| Samat Smakov | |
| Fullname: | Samat Kabiruly Smakov |
| Birth Date: | 1978 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Semey, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Currentclub: | FC Yelimay Semey (manager) |
| Position: | Centre back, right back |
| Youthyears1: | 1992–1997 |
| Youthclubs1: | Yelimay |
| Years1: | 1997–1998 |
| Clubs1: | Yelimay |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 1999–2000 |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs3: | Rostov |
| Caps3: | 39 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs4: | Rostov reserves |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2002 |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2003 |
| Clubs6: | Yelimay |
| Caps6: | 27 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2004–2006 |
| Clubs7: | Kairat |
| Caps7: | 91 |
| Goals7: | 15 |
| Years8: | 2007–2013 |
| Clubs8: | Aktobe |
| Caps8: | 171 |
| Goals8: | 30 |
| Years9: | 2013 |
| Clubs9: | Çaykur Rizespor |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs10: | Kairat |
| Caps10: | 32 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2015 |
| Caps11: | 26 |
| Goals11: | 3 |
| Years12: | 2016 |
| Clubs12: | Aktobe |
| Caps12: | 12 |
| Goals12: | 5 |
| Years13: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs13: | Ordabasy |
| Caps13: | 30 |
| Goals13: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2000–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Kazakhstan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 76 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Manageryears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs1: | Aktobe (sporting director) |
| Manageryears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Managerclubs2: | Ordabasy (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs3: | Zhenis (caretaker) |
| Manageryears4: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs4: | FC Yelimay Semey |
Samat Kabiruly Smakov (kk|Самат Қабірұлы Смақов|Samat Qabiruly Smaqov; born 8 December 1978) is a Kazakhstani football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of FC Yelimay Semey.
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]
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]
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,[5] his first goal a penalty against Belgium in September 2007.[6] 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.
On 7 January 2018, Ordabasy announced that Smakov had joined his former club Aktobe as their new General Director.[7]
| 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 | |
Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 September 2007 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |||||
| 2. | 16 November 2014 | 1–3 | 1–3 | [8] |
Yelimay
Irtysh-Bastau
Zhenis Astana
2002
Kairat
Aktobe
2008, 2010
Individual