Career
Club
Smakov started his career in his home town Semey playing for Football Club Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including Football Club Rostov in Russian Premier League. Having a strong leadership qualities, he has captained most of his teams. He held Football Club Aktobe"s club record for most Premier League appearances, before being surpassed by Yuri Logvinenko, in August 2013.
He is a current captain of Football Club Kairat Almaty.
In October 2014, Smakov, along with Dmitri Khomich, Mikhail Bakayev, Zaurbek Pliyev and Aleksandr Kislitsyn, was banned from training with Football Club Kairat by the club On 6 January 2015, Smakov, along with Aleksandr Kislitsyn, moved to Football Club Irtysh Pavlodar.
International
Samat received his first cap for Kazakhstan on 31 March 2000 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan at the age of 18. Since that time Smakov capped in all major matches of Kazakhstan, including World Cup 2002, World Cup 2006 and Euro 2008 qualifiers.
As of November 2014 he has played 62 international matches and scored two goals, his first goal a penalty against Belgium in September 2007.
Many times he led the team as a captain.