Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov (; 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 (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

in 1988 for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', , ) is a Russian professional association football, 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 Footba ...

Honours

bronze: 1990. *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

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 The 1993–94 UEFA Cup was the 23rd season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Ernst-Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria, and at San Siro, Milan, Italy. The competition wa ...

with

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

: 2 games. *

1994–95 UEFA Cup The 1994–95 UEFA Cup was won by Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a po ...

with

: 2 games, 1 goal. *

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona, Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament. All ...

with FC Lokomotiv Moscow: 1 game. *

1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart. Teams Qualifying round ;Notes *Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifyi ...

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 Sokhumi players FC Moscow players Russian football managers Men's association football midfielders FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC FShM Moscow players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-forward-1960s-stub