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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team.
Born February 9, 1990 in Saratov. In 2006, he signed his first professional contract with Dynamo Moscow. He made his debut in the Russian Football Premier League on April 28, 2007 in a match against Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He is the youngest debutant of Dynamo in the championships of Russia.
On July 14, 2010, he moved on loan to Feyenoord Rotterdam. Scored one goal in eleven matches.
In July 2012, he moved to Anji Makhachkala on loan. On January 28, 2014, Smolov moved to Anji Makhachkala for the second time on loan.
September 1, 2014 was loaned by Ural Ekaterinburg. In the Ural Ekaterinburg, the football player twice became the team's best player of the month in the opinion of the fans.
On June 2, 2015, Smolov signed a 4-year contract with Krasnodar. April 10, 2016 made the first poker in his career in the game against the Ural Ekaterinburg. Fyodor twice became the top scorer of the Russian championship - in the 2015/16 season and in the 2016/17 season. In the 2017/18 season, he became the MVP of the Russian Championship.
August 9, 2018 Smolov moved to Lokomotiv Moscow. In Lokomotiv Moscow, Smolov won two Russian Cups (2018/19, 2020/21) and one Russian Super Cup (2019).
On January 30, 2020 Smolov went on loan to Celta Vigo.
On January 12, 2022 he returned to Dynamo Moscow.
On account of Fedor Smolov 45 games for the Russian national team and 16 goals.
Smolov was part of the Russia Under-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He was an important factor in the U-21 team qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the next cycle, scoring three goals in the qualification play-offs against the Czech Republic.
On 6 November 2012, Russia manager Fabio Capello included Smolov in the squad for a friendly game against the United States. During the game, he made his debut and scored his first goal for the national team, netting the opener in a 2–2 home draw on 14 November.
Smolov scored his first competitive goal for the national team in a 7–0 away victory against Liechtenstein in a Euro 2016 qualifier on 8 September 2015. He was subsequently included in Russia's squad for the final tournament in France, where he started in all three matches as Russia finished 4th in group B.
In the opening match of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup against New Zealand on 17 June at Krestovsky Stadium, Smolov scored Russia's second goal in a 2–0 win and was Man of the Match.
On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. He started the tournament-opener game against Saudi Arabia and appeared as a substitute in every subsequent game. He scored the opening penalty kick in the shoot-out that helped Russia defeat Spain in the Round of 16, but had his shot saved by Danijel Subašić in the quarterfinal shoot-out which Russia lost to Croatia.
On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.
Smolov is fluent in English and has read Mario Puzo's books in the original language. From 2012, he was in a relationship with Russian model and TV hostess Victoria Lopyreva. The couple got married in December 2013 but then divorced in May 2015. He has supported AC Milan since the 1997–98 season and once cited George Weah and Andriy Shevchenko as his childhood favorite players. On 1 August 2018, Smolov crashed his BMW M5 into a traffic barrier in Krasnodar. He was later fined and had his driver's license suspended for one year for leaving the scene of the accident. On April 5, 2020 Smolov broke Spain's coronavirus protocols to return to Russia to celebrate the 18th birthday of his fiancee Maria Yumasheva, the granddaughter of Boris Yeltsin.
