Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Макаров; born 20 August 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as a forward.

Career

Makarov began his professional beach soccer team in the FC Strogino club. For a short period he played for FC Delta Saratov in 2010, but then switched to Lokomotive Moscow where he has been playing since 2010. His first coach was Aleksey Grishin. Makarov debuted for the

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in the qualifying rounds of the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. Makarov played for Lokomotive from 2010 to 2018. He switched to Spartak Moscow in 2018. On his debut game within the new club at the Moscow Indoor Championships on 4 March 2018 Makarov also shot his first goal against Strogino.

Personal life

When graduating at the Children's and Youth Sports School "Strogino", Makarov had the options to either start a sports career, or enter a university, choosing the latter. He enrolled in a university and graduated with a degree of "civil structural engineer" after defending his diploma with excellence.

Achievements

Some of Makarov's notable achievements:

National team

* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champion: 2011, 2013, 2021 * Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champion: 2011, 2012, 2015 *

Euro Beach Soccer Cup The Euro Beach Soccer Cup (EBSC), originally known as the ''European Pro Beach Soccer Championships'' until 2004, was a biennial (previously annual) beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, organised by Beach Socce ...

champion: 2010, 2012 *

Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in ...

champion: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017

Clubs

*Russian National champion: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021 *Russian Cup champion: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 *Russian Super Cup: 2011

Individually

*2017

, Stage 3 – Best Player *Merited Master of Sports (21 December 2012).Приказ министра спорта № 66-нг от 21 декабря 2012 г.
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References

External links

Profile
on Beach Soccer Russia
Profile on FC Lokomotiv
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