Māris Smirnovs

Māris Smirnovs
	Smirnovs playing for Tranzit
Personal information
Full name	Māris Smirnovs
Date of birth	2 June 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth	Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	FK Ventspils (assistant manager)
Youth career
	Dinaburg Daugavpils
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Dinaburg Daugavpils
1997
1999	Valmiera
2000–2004	Ventspils
2004–2006	Amica Wronki
2006	Ditton
2006–2007	Dinamo București
2007	Jurmala
2007–2009	Górnik Zabrze
2009–2010	FK Ventspils
2010	Tranzit
National team‡
2002–2006	Latvia
Teams managed
2012–2013	FK Ventspils-2 (assistant manager)
2013–	FK Ventspils (assistant manager)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2013

Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976, in Daugavpils) is a former Latvian football defender, currently the assistant manager of FK Ventspils, playing in the Latvian Higher League.

Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national football team. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004.

Māris Smirnovs played for Dinaburg FC, FK Valmiera, FK Ventspils, Amica Wronki, FC Ditton, Dinamo București, Górnik Zabrze, FK Jūrmala and FC Tranzit. After the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Smirnovs retired from professional football.

Before the start of the 2012 Latvian First League season Smirnovs was appointed as the assistant manager of FK Ventspils-2. In 2013, he became the assistant manager of FK Ventspils first team.

External links[]

Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)

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