Samat Kabiruly Smakov ( kk, Самат Қабірұлы Смақов, Samat Qabiruly Smaqov; born 8 December 1978) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of FC Yelimay Semey.

Club career

Smakov started his career in his home town

Semey Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

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. He is a four-time champion of Kazakhstan with four clubs. Having strong leadership qualities, he has captained most of his teams. He held

FC Aktobe Football Club Aktobe ( kk, Aqtóbe Fýtbol Klýby), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Fo ...

's club record for most Premier League appearances, before being surpassed by Yuri Logvinenko, in August 2013. In October 2014, Smakov, along with Dmitri Khomich, Mikhail Bakayev, Zaurbek Pliyev and Aleksandr Kislitsyn, was banned from training with FC Kairat by the club. On 6 January 2015, Smakov, along with Aleksandr Kislitsyn, moved to

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 19 ...

. On 4 August 2016, Smakov signed for

FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy ( kk, Ордабасы футбол клубы) is a professional football club from Kazakhstan based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in 1949, following the merger of two existing Kazakhstan Premier Le ...

until the end of the

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season.

International career

Samat received his first

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for Kazakhstan on 31 March 2000 in an Asian Cup qualifier against

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at the age of 18. Since that time Smakov was capped in all major matches of

, including

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, World Cup 2006 and

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qualifiers. As of June 2016 he has played 74 international matches and scored two goals, his first goal a penalty against

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in September 2007. Many times he led the team as a captain. Currently he holds a record as the most capped player of the Kazakhstan national football team with 74 matches as of June 2016.

Post-playing career

On 7 January 2018, Ordabasy announced that Smakov had joined his former club Aktobe as their new General Director.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2016'' :''Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Yelimay *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Irtysh-Bastau *Kazakhstan Premier League:

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Zhenis Astana *

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

: 2002 Kairat *Kazakhstan Premier League: 2004 Aktobe *Kazakhstan Premier League: 2007,

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, 2009 *Kazakhstan Cup: 2010 *

Kazakhstan Super Cup The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner ...

: 2008, 2010

Individual

Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year The title Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year (''Қазақстанның ең үздік футболшысы'') has been awarded in Kazakhstan since 1992. The award is determined by a poll of Kazakhstani professional journalists, football coaches, ...

: 2004, 2008 * GOAL Journal Player of the Year: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

References

External links

VideoPersonal Blog at National Team Website
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"КАЙРАТ" ОБЪЯВИЛ О ПОДПИСАНИИ СМАКОВА И ЛОРИЯ (Russian)
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