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Smolnikov with Torpedo Moscow in 2022
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Kamensk-Uralsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ural Yekaterinburg (scout) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | FC Udacha Kamensk-Uralsky | ||
| 2000–2005 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | (2) |
| 2008–2012 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Chita (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Rostov (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Krasnodar | 30 | (0) |
| 2013–2020 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 143 | (8) |
| 2020–2021 | Krasnodar | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Arsenal Tula | 27 | (1) |
| 2022 | Torpedo Moscow | 16 | (1) |
| 2023 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Russia U-19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Russia U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Russia-2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2021 | Russia | 30 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Ural Yekaterinburg (scout) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 June 2024 | |||
Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Смольников; born 8 August 1988) is a Russian former football player who played as a right-back.
On 29 July 2020, he returned to Krasnodar, signing a 2-year contract with a 1-year extension option.[2] On 8 June 2021, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated by mutual consent.[3]
On 23 July 2021, he joined Arsenal Tula.[4]
On 8 February 2023, Smolnikov returned to Lokomotiv Moscow on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5] Smolnikov left Lokomotiv in June 2023.[6]
Smolnikov announced retirement from playing in August 2023.[7]
Smolnikov was called up by Fabio Capello to the Russia squad for the first time on 4 October 2013 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.[8] He made his debut for the national team on 19 November 2013 in a friendly against South Korea.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[9] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[10] He played his first and last World Cup game in the last group stage game against Uruguay on 25 June 2018 when he started the game, but was sent-off for two yellow cards in the 36th minute.
On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | 2006 | RPL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | FNL | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | |||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2008 | RPL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2009 | FNL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chita | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2010 | RPL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2011–12 | FNL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||
| Rostov | 2011–12 | RPL | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Krasnodar | 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2013–14 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | – | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2015–16 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 143 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 200 | 10 | ||
| Krasnodar | 2020–21 | RPL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |
| Total (2 spells) | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Arsenal Tula | 2021–22 | RPL | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 1 | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | 2022–23 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| Total (2 spells) | 46 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 352 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 436 | 18 | ||
| Russia | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 |
Russia squads
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