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Allan Smart (born July 8, 1974 in Perth) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Portadown in the Irish Premier League. His position is forward.

Smart began his career with junior club Balbeggie and had spells with St Johnstone and Brechin City, but without appearing for either's first team. In 1993 he joined Highland League club Caledonian; the following year Smart made his Scottish League debut following the merger which created Caledonian Thistle, but was soon sold to Preston North End for a fee of £15000. Here he was sent out on loan to a number of clubs in order to gain experience and match practice. These clubs included Carlisle United (who he was twice loaned to) and Northampton Town. In between these loan deals he also managed to make some first team appearances for Preston. However, after just thirty-one appearances for the club he was signed by Watford for £100,000 in 1998.

During his time at Watford he helped them get promoted to the Premier League for the 1999-00 season. He scored the second goal in Watford's 2-0 vicotry against Bolton (division one playoff final). This ensured Watford's promotion was concrete. Soon after, Watford found themselves out of their depth in the division as they finished 20th with just 24 points. However Smart still managed to score some goals. He stayed with the club until November, 2001, after two loan moves to Hibernian and Stoke City respectively. He signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £225,000 on November 30, 2001.

His time at Oldham was both frustrating and disappointing for Smart, as he managed just thirty-one appearances during his season-long stay at the club. He was released at the end of the season. Since leaving Oldham in 2002, he has had spells at Dundee United, Crewe Alexandra, MK Dons and Bury before signing for his current club in the close season of 2006.

• Allan Smart career stats at Soccerbase