Pádraig Smith

Pádraig Smith (born March 12, 1979) is an Irish football executive who is currently the president of the Colorado Rapids.

Early life

Smith grew up in Morningtone, Ireland as the youngest of 6 siblings. In his youth he played many sports however, he left sporting behind to pursue a business degree at Dublin City University.[1]

Career

After College Smith worked at EY for 5 years.[2] Then he joined the Football Association of Ireland in 2007 as an internal compliance officer who helped implement a league wide salary cap, with Ireland becoming the first country in Europe to do so. Smith later served as the FAI head of finance from 2010-2011. Smith would then join UEFA as a financial analysis manager until 2014.[3]

Colorado Rapids

In 2015 Smith would join the Rapids as sporting director and on April 13, 2023 he would be promoted to club president.[4] During his tenure at the club Smith has also held the position of executive vice president, and general manager.[5]

References

  1. ^ Nolan, Peter. "Navigating Colorado Rapids is career high-point for Meath native steeped in sport". irishecho.com. The Irish Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. ^ Nolan, Peter. "Navigating Colorado Rapids is career high-point for Meath native steeped in sport". irishecho.com. The Irish Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  3. ^ Ploen, Brendan. "How Rapids general manager Pádraig Smith became steward for sustainable soccer on Front Range: "It really is a dream come true"". DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. ^ Brendan, Ploen. "colorado rapids promote padraig smith team president". DenverPost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  5. ^ Sigal, Jonathan. "Pádraig Smith promoted to president of Colorado Rapids". mlssoccer.com. MLA. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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