8] [9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Exeter City | 2016–17 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bideford (loan) | 2017–18[10] | SFL - Division One West | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |||