Fedor Smolov is considered one of the most talented Russian football players of our time, acting as a striker. During his career, he already managed to play in several domestic clubs, and also acted as a legionnaire in the Netherlands Championship. On an ongoing basis is involved in the Russian team.
Fedor Mikhailovich Smolov was born on February 9, 1990 in Saratov. The child grew very mobile, showed interest in sports life. The boy especially loved football. From childhood, he drove the ball in the yard with his friends. When Fyodor turned seven years old, his father helped Fyodor enter the sports section of the local Sokol football club. In this football school, the future striker received his first sports education. It was in Saratov that Smolov began to develop his playing talent and thinking, comprehended the skills of working with the ball, and studied his first tactical schemes.
Junior career Smolov
The guy’s work during the training process, combined with natural talent, contributed to the fact that at the age of 14, Fyodor Smolov was attracted to scout services of the Moscow Lokomotiv. The junior moved to Moscow, but problems with housing appeared in the capital. There was no place for Smolov at the Lokomotiv sports boarding school. In addition, Fedor's parents insisted that the boy should not consider the option of a future professional football career, but systematically prepared for admission to Moscow State University to receive a profession. Smolov was forced to leave the Lokomotiv school, but he begged his parents to let him go for the last viewing in the Moscow-based Master Saturn team (Yegoryevsk). Fedor managed to gain a foothold in this club. He soon signed his first professional contract.
The beginning of the career of Fedor Smolov in adult football
In 2006, Fedor Smolov signed an agreement with Moscow Dynamo. The debut of the striker in the Russian Premier League took place at the age of seventeen (in 2007). Smolov spent his first game in the elite Russian division against Luch-Energia. In his first season at Dynamo, Smolov did not have frequent playing practice; he entered the field in only three matches. Fedor scored his first goal for Dynamo in 2008. That season, the ball was the only one in seven games.
In total, “Dynamo” Fedor Smolov was listed until the 2014-2015 season. True, in the summer of 2010 he went on a loan to Holland, where he gained experience playing for Feyenord. In the Dutch club Smolov spent one season, took part in eleven matches, did not score goals. After Holland, leases to other clubs followed.
Smolov’s career continued on loan at Makhachkala Anzhi. The forward played for the club from 2012 to 2014, however, it was not possible to fully reveal his striking talent. Perhaps one of the reasons for this was the young age of the football player. Fedor lacked gaming experience, physical data. In “Anji” for two seasons in the RPL Championship he played 26 matches in which he scored one goal. The Makhachkala club will remain in Smolov’s biography as a team in which Fedor scored his first goal in Eurocups (Europa League draw 2012-2013).
In 2014, the next stage of Smolov's lease was followed. Yekaterinburg Ural became its new club. In this team, the forward statistics have improved significantly. In twenty-two meetings, Fedor was able to distinguish himself eight times. The season spent for Ural was the starting point in the career development of the scorer, because it was from the Yekaterinburg team that Smolov moved to Krasnodar, where he was able to reveal his talent.
The heyday of the career of Fedor Smolov
In 2015, Fedor Smolov moved to one of the most attacking clubs in Russia - Krasnodar. In this team, the talent of the striker was revealed already in the first season. He became the RPL's top scorer, scoring twenty goals in twenty-nine games. Smolov scored in the Europa League (three goals) in the 2015-2016 season.
The next season in Krasnodar was again successful for the striker. In 22 championship matches, he scored 18 goals. In addition, he contributed to the success of “Krasnodar” in the European Cup arena, scoring 6 goals in eight matches of the UEFA Europa League.
Fedor spent his third season at FC Krasnodar at his highest level. Efficiency, although it fell, but Smolov continued to be one of the best strikers in Russia. Forward during his speech for Southerners twice won the score in the domestic championship, recognized as the best player in Russia in 2016 according to the Russian Football Union and the Russian Football Premier League.
The season 2018-2019 Smolov began in the camp of the “bulls”, but spent only two matches in the team, after which he transferred to the Moscow Lokomotiv.
As part of the “yellow road” Fedor Smolov in the season 2018-2019 held 16 championship games, in which he scored six times. He took part in the Cup of the country, Eurocup, but could not distinguish himself in the matches of these tournaments.
