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Born in Harlow, Smith began his career at Arsenal when he was seven. He progressed through the age groups at Arsenal. He was a part of the Arsenal Academy team that reached the final of the 2017-18 FA Youth Cup. During the 2018-19 season, whilst playing for Arsenal Under-18s, he was given the opportunity to play at a higher age group with six appearances for Arsenal Under-23s. His performances earned him his first professional contract at Arsenal. The next season he played for Arsenal Under-21s during two of their 2019-20 EFL Trophy group matches and was also nominated as the Premier League 2 Player of the Month Award in January 2020.

Due to the break in the 2019-20 Premier League season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Smith was called up by the Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta to train with the first team. He would later be named on the bench for Arsenal for their Premier League match against Southampton. He would continue to be named on the bench for the rest of the season but never played. He was also named on the bench for the 2020 FA Cup Final which Arsenal won and earned Smith a winner's medal despite not having made his first team debut for Arsenal.

Smith signed on loan for EFL League One side Swindon Town in August 2020 for the duration of the season. He scored his first goal for Swindon in a 3-1 win against Rochdale on 12 September 2020.