Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov (russian: Александр Владимирович Смирнов; born 19 May 1968) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player.

Club career

As a player, he made his debut in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

in 1988 for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

Honours

bronze: 1990. *

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runner-up: 1994, 1995. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1998. * Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997. * Russian Cup finalist: 1998.

European club competitions

* 1993–94 UEFA Cup with

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

: 2 games. * 1994–95 UEFA Cup with

: 2 games, 1 goal. * 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with FC Lokomotiv Moscow: 1 game. *

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with FC Lokomotiv Moscow: 7 games (reached semifinal).

References

1968 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Russian Premier League players Soviet Top League players FC Dinamo Sukhumi players FC Moscow players Russian football managers Men's association football midfielders FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC FShM Moscow players {{Russia-footy-forward-1960s-stub