Denys Smirnov (born 18 June 1975) is a

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former

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Career

Denys Smirnov is a product of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth school system, where he was trained by V. Ischenko. Smirnov gave his debut for the

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

senior team on 13 March 1998 during a match versus rivals

Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian Fi ...

during the

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. Denys later moved to play for Tavriya Simferopol and

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.

, and during the 2008 season summer transfer moved back to play for

during the month of July. For

, Smirnov played 82 matches and scored 5 goals in addition to scoring 2 goals in 7 matches for the Ukrainian Cup.

External links

Metalurh squad on Football Squads
* * 1975 births Living people Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian men's footballers SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players Men's association football midfielders FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi players {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub