Māris Smirnovs

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Māris Smirnovs
Personal information
Smirnovs playing for Tranzit
Full name	Māris Smirnovs
Date of birth	(1976-06-02) 2 June 1976
Place of birth	Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current club	FK Ventspils-2 (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)
National team^‡
2002–2006	Latvia	21	(0)
Teams managed
2012-	FK Ventspils-2 (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ 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-2, playing in the Latvian First League.

Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national football team. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004.

Māris Smirnovs has played for Dinaburg FC, FK Valmiera, FK Ventspils, Amica Wronki, FC Ditton, Dinamo Bucureşti, Górnik Zabrze, FK Jūrmala and FC Tranzit.

After the 2008/2009 season his club Górnik Zabrze was relegated from the Polish Ekstraklasa and did not extend the contract with him. 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.

External links

Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)

v t e Latvia squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Koļinko 2 Stepanovs 3 Astafjevs 4 Zemļinskis 5 Laizāns 6 Blagonadeždins 7 Isakovs 8 Bleidelis 9 Verpakovskis 10 Rubins 11 Prohorenkovs 12 Piedels 13 Pučinsks 14 Lobaņovs 15 Smirnovs 16 Zirnis 17 Pahars 18 Korabļovs 19 Štolcers 20 Pavlovs 21 Miholaps 22 Zakreševskis 23 Rimkus Coach: Starkovs

Persondata
Name	Smirnovs, Māris
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	2 June 1976
Place of birth	Daugavpils, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death

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