Smith Back In South Africa After Botola Stint

South African striker Darren Smith is back in Mzansi after parting ways with AS FAR in the Botola Pro after just six months.

Smith, 26, joined the club on January deadline day but found himself well short of match fitness due to the season in Finland finished months prior.

With Ekenäs IF and FC Honka, he netted 31 goals and registered nine assists in 61 games but his spell in North Africa didn’t prove to be as fruitful.

Often used as a late substitute under head coach Sven Vanderbroeck, Smith played eight games and found the net once but was part of the squad that won the Moroccan Throne Cup.

They finished the 2021/22 Botola Pro season in third place behind Raja Athletic Club and Wydad Atheltic Club respectively.

But now Smith is set for a new venture, as also reported in this week’s edition of the iDiski Times newspaper, after becoming the first South African to ply his trade in Moroccan football.

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