Valeri Shmarov (footballer)

This article is about Soviet and Russian soccer player. For Ukrainian politician, see Valeriy Shmarov.

Valeri Shmarov

Shmarov in May 2010
Personal information
Full name	Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov
Date of birth	(1965-02-23) 23 February 1965
Place of birth	Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1984	FC Fakel Voronezh	56	(6)
1985	CSKA Moscow	40	(29)
1986	FC Fakel Voronezh	39	(12)
1987–1991	Spartak Moscow	120	(38)
1991–1994	Karlsruher SC	81	(10)
1994–1995	Arminia Bielefeld	10	(0)
1995–1996	Spartak Moscow	23	(16)
1996	Chunnam Dragons	3	(0)
1997–2001	FC Fakel Voronezh	56	(19)
2002	Arsenal Tula	15	(7)
Total		443	(137)
International career
1989–1990	USSR	3	(0)
Managerial career
2003	Chkalovets Novosibirsk
2006–2008	FCS-73 Voronezh
2009	Fakel-Voronezh Voronezh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov (Russian: Валерий Валентинович Шмаров; born 23 February 1965) is a Russian former professional footballer and currently a coach.

International career

Shmarov made his debut for USSR national football team on 23 August 1989 in a friendly against Poland. He was not selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad.

Personal life

His sons Denis Shmarov and Yegor Shmarov are also professional footballers (Denis is now retired and Yegor plays for the fourth-tier FC Tver, as of 2024).

Honours

Spartak Moscow

• Soviet Top League: 1987, 1989

Individual

• Soviet Top League top scorer: 1990 (12 goals)
• Top 33 players year-end list: 1995

References

• Profile (in Russian)

External links

• Valeri Shmarov – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)