Samat Smakov

Football player infobox
playername= Samat Smakov


fullname = Samat Kabirovich Smakov
nickname = Sam
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|2|28
cityofbirth = Semey
countryofbirth = Soviet Union, Kazakh SSR
height = height|meters=1.77
currentclub = FC Aktobe
position = Left/Right Back
clubnumber =8
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997-1998
1999-2000
2000-2001
2000-2001
2002
2003
2004-2006
2007
clubs = FC Elimay
FC Irtysh
FC Rostov
FC Rostov reserves
FC Astana
FC Elimay
FC Kairat Almaty
FC Aktobe
caps(goals) = 23(6)
20(1)
39
8(1)
11(2)
27(4)
91(15)
29 (3)
nationalyears = 2000 - present
nationalteam =Kazakhstan
nationalcaps(goals) = 55 (1)
pcupdate = 16 November, 2007
ntupdate = 14 September, 2008

Samat Smakov (Kazakh: "Самат Смақов") is a football defender from Kazakhstan.

Club career

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 different clubs. Having a strong leadership qualities, he has captained most of his teams. He is a current captain of FC Aktobe.

International career

Samat received his first cap for Kazakhstan on March 31, 2000 in a Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan at the age of 18. Since that time Smakov capped in all major matches of Kazakhstan, including World Cup 2002, World Cup 2006 and Euro 2008 qualifiers. As of June 2008 he has played 52 international matches and scored one goal from penalty against Belgium in September 2007. Many times he lead the team as a captain. He is now vice-captain after Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev

Personal

* Favorite club: Spartak Moscow

Awards

* 2004 Kazakhstan FF and GOAL Journal ""Best Player of the year""
* 2007 GOAL Journal "Best player of the year"

Honours

* Kazakhstan League Winner: 41998, 1999, 2004, 2007(with FC Elimay, FC Irtysh, FC Kairat and FC Aktobe respectively)

* Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 1 2002(with FC Astana)

External links

* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=32067 Smakov at PlayerHistory]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=K-TMzyykPMk Video]
* [http://sam.sbornaya.kz/ Personal Blog at National Team Website] ru icon