Māris Smirnovs

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.

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
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	10	(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, correct as of 26 November 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2013

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)