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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).^[1]

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)