Māris Smirnovs
Appearance
![]() Smirnovs playing for Tranzit | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Māris Smirnovs | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FK Ventspils (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinaburg Daugavpils | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | Dinaburg Daugavpils | 25 | (2) |
1997 | Daugavpils Lokomotīve | 10 | (0) |
1999 | Valmiera | 22 | (1) |
2000–2004 | Ventspils | 104 | (14) |
2004–2006 | Amica Wronki | 10 | (0) |
2006 | Ditton | 25 | (5) |
2006–2007 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Jurmala | 15 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Górnik Zabrze | 29 | (1) |
2009–2010 | FK Ventspils | 5 | (0) |
2010 | Tranzit | 24 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2002–2006 | Latvia | 21 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2013 | FK Ventspils-2 (assistant manager) | ||
2013– | FK Ventspils (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2013 |
Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976 in Daugavpils) is a former Latvian football defender, currently the assistant manager of FK Ventspils, playing in the Latvian Higher League.
Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national football team. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004.
Māris Smirnovs played for Dinaburg FC, FK Valmiera, FK Ventspils, Amica Wronki, FC Ditton, Dinamo Bucureşti, Górnik Zabrze, FK Jūrmala and FC Tranzit. After the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Smirnovs retired from professional football.
Before the start of the 2012 Latvian First League season Smirnovs was appointed as the assistant manager of FK Ventspils-2. In 2013, he became the assistant manager of FK Ventspils first team.
External links
- Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Categories:
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Latvian footballers
- Latvia international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Amica Wronki players
- FK Ventspils players
- Dinaburg FC players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- FC Tranzīts players
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Liga I players
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Sportspeople from Daugavpils
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Latvian expatriate footballers
- Association football defenders
- Latvian people of Russian descent
- Latvian football biography stubs