 Smajić was a very creative midfielder whose career began in NK Iskra Bugojno, there he was spotted by HŠK Zrinjski Mostar who he joined in 2001.In 2003 he was transferred to Iskra on a season long loan.After coming back from his loan, he managed to win the championship title with Zrinjski in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and three years later, in 2008, the Bosnian Cup.