Māris Smirnovs

Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender, and is currently the fitness coach of the manager of Latvia national team.

Māris Smirnovs

Personal information
Full name	Māris Smirnovs
Date of birth	(1976-06-02) 2 June 1976
Place of birth	Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Latvia (fitness coach)
Youth career
	Dinaburg Daugavpils
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Dinaburg Daugavpils	25	(2)
1997	Daugavpils Lokomotīve	10	(0)
1999	Valmiera	22	(1)
2000–2004	Ventspils	104	(14)
2004–2006	Amica Wronki	8	(0)
2006	Ditton	25	(5)
2006–2007	Dinamo București	1	(0)
2007	Jurmala	15	(1)
2007–2009	Górnik Zabrze	29	(1)
2009–2010	FK Ventspils	5	(0)
2010	Tranzit	24	(2)
International career
2002–2006	Latvia	21	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	FK Ventspils-2 (assistant manager)
2013	FK Ventspils (assistant manager)
2022–	Latvia (fitness coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Smirnovs played for Dinaburg, Valmiera, Ventspils, Amica Wronki, Ditton, Dinamo București, Górnik Zabrze, Jūrmala and Tranzit. At the conclusion of 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.

Honours

Ventspils

• Latvian Cup: 2003, 2004

Dinamo București

• Liga I: 2006–07

External links

• Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)