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Samat Kabiruly Smakov (Kazakh: Самат Қабірұлы Смақов, romanized: Samat Qabiruly Smaqov; born 8 December 1978 in Semey) is a retired Kazakhstani footballer who played as a defender.

Samat Smakov

Smakov with Aktobe in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Samat Kabiruly Smakov
Date of birth	(1978-12-08) 8 December 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth	Semey, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back / Right back
Youth career
1992–1997	Yelimay
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Yelimay	33	(6)
1999–2000	Irtysh-Bastau	20	(1)
2000–2001	Rostov	39	(0)
2000–2001	Rostov reserves	8	(1)
2002	Zhenis Astana	11	(2)
2003	Yelimay	27	(4)
2004–2006	Kairat	91	(15)
2007–2013	Aktobe	171	(30)
2013	Çaykur Rizespor	16	(0)
2013–2014	Kairat	32	(0)
2015	Irtysh Pavlodar	26	(3)
2016	Aktobe	12	(5)
2016–2017	Ordabasy	30	(1)
National team‡
2000–2016	Kazakhstan	76	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 January 2018

Career

Club

Smakov started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including FC Rostov in Russian Premier League. 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's club record for most Premier League appearances, before being surpassed by Yuri Logvinenko, in August 2013.[1] He is a current captain of FC Kairat Almaty.

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.[2] On 6 January 2015, Smakov, along with Aleksandr Kislitsyn, moved to FC Irtysh Pavlodar.[3]

On 4 August 2016, Smakov signed for FC Ordabasy until the end of the 2016 season.[4]

On 7 January 2018, Ordabasy announced that Smakov had joined FC Aktobe as their new General Director.[5]

International

Samat received his first cap for Kazakhstan on 31 March 2000 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan at the age of 18. Since that time Smakov was capped in all major matches of Kazakhstan, including World Cup 2002, World Cup 2006 and Euro 2008 qualifiers. As of June 2016 he has played 74 international matches and scored two goals,[6] his first goal a penalty against Belgium in September 2007.[7] 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.

Career statistics

International

Kazakhstan
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	5	0
2001	6	0
2002	0	0
2003	1	0
2004	8	0
2005	8	0
2006	7	0
2007	12	1
2008	8	0
2009	1	0
2010	0	0
2011	3	0
2012	0	0
2013	0	0
2014	3	1
2015	9	0
2016	5	0
Total	76	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2016[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	12 September 2007	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty	Belgium	2–2	2–2	Euro 2008 qualifier	[7]
2.	16 November 2014	Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul	Turkey	1–3	1–3	Euro 2016 qualifier	[9]

Honours

Club

Yelimay

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 1998

Irtysh-Bastau

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 1999

Zhenis Astana

• Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2002

Kairat

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2004

Aktobe

• Kazakhstan Premier League (3): 2007, 2008, 2009
• Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2010
• Kazakhstan Super Cup (2): 2008, 2010

Personal

• Kazakhstan FF ""Best Player of the year"" 2004, 2008
• GOAL Journal "Best player of the year" - 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

References

External links

• Video
• Personal Blog at National Team Website (in Russian)
• Samat Smakov at National-Football-Teams.com
• "КАЙРАТ" ОБЪЯВИЛ О ПОДПИСАНИИ СМАКОВА И ЛОРИЯ (Russian)

На других языках

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[de] Samat Smaqow

Samat Qabiruly Smaqow (kasachisch Самат Қабирұлы Смақов; russisch Самат Кабирович Смаков .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Samat Kabirowitsch Smakow; * 8. Dezember 1978 in Semipalatinsk, Kasachische SSR) ist ein ehemaliger kasachischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Samat Smakov

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[fr] Samat Smakov

Samat Smakov (en kazakh : Самат Смақов, Samat Smaqov), né le 8 décembre 1978 à Semeï au Kazakhstan, est un footballeur international kazakh.

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[it] Samat Smaqov

Samat Qabirulı Smaqov (in kazako: Самат Қабірұлы Смақов?; in russo: Самат Кабирович Смаков?, traslitterato: Samat Kabirovič Smakov; Semej, 8 dicembre 1978) è un ex calciatore kazako.

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[ru] Смаков, Самат Кабирович

Сама́т Каби́рович Сма́ков (каз. Самат Смақов; род. 8 декабря 1978, Семипалатинск, Казахская ССР, СССР) — казахстанский футболист, центральный защитник.

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