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Māris Smirnovs
Personal information
Full name	Māris Smirnovs
Date of birth	2 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Latvia (fitness coach)
Youth career
	Dinaburg Daugavpils
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Dinaburg Daugavpils
1997	Daugavpils Lokomotīve
1999	Valmiera
2000–2004	Ventspils
2004–2006	Amica Wronki
2006	Ditton
2006–2007	Dinamo București
2007	Jurmala
2007–2009	Górnik Zabrze
2009–2010	FK Ventspils
2010	Tranzit
International career
2002–2006	Latvia
Managerial career
2012–2013	FK Ventspils-2 (assistant manager)
2013	FK Ventspils (assistant manager)
2022–	Latvia (fitness coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender, and is currently the fitness coach of the manager of Latvia national team.

Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004.

Smirnovs played for Dinaburg, Valmiera, Ventspils, Amica Wronki, Ditton, Dinamo București, Górnik Zabrze, Jūrmala and Tranzit. At the conclusion of the 2010 Latvian Higher League season, Smirnovs retired from professional football.

Before the start of the 2012 Latvian First League season, Smirnovs was appointed as the assistant manager of FK Ventspils-2. In 2013, he became the assistant manager of FK Ventspils first team.