Tim Smolders (born 26 August 1980) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Club Brugge, RBC Roosendaal, Charleroi, K.A.A. Gent, and Cercle Brugge.
Coaching and later career In his last year at Cercle Brugge, Smolders combined the roles of player and assistant manager.Tipuric wordt assistent bij Cercle, Smolders wordt speler-coach, sporza.be, 14 October 2014 In August 2015, Smolders joined Belgian amateur club Zwevezele,Tim Smolders (ex-Cercle) naar Zwevezele: ‘Titel helpen pakken’, nieuwsblad.be, 27 August 2015 and after three years at the club, he officially retired in August 2018, when he was hired as an assistant manager for the Belgian U-19 national team under manager Jacky Mathijssen.Tim Smolders wordt assistent van Jacky Mathijssen bij Belgische U19, nieuwsblad.be, 21 August 2018TIM SMOLDERS NIEUWE ASSISTENT-BONDSCOACH U19, rbfa.be, 21 August 2018
In June 2019, Smolders returned to Club Brugge as an assistant coach for the clubs U-21 team and talent coach for both the U-21 and U-18 teams.TRAINING AND INNOVATION KEYWORDS IN NEW CLUB BRUGGE STAFF, clubbrugge.be, 13 June 2019 On 9 August 2021, Smolders was placed in a new role at Club Brugge as the Head of the clubs Academy, Club NXT Academy.TIM SMOLDERS NEW HEAD OF ACADEMY, clubbrugge.be, 9 August 2021 On May 31, 2022, Club announced that they and Smolders had mutually agreed to part ways.
On 29 June 2026, Smolders joined Heart of Midlothian as assistant manager to the newly appointed Wouter Vrancken.
Honours Club Brugge Belgian First Division A: 2002–03 Belgian Cup: 2001–02 Belgian Super Cup: 2002
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