Fedor Smolov - biography, information, personal life. Football player Fedor Smolov: biography, personal life and sporting achievements

Fedor Mikhailovich Smolov is a Russian football player, forward of the Lokomotiv club, as well as the Russian national team. Previously, Fedor Smolov’s career included Dynamo Moscow, Feyenoord, Anzhi and Ural; the forward successfully played for Krasnodar for several years. Smolov became “Footballer of the Year” and the best domestic scorer in the 2015–2016 season. Fedor Smolov has been playing for the Russian national team since 2012, took part in Euro 2016, the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup. In the summer of 2018 he moved to Lokomotiv.

Childhood and education

Fedor Mikhailovich Smolov was born on February 9, 1990 in Saratov. The area where the boy lived was disadvantaged. This is also why his parents - Irina And Mikhail Smolovy- they gave their son at the age of seven to sports section football club "Sokol".

Fedor Smolov made progress in football and already at the age of 14 he tried to get into the capital's Lokomotiv club. In 2004, Fedor Smolov came there for selection. Unfortunately, there were no free places in the boarding school at the club section.

According to Smolov’s biography on the “Find out everything” website, the last chance for the young football player was the Moscow region club “Master-Saturn”. Smolov persuaded his parents to let him go, but on the condition that if he refused, Fedor would give up football. As the player recalled in an interview, his father wanted Fedor to study normally at the gymnasium instead of football.

In general, Fedor’s parents did not really want their son to devote his life to football. The father said that not everyone succeeds in getting into the major leagues, and his son might simply waste time. And mother did not let Fyodor go for a walk until he read 10 pages a day. They dreamed that their son would enter Moscow State University.

But “Master-Saturn” from Yegoryevsk accepted Smolov into its academy, and Fedor was destined to make a career as a football player.

Sports career of Fedor Smolov

When Fedor Smolov turned 16 years old, he managed to conclude his first football contract - with Dynamo Moscow (2006). A year later, Smolov made his debut for Dynamo at the age of 17 years, 2 months and 19 days, becoming Dynamo's youngest debutant in the Russian championships. Smolov scored his first goal for this team against Krylia Sovetov Samara on September 27, 2008.

In the following seasons, Smolov remained promising, but scored very few goals. In the 2009 season, in 23 matches in all tournaments, Fedor Smolov scored only one goal.

The promising guy was noticed by foreign football agents. Fedor Smolov moved on loan to the Dutch club Feyenoord, where he played in 11 matches during the year, but scored only one goal.

In 2011, Fedor Smolov returned to Dynamo, but did not play for his native club for long. In the summer of 2012, he moved to Anzhi on loan. When the lease ended, Smolov had to move to Ural, which did not cause him much delight, because the salary was 2.5 times lower. Nevertheless, Fedor Smolov showed himself well in Yekaterinburg. In the 2014/2015 season, Smolov scored 8 goals in 22 games for Ural, which was unprecedented performance for Fedor. Smolov was twice recognized as the team's best player that season (in September and April), according to Fedor's biography on Wikipedia.

In 2015, a new stage began in the career of Fedor Smolov - he signed a contract with Krasnodar for a period of 4 years.

And as part of Krasnodar, Fedor was able to reveal his talent. In the first season, Fedor Smolov scored 20 goals for Krasnodar and became the championship's top scorer. Smolov was recognized as football player of the year.

Fedor operated successfully in Krasnodar’s attack the following season. On April 10, 2016, Smolov scored the first “poker” in his career - and against Ural. In total, Smolov scored 18 goals in the 2016/2017 season; he again became the top scorer of the season in the Russian Federation.

The authoritative sports newspaper Marca included Krasnodar and Russian national team striker Fedor Smolov in the list of the best players of 2017. The 27-year-old forward took 97th place in the ranking.

Career of Fedor Smolov in the Russian national team

In 2008, Fedor Smolov appeared in the Russian youth team. In the qualifying matches against the Czech national team, Fedor scored three goals.

The young football player made his debut in the main squad of the Russian national team in 2012, and it turned out well for Smolov. The match against the US team brought fame to Fedor. The whole country recognized Fedor Smolov, because the guy became the first newcomer to score in the first half of his first match. Smolov's goal was the fastest goal for the debutants of the Russian national team after entering the field.

Since 2016, Fedor Smolov has been the main forward in the Russian national team, playing 9 matches a year. 2017 was the most productive year for Smolov as a member of the Russian national team - he scored 5 goals.

In 2017, Fedor Smolov was awarded the “Man of the Match” award as the best player in the meeting with the New Zealand team at the Confederations Cup.

Transfer rumors about Smolov's transfer

After Krasnodar and Russian national team striker Fedor Smolov became “Footballer of the Year” and the best domestic scorer in the 2015–2016 season, many clubs began to show interest in him, both in Russia and abroad. News football transfers Every now and then they reported interest in Smolov from famous clubs. For example, Moscow Spartak, St. Petersburg Zenit and Turkish Besiktas, German Borussia, Spanish Sevilla, Turkish Fenerbahce and even Real Madrid are showing interest in Fedor Smolov. The player's transfer is estimated at approximately 25 million euros.

The forward was going to be invited to Zenit, options were discussed with an exchange for Artem Dzyuba or Alexandra Kokorina, but the bosses of the St. Petersburg club decided to refuse Smolov’s services.

It was also reported in the news that the English West Ham abandoned the idea of acquiring Fedor Smolov. The Hammers were ready to take the player only on loan, which did not suit Krasnodar at all. The Swansea club was interested in Smolov, but the striker himself refused the transfer.

Fedor Smolov stated that he dreams of continuing his career in his favorite club, the Italian Milan.

Head coach of the French national team Didier Deschamps after the victory over Russia in a friendly match, he highly appreciated the playing qualities of forward Fedor Smolov and suggested that the striker could play in Juventus Turin.

“He has a chance to play at Juventus. Smolov is a very high-quality player. I haven’t seen all of his matches, but his level is very high,” Soviet Sport quoted the French specialist as saying.

In the summer of 2017, the forward of Krasnodar and the Russian national team received two offers to move to Chinese clubs and refused both times. The footballer, after consulting with the coaching staff of the Bulls, came to the conclusion that it would be incorrect for him to leave the team less than a month before the resumption of the championship. According to the MatchTV channel, Tianjin was ready to pay an amount of 18 million euros for Smolov, and offer the player himself to sign a long-term contract with a salary of 10 million euros per year. The second offer, which came from one of the Beijing clubs, was a little more modest: 15 million for the transfer of the forward and 7.5 million a year - the salary of the football player himself.

At the beginning of 2018, the coach of the Russian national team, Stanislav Cherchesov, hinted that English clubs were interested in Smolov, but the footballer decided to stay in Russia. At the same time, Smolov, according to the results of fan voting, entered the symbolic team of FC Krasnodar along with other best players of the team over the past decade.

In March 2018, news appeared that Fedor Smolov was close to moving to English West Ham. The forward expects to sign a contract with the Hammers before the start of the 2018 World Cup, Sky Sports reported.

Personal life of football player Fedor Smolov

In the period from 2012 to 2015, the attention of journalists, photographers and fans was focused on the personal life of Fedor Smolov. The reason for this was not only the rapidly growing popularity of the athlete in football circles, but also the ensuing romance with a famous Russian model and TV personality Victoria Lopyreva. But in the spring of 2015, the couple broke up. As Fyodor’s mother said, her son was having a hard time with the breakup, and Irina Smolova herself was also going through this separation, since she had managed to become friends with Victoria. She liked “daughter-in-law.”

By the way, after breaking up with Lopyreva, Smolov made dramatic progress in his career.

In the biography on the website “Find out everything” it is reported that six months after breaking up with one model, Smolov began a relationship with another - Miranda Shelia. Model profile in social network Instagram has become very popular thanks to Miranda's incredible resemblance to ex-lover Cristiano Ronaldo, Irina Shayk.

In July 2017, the football player published a photo with his new lover, a model. Yulia Levchenko. In February 2018, the football player celebrated his 28th birthday, and New Year life began for him again as a bachelor. Shortly before this, Fedor and Yulia deleted joint photos from Instagram.

Smolov regrets having his ears pierced. “I pierced it three times in total, but usually only the left one: at 14 and at 18 years old. And at the age of 21 or 22, while on vacation, I got both ears pierced. He returned home to Saratov and put on earrings with diamonds,” recalled Fedor Smolov.

Scandals with Fedor Smolov

Russian national football team striker Fedor Smolov lost almost 200 million rubles when buying luxury housing in Moscow. The athlete purchased the property, which was pledged to the bank, from a former State Duma deputy from A Just Russia. Ildara Samieva, reported in the news.

In the spring of 2017, the football player was offered to buy an apartment with an area of 194 square meters in the Knightsbridge Private Park residential complex in Khamovniki for almost 191 million rubles. The forward quickly agreed, since similar apartments in this building cost 10-30 million rubles more.

In March, the father of a Krasnodar player brought more than 163 million rubles in various currencies to the residential complex sales office, which he handed over to Ildar Samiev’s authorized representative Rostislav Ilyk. However, problems arose with registering ownership rights - it turned out that the apartment was pledged to JSCB Svyaz-Bank.

Subsequently, Smolov was persuaded to pay the rest of the money for the property, promising to pay off the bank and thus remove the encumbrance from the apartment. However, this was not done. Based on this fact, at the beginning of February 2018, a criminal case was opened against the ex-deputy under the article “fraud on an especially large scale.” Samiev himself, whose debts amount to tens of billions of rubles, is currently under arrest for fraud with real estate near Moscow.

In April 2018, Fedor Smolov was subjected to obstruction from fans during a Russian championship match against Anzhi Makhachkala. When the forward left the field after being substituted in the 85th minute, the Bulls fans actively whistled at him. In response to this, the Russian national team player swore at the fans. This moment was broadcast on the “Our Football” TV channel.

After the game, Smolov asked for forgiveness for his actions via his Twitter.

“Swearing is bad! Especially if women and children hear the swearing. I apologize for the foul language. Please understand that this breakdown was caused solely by dissatisfaction with my performance today. P.S. Few people are interested, but I played with a sore throat today,” the footballer wrote on his Twitter.

On the night of August 1, 2018, Fedor Smolov crashed into road barriers on Stavropolskaya Street in Krasnodar and seriously damaged his BMW M5 First Edition, worth 9 million rubles. Footage from a street camera shows the driver of the BMW allegedly taking part in the race.

Administrative materials under Art. 12.33 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (damage to roads, railway crossings or other road structures), Art. 12.27 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (failure to fulfill duties in connection with a traffic accident). The football player faces deprivation of his driver's license or administrative arrest for up to 15 days, as reported in the news.

Information appeared in the media that another person was driving the BMW, but Smolov himself told the police that at the time of the accident he was driving a BMW car, and lost control vehicle due to poor health. The conversation with the police took place in the presence of the security service of the Krasnodar football club.

Official account of Fedor Smolov on Instagram: http://instagram.com/smolovfedor 10

Biography of Fedor Smolov on Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolov,_Fedor_Mikhailovich

Official account of Fedor Smolov on Twitter.

27-year-old striker Smolov in the prime of his life, and we believe he has a wonderful future. Including financial. The contract, under which Fedor receives $2.5 million per season, is valid for another two years. The amount of compensation specified in it for the club (compensation for an early break) is $30 million.

“Krasnodar” is one of the most reliable, stable, advanced in terms of structure and dynamics of progress of RFPL clubs. Participant in the Europa League and a contender for Russian Championship medals.

Club owner Sergey Galitsky- a long-liver on the Forbes list with a personal fortune of about $7 billion. His authority in domestic football is supported by serious achievements, and his reputation is impeccable...

What other arguments are needed for a player to hold on to his work with his hands and feet, providing the maximum possible return (which, in fact, Smolov did for two recent years), and the club - for the player?

And yet, rumors that , are gaining momentum, acquiring all the signs of authenticity along the way.

Muromets

The career of Fedor Smolov is unique and amazing in its own way. One of the most talented players of his generation, he, like Ilya Muromets, rested on the stove until he was 25 years old. Having made his debut with Dynamo Moscow at the age of seventeen, over the next 8 years Smolov changed 4 clubs and, God forbid, scored two dozen goals in official matches during this time.

Dynamo player Fedor Smolov during the 6th round match of the Russian Football Championship between the Moscow and Dynamo teams. 2008 Photo: RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko

And in 2015, when many had already given up on him, he moved as a free agent (that is, for free) to Krasnodar and finally blossomed. In the Russian Championship alone, Fedor scored 38 times!

“Krasnodar” has strengthened its position among the leaders in this period Russian football, finishing 4th in the national championship twice in a row and reaching the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. But towards the end of last season - on the whole quite successful for the southerners - there was a strong feeling that the club had hit a ceiling in its development. To reach a new stage of progress, it needs new challenges.

A normal work situation that simply takes time to resolve.

Motives

Smolov does not have this time. Smolov is now in perfect health, but he is already 27: he has 5-6 years of active career ahead, hardly more, and in order to leave a mark on football, he needs to act now. “Act” translated from football into Russian means brightly presenting yourself at the highest level.

In a year, Fedor will most likely have such a chance (at the national team level), but everything he has to do before the 2018 World Championships is no longer interesting to him. It happened, happened, passed.

Smolov, like his Krasnodar, needs a new challenge: the fight for championship gold and participation in the Champions League. In Russia or in Europe - the question is secondary.

Related to this topic is probably the topic of the terms of a personal contract. According to this fundamental indicator, Smolov is at the end of the second ten among all RFPL football players.

The highest paid RFPL football players (data from the Sports.ru portal at the beginning of 2017):

1. Javi Garcia(Zenit) - 4.5 million euros

2.Vedran Corluka(“Lokomotiv”) - 4.5

3.Branislav Ivanovic(Zenit) - 4.1

4. Alex Song(“Ruby”) – 4

5. Yann Mwila(“Ruby”) – 4

6.Igor Denisov(“Lokomotiv”) - 4

7.Quincy Promes("Spartak") - 3.8

8. Manuel Fernandes(Lokomotiv) - 3.8

9. Artyom Dzyuba(Zenit) - 3.6

10. Luis Adriano("Spartak") - 3.5

17-21. Fedor Smolov("Krasnodar") - 2.5

Sergei Galitsky is a zealous owner; he never participates in the “football arms race”. In other words, Smolov cannot count on an improvement in his contract in Krasnodar. At the same time, there are clubs in Russia that are ready to solve the urgent problem. There would be a desire.

"Spartacus"

The list of mutual sympathies, if you do not take into account various undercurrents and hidden intrigues, is undoubtedly headed by the Russian champion Spartak. There are several reasons for this.

The position of center forward, in which Smolov plays, is one of Spartak’s personnel problems that require solutions. Ze Luis, Luis Adriano, Lorenzo Melgarejo- none of the “pure” Spartak forwards last season, as they say, convinced (2, 5 and 2 goals, respectively). At the same time, strengthening competition for the Champions League is an absolutely necessary condition. In turn, the 6 matches of the League group tournament guaranteed by the regulations is the minimum that attracts Smolov to Spartak.

The owner of Spartak will improve the Smolov contract Leonid Fedun, of course, is able to: since Luis Adriano was invited for 3.5 million, then the order of magnitude more effective Smolov costs no less.

On the other hand, Spartak, as far as is known, has not yet had substantive contacts with Krasnodar regarding Smolov: it seems that it is not ready to pay 30 million compensation, and Galitsky, in turn, is not ready to work to strengthen the competitor. Moreover, his relationship with Spartak is, let’s say, not the most ideal.

But business is business, and work in the transfer market is a subtle, delicate science: neither the fact of negotiations, nor, especially, their details are ever advertised. There is still enough time before the transfer window closes (the market closes on August 31, applications for the Champions League must be sent to UEFA on September 1), and anything can happen. From the obvious to the incredible.

"Zenith"

Last season's bronze medalist, Zenit, is maximally active in the market, and, as usual, it has a ton of money (even taking into account financial fair play). Peter is able to pay the costs of Smolov’s contract and offer the best Russian forward more than decent personal conditions. Certainly no worse than Artyom Dzyuba (3.6 million euros) and Alexander Kokorin (3.3).

At the same time, Zenit really talked to Krasnodar regarding Smolov (football Krasnodar has no contradictions with St. Petersburg), which is confirmed by several independent sources. Although the clubs themselves vehemently deny the fact of communication.

But the St. Petersburg version is twice rejected by the logic of life.

Firstly, the Zenit attack group is already overloaded: to Dzyube With Kokorin added in summer Dmitry Poloz and a young Argentinean Sebastian Driussi. If Smolov is also included in the plans, someone from the quartet will have to part with. Rumors are circulating on the sidelines about a possible exchange using the formula “Smolov = Kokorin + 16 million,” and this option seems outwardly quite logical. And then there’s another “but”: is Krasnodar really interested in forward Kokorin, with a heavy contract and a damaged image, who scores a teaspoon per hour?

Secondly, Zenit is only a participant in the Europa League, and this is a well-trodden route for Smolov.

Abroad

The ideal option for Smolov would be to move to one of the decent European clubs. Until recently, Borussia Dortmund had bids for Fedor: in the winter the transfer was already, as they say, in the works, but it still fell through. The reasons, as usual, are not disclosed.

“I waited a very long time to move to Borussia, negotiations were going on throughout the transfer window,” Smolov said in an interview with Championship.com. — I was very upset when it didn’t work out. And then there were the Chinese, who are hard to refuse. They offered more than 10 million euros a year, plus there was an official offer to Krasnodar. And they most likely would have agreed, since my contract stipulates the amount of compensation. But I understood that if I agreed and took this step, the likelihood of getting to Europe in the future was reduced to almost zero.”

So far there is no clear interest from Europe in Smolov, which was also facilitated by the unsuccessful performance of the Russian team at the Confederations Cup. There is talk about options in Turkey, but since Smolov refused the big money in China, then it’s ridiculous to talk about Turkey. Even if they call him to the most popular Fenerbahce with a great friend of Russia Wild Lawyer at the head.

Injury

In the control match between Krasnodar and CSKA (1:1), which took place on July 9, Smolov was injured: a sprained hamstring. This means that the forward will miss the start of the season: treatment will take about three weeks, and Krasnodar’s first match in the new RFPL championship is scheduled for July 16.

But the most interesting thing is this. Information came from Smolov’s entourage immediately after the match that Krasnodar’s medical headquarters refused to conduct an in-depth examination, citing organizational problems. The club coldly ignored this “bomb”, and Smolov confirmed it on social networks by retweeting the link to the publication accompanied by a sad emoji.

The story is more than strange, leading us to assume that the relationship between the player and the club has definitely fallen on hard times...

Russian football player, member of the Russian national football team.

Biography of Fedor Smolov

Fedor Smolov born in Saratov. At the age of 7, he began playing football in the children's section of the Sokol club. As a teenager, he tried to break into Lokomotiv Moscow, but it didn’t work out. His parents insisted that the young man begin to prepare for entering a university and quit sports, but Fedor was able to insist on one last attempt and managed to get into the Master-Saturn school. In 2006, he began his professional career.

From 2012 to 2015, Fedor dated model Victoria Lopyreva (“Happiness. Video version”, “Fashion Ambulance”). They got married in the Maldives in 2013, but separated two years later. Victoria is now in a relationship with singer Nikolai Baskov.

Since 2017, Smolov has been living with a model Yulia Levchenko.

Sports career of Fedor Smolov

From 2006 to 2010, Fedor was a player for the Moscow club Dynamo, playing in the Russian Premier League. In 2010, he moved on loan to the Dutch team Feyenoord. Later, Smolov was a member of the Anzhi and Ural teams, and in 2015 he signed a four-year contract with the Krasnodar club. Smolov was repeatedly invited to foreign clubs, offering fabulous fees.

In 2015, he scored 20 goals during the season and received the title of best forward of the year.

In 2018, Smolov entered the preliminary squad of the Russian national football team. During the season, as a member of the Krasnodar team, he scored 14 goals and took second place among scorers.

Roman Pavlyuchenko about Smolov’s participation in the World Championship: “I think that Fedor Smolov will be the discovery of the championship. I think he is playing good football now and scoring a lot. He's a leader on offense."

At the group stage of the 2018 World Cup our team plays with national teams Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.

In May 2018, Smolov starred for the cover of the June issue of Russian VOGUE, paired with a supermodel. Also participated in the filming Julian Draxler And Daniel Alves da Silva. Ambiguous photographs of half-naked football players appeared on the stars’ Instagram accounts.

Fedor Smolov was born in Saratov; parents Mikhail and Irina Smolov. I grew up on the outskirts of this city. At the age of 7, his father took Fedor to the Sokol football section. At the age of 14, he came to watch a tryout at Lokomotiv Moscow, but could not stay due to lack of places in the boarding school. Soon, Smolov’s father began to insist that the teenager finish playing football. Then Fedor asked to be allowed to go through the last screening and, if unsuccessful, he would leave the sport. “Master-Saturn” from Yegoryevsk accepted Smolov into its academy.

Career

"Dynamo"

In 2006, he signed his first professional contract with Dynamo Moscow. IN next year He made his debut in the Premier League on April 28 in a game against Luch-Energia. At the age of 17 years, 2 months and 19 days, Smolov became the youngest Dynamo debutant in the Russian championships. In total, he played 3 matches in the first season. On September 27, 2008, in a match against Krylia Sovetov, he scored his first goal for Dynamo in the championship. In 2010, Dynamo management decided that Smolov needed constant playing practice.

In May 2011, after returning from Feyenoord, he scored in matches against Krasnodar and Spartak Nalchik, in both cases his goals were decisive.

Loan at Feyenoord

On July 14, 2010, he transferred to Feyenoord on loan. Rotterdam sports director Leo Beenhakker Fedor was advised by longtime acquaintances Dick Advocaat and Igor Korneev. He made his debut in the Dutch Championship on August 8 in a match against Utrecht, which ended in a home victory for Feyenoord with a score of 3:1. But over time, he began to appear on the field less and less. In 11 championship matches, Smolov scored one goal (against the Vitesse club; initially the stadium announcer mistakenly announced Leerdam as the goal scorer.

“Before Holland, many from the outside thought that I had other interests besides football. And now I'm completely concentrated."

Rent in Anji

In July 2012 he moved to Anzhi on loan. On July 19, in a match against Honved in the qualifying round of the Europa League, he made his debut for new team. On July 22, in a meeting with Krasnodar Kuban, he made his debut for Anzhi in the Russian Championship. On August 2, 2012, in a Europa League qualifying round match against Vitesse, he scored the decisive goal, which allowed his team to win 2:0. KHIMKI, RUSSIA — JULY 27: Fyodor Smolov of FC Dinamo Moscow in action during the Russian Premier League match between FC Dinamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow at the Arena Khimki Stadium on July 27, 2013 in Khimki, Russia. (Photo by Epsilon/Getty Images) In October 2012, the president of Dynamo Moscow, Gennady Solovyov, confirmed information that appeared in the media that the club was going to return Smolov from loan. In mid-January it became known that Smolov would remain at Anzhi until the end of the 2012/13 season. On January 28, 2014, Smolov moved to Anzhi for the second time on loan with the opportunity to play against his main club. On April 6, 2014, in the match between Anzhi and Dynamo (4:0), Smolov broke his goalless streak, which lasted 1,775 minutes.

Rent in "Ural"

On September 1, 2014, Smolov was loaned out again - this time to Ural Yekaterinburg, agreeing to reduce his salary by more than 2.5 times. Twice Smolov was recognized by Ural fans as the best player of the team - in September 2014 and April 2015. On May 31, 2015, the lease expired, and on June 1, the contract with Dynamo expired, and therefore Smolov was unable to take part in the play-offs " Ural".

"Krasnodar"

On June 2, 2015, he signed a contract for a period of 4 years with the Krasnodar club. On August 6, 2015, in the match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League with Slovan Bratislava, he scored a penalty for Krasnodar, and on August 10, in the derby with Kuban, he scored from the game in the Russian Championship, with both goals scored in injury time second half and both saved Kasnodar from defeat.

On September 24, 2015, he scored the winning goal in the 1/16 finals of the Russian Cup in a match against Zenit from Izhevsk. In the first group matches of the Europa League against Borussia Dortmund and Azerbaijani Gabala, he provided an assist and scored himself. On November 8, in a match against CSKA, he scored a double and helped the Bulls inflict the Army team their first defeat of the season.

On April 10, 2016, he scored the first “poker” in his career against Ural. Smolov's poker became the 10th anniversary poker in the Russian championships and the first made by a Russian player in the last 15 years.

The goal scored against Ufa in the 25th round match was recognized as the most beautiful goal of the Russian championship according to one of the leading Russian sports publications, Sport-Express. At the end of the 2015/16 season, Smolov became the top scorer of the RFPL with 20 goals. In the summer of the same year, Shanghai Shenhua offered 15 million euros for Smolov, but was refused. Smolov himself said that he sees himself in a top club:

“I had a super advantageous offer in the summer financially from China. It was truly cosmic. I think no one in the entire Russian Championship has such conditions. But I refused immediately, without a second’s hesitation. I have a goal, I’m going towards it and I want to get there in the end.

Where do I see myself in three years? I see myself in a top club in the European championship - in England, Italy, Germany or Spain. I don’t just see myself there, I strive for it. Because when I had a conversation with myself, I set a goal for myself. Now I’m trying to go to her.”

On September 29, 2016, in the group stage match of the 2016/17 Europa League with Nice (5:2), he scored the first goal of the match, simultaneously receiving a knee injury and being out of action for about a month. He returned to the team's starting line-up and became the championship's top scorer for the second year in a row (this time scoring 18 goals).

National team career

In January 2008, Smolov won as part of the Russian team at the Granatkin Memorial, becoming the top scorer of the tournament. On October 12, 2012, in the first play-off match for qualifying for the European Youth Championship against the Czech youth team, Smolov scored two goals and helped his team win, 2:0. In the return match, he scored a penalty against the Czech Republic in the 6th minute; the game ended in a 2:2 draw, which allowed the Russian team to qualify for the European Youth Championship.

On November 14, 2012, in a match against the US national team, he made his debut in the main Russian national team, where he, having entered the starting lineup, opened the scoring in the 9th minute. This goal became the fastest goal for the debutants of the Russian national team after entering the field, and also the only one scored by a newcomer to the national team in the first half of the debut match. In the same episode, Fedor was injured and could not continue the match. On June 7, 2013, he made his debut in an official match for the national team. Fedor appeared on the field in the 68th minute in the away match with.

Participated in the 2016 European Football Championship in France and the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia, where he was awarded the “Man of the Match” award after playing with the New Zealand national football team.

Achievements

Team

"Dynamo (Moscow)"

Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2008
Russian Cup finalist: 2011/12

"Anji"

Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2012/13
Russian Cup finalist: 2012/13

Team Russia (youth)

Granatkin Memorial: 2008

Personal

Top scorer of the Russian Championship: 2015/16, 2016/17
Footballer of the Year in Russia according to the RFU and RFPL: 2016
Footballer of the Year in Russia according to Sport-Express: 2015/16
Footballer of the Year in Russia according to the weekly “Football”: 2016
In the lists of the 33 best football players of the Russian Championship: No. 1 (2015/16, 2016/17), No. 3 (2014/15)

Personal life of Smolov

The couple met at the birthday party of a mutual friend, Yuri Zhirkov. The relationship developed rapidly, and in the winter of 2013 the young people got married. The wedding took place in paradise planets - in the Maldives.

Victoria said that Fyodor took upon himself the entire organization of the ceremony, moreover, for the girl it came as a surprise. Smolov planned everything down to the smallest detail, even organizing the flight of the newlyweds’ parents. Such a beautiful couple, like Smolov and Lopyreva, it seemed like they were made for each other.

But fate decided differently. In the spring of 2015, Victoria officially announced her breakup with Smolov. According to the girl, the football player was simply not ready for such a serious relationship. Since the couple did not have a wedding according to the laws of the Russian Federation, they did not have to file for divorce.

Six months after breaking up with one model, Smolov began a relationship with another, Miranda Shelia. The young beauty is friends with Keti Topuria, the lead singer of A-Studio, and is widely known in social circles. The model's profile on the social network Instagram has become very popular, thanks to Miranda's incredible resemblance to Cristiano Ronaldo's lover. Irina Shayk.

This athlete is made up of contrasts. It is difficult to find a more controversial person among the elite of our football. Who scored the most goals this season? Fedor Smolov. Who hit the goal in a somersault “over themselves”? Fedor Smolov. Which forward couldn't score anything for 1775 minutes in a row? This, alas, was also Fedor Smolov - two years ago. And suddenly the player has now transformed, grown.

The private life of a famous athlete is also full of surprises.

Fedor Smolov, photo

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Let's talk briefly about the football player. Forward of the Krasnodar club Fedor Smolov is 26 years old (born February 9, 1990 in Saratov). Fedor Smolov's height is 187 centimeters, weight - 80 kilograms. He is the most prolific scorer of the 2015/2016 Russian Championship: Fedor Smolov scored 20 goals this season.

Previously, the player was better known for his social life and candid photo shoots. Although he has been playing in the Russian Premier League since 2007.

The beginning of the biography of Fedor Smolov

The future forward grew up in a criminal area of Saratov and was familiar with the criminal world firsthand. However, at the same time, the boy studied well and was aimed at entering Moscow State University.

Child photo: Fyodor Smolov with a book by Mario Puzo, author of “The Godfather”

Little Fedor had two passions: voraciously reading detective stories and rooting for Lokomotiv. Ultimately, football became stronger. Smolov learned to play at the Saratov Sokol children's and youth sports school. At the age of fourteen, the teenager tried to enter the Lokomotiv boarding school. True, Smolov was not taken there.

Later, the young man went to the Master-Saturn near Moscow, and his father set a strict condition: “if they don’t take you, you’ll have to quit sports and go to university.” However, everything ended well for Fedor and for Russian football, and in 2007 the athlete already played for Dynamo in the Premier League. It seemed that success was just around the corner...

They paid attention to Smolov. Leonid Slutsky noticed him and wanted to lure him to CSKA. True, Dynamo did not let Fedor go.

Player in crisis

However, the years passed, and there were no outstanding successes. It seemed that Smolov was satisfied with playing in the Premier League. It seemed that the player attends parties more often than training...

In 2010, the footballer was loaned to the Dutch Feyenoord: there the striker played in 11 matches, but scored only once.

In 2012, Fedor was rented by the Makhachkala club Anzhi. The footballer was loaned to the same club for the second time at the beginning of 2014. By that time, Smolov had become “famous” for his extremely unsuccessful game: fifty matches and almost 1800 consecutive minutes on the field without goals: for a striker this is like death. When in April 2014, the player on loan from Anzhi finally scored (ironically, against his main goal), this caused a wave of malicious comments from the audience. They say that a miracle of miracles has happened and it is necessary to create a “sect of witnesses to Fedor Smolov’s goal.”

The sport doesn't like losers. The striker was sent to a more modest club. The football player's salary has dropped sharply.

From September 1, 2014, Smolov was rented by Ural; playing in Ural became the most important school in the footballer’s life.

But who said that miracles don’t happen in sports? It’s hard to describe what we’ve seen lately in any other word. It was as if Fedor had been reborn.

The creator of this miracle was the coach of the Ural team, Alexander Tarkhanov. The coach believed in the player and was able to reveal his abilities. Smolov was at an age when it would seem too late to “discover his talents”...

This coup did not immediately become clear to everyone (although Yekaterinburg fans noticed it). Dynamo still thought in the old way: the footballer’s contract expired on June 1, 2015, and the contract was not renewed.

Maybe this is for the best for the football player: where is the Dynamo club now, and where is Fedor Smolov? Already on June 2, the striker signed a contract with Krasnodar.

Team coach Oleg Kononov and president Sergei Galitsky put together an excellent team, and in the 2015/2016 championship Krasnodar rose to fourth place in the Premier League. The main creator of this victory was the revived football player Fedor Smolov.

Football fantasy

It is difficult to tell about all the bright episodes with the participation of our hero, who scored 20 goals in 30 matches of the last Russian Championship. Krasnodar, with its vibrant, attacking style of play, scored even more goals (54) than the Russian champions. By the way, in the victorious match against CSKA, Smolov scored a double: it was he who was responsible for the army team’s first defeat at the championship.

An offensive blow to the nose of the team...

Further more. On April 10, 2016, Fedor Smolov punished his former teachers, the team from Yekaterinburg. “Ural” was defeated with a score of 6:0, while Smolov “played poker”, that is, he scored four goals in one match.

Review of the Krasnodar-Ural match: Smolov’s four goals on video.

Smolov is the first Russian football player in the last fifteen years to score so many goals in one Premier League match.

But our forward scored the most famous goal on April 24, in the 38th minute of the match with Ufa: it was a somersault goal!

Fedor Smolov, “goal through himself” on video

Fedor Smolov: personal life

The Russian football player is a rather controversial figure not only in sports, but also in life. Smolov publicly stated that he “respects” the criminal environment. The forward’s hands are completely covered with “tattoos”: he got his first tattoo at the age of seventeen. Fedor has more than once become the hero of not entirely respectable videos and photo shoots.

At the same time, it is known, for example, that Smolov is passionate about reading; his favorite authors are Dante, Dostoevsky and Bulgakov.

The football player's novels attracted a lot of attention. Since 2012, he dated the famous journalist and fashion model Victoria Lopyreva. In 2003, Victoria received the title “Miss Russia”, and then became a prominent promoter of sports. She was seven years older than her boyfriend.