Aleksey Smertin

During his sports career, Alexei Smertin has accumulated a scattering of football trophies, defended the colors of many clubs, was lucky even to play for Chelsea and become the champion of England. The number of appearances of the midfielder in the Russian national team ended at a beautiful figure of 55. Smertin is considered one of the most educated in the circles of the football world, and he is also a very smiling and interesting person who enjoys talking to the press.

Alexey was born in Barnaul in the family of Dynamo football player Gennady Smertin. At one time, his father had to earn a living at the factory, he wished for a better life for his sons - he dreamed that they would make excellent players who are paid decent salaries by clubs. Therefore, Gennady Ivanovich independently trained the heirs. And he did it: Alexey and his older brother Evgeny became top players in the future.

In an interview, the brothers admit that, in fact, they were deprived of their childhood. Father asked more from boys than from his other students. Training and school took all the time, leaving no chance to just play in the yard with peers. There was a period when Lesha even hated football, fortunately, it passed quickly. The game fascinated the teenager, his own idols appeared in this sports direction. At the same time, Smertin pleased his parents with grades at school, sciences were easy for an excellent student.

The first team in the sports biography of Alexei Smertin was Polymer, but the young man did not stay there for a long time. Very soon the young player was accepted into the ranks of the professional club "Dynamo" from Barnaul, where the player decided on the main role on the field - an attacking midfielder. For two years Smertin played for Dynamo, having put in the same number of goals.

In the future, the footballer changed several more clubs. He was a member of Zorya from Leninsk-Kuznetsky, shared the first division championship with the athletes of Elista Uralan, and from there fate led straight to the elite of Russian football - FC Lokomotiv. The debut season as part of the Muscovites gave Alexei silver in the Russian championship.

The talented player has managed to make a brilliant career in European clubs. The footballer attracted the attention of foreign specialists when he played for the Russian national team. The challenge came in 1998, since then, for eight years, the athlete defended the honor of his homeland at international competitions, having played 55 matches. In the national team, the midfielder was awarded the captain's armband.

Debuting in the national team, Alexei soon conquered the abilities of the Europeans. The Russians beat France, which bore the world title, in that game, the French noted the athlete's technique, immersion in the game. In 2000, he offered a contract to FC Bordeaux, where he spent the next three years. The main success of that period - Bordeaux with Smertin took the French League Cup.

In 2003, the football player's sporting fate made another steep turn - it was bought by the legendary Chelsea, who forked out for a fabulous sum of 3.45 million pounds. However, Alexey did not immediately get into the English club, first he had to get a ticket, having worked as a rented player in FC Portsmouth.

And only then he joined the best club in England. Before this happened, the Russian athlete was invited to his own yacht by Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea. Another interlocutor was the team's coach, soccer star Jose Mourinho.

Alexey Smertin's stats at Chelsea are 25 appearances and one goal. With a Russian footballer, the team won the English league title, and also got the English League Cup.

However, Smertin did not manage to settle in the main team of Chelsea. He got tired of sitting on the bench too often, so he decided to leave. For some time he shone at the Charlton club, moved to Dynamo Moscow and finally put an end to his career, playing two seasons in the English Fulham jersey. The club is part of the Premier League - a worthy farewell to sports. Alexey gave up the path of a coach, explaining:

The ex-footballer has found another use for himself. To begin with, he changed his sport, trying his hand at beach soccer. He even won the championship twice as part of the newly formed Lokomotiv team. Then he became an advisor to the president of the Lokomotiv club, tried on the position of vice president, and in 2013 moved to the administration of FC Dynamo. Another profession mastered is sports commentator.

Alexey Smertin married Larisa, a resident of Kemerovo at the age of 20. The footballer met his future wife during a concert in her homeland, which the schoolchildren staged for the players. The son Vladimir was born in marriage.

An athlete is a versatile person, he managed to try and create a lot. For two years he served as a deputy of the Altai Legislative Assembly, in addition to two higher educations, he received an academic degree, having defended his Ph.D. in psychology. In 2016, a biographical book “Siberian Resident. From Altai to Albion ".

In Barnaul, on the initiative of Smertin, a football school was built and named in his honor. Abramovich, the administration of the city and the Altai Territory helped to implement the project. In this school, until 2014, Alexey's father worked as a coach.

The official website tells about the life of the institution - here you can meet teachers of future football stars, see photos, the schedule of youth competitions. The local sports park also bears the name of the athlete. The ex-footballer also founded the Young Talents charitable foundation, which takes care of novice athletes and artists.

Now Smertin is the executive director of Dynamo. And in the winter of 2017, the work biography was replenished with a new position - the man took over as an inspector of the RFU for combating racism and discrimination. In March 2018, he spoke in this status at the FIFA conference, where he also touched on the topic of the upcoming World Cup:

Alexei Smertin's hobby is marathon running. He approaches it philosophically: a marathon differs from a team sport in that you try to defeat yourself, not your opponent. Overcoming distance in different parts of the world has become a hobby.

In early May, on his Instagram page, Smertin published an invitation to participate in an interesting competition. Before the start of the World Cup, participants were asked to complete challenges: run 11 km, post a screenshot with a map of the path covered and describe its interesting places. The footballer promised to choose the most amazing route and give the winner a prize.

1997 - champion of the First Division of the Russian Championship 1999 - silver medalist of the Russian championship 2000 - Russian Cup 2002 - French League Cup 2005 - England champion 2005 - English League Cup 2010 - Moscow beach soccer champion 2010, 2011 - Russian beach soccer champion

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