Career
Early career
Yanaki moved to Greece with his family where he started in the local Panathinaikos. A year later his family returned to his hometown of Varna, where he joined Spartak Varna"s academy. He spent one year in Hristo Stoichkov"s academy at the Vilafranca football club
After that he joined Litex Lovech academy.
He later moved again to Spartak Varna. Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
In the summer of 2014, Smirnov signed with the B Group team Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.
He scored a goal in his debut for Loko against Loko Mezdra. He scored 13 goals in his first 9 matches.
He become thetop goalscorer of B Group with 23 goals scored in 26 matches.
Ludogorets Razgrad
On 7 July 2015, Smirnov signed a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad II, the B team of Bulgarian champions Ludogorets, who are playing in Bulgarians 2nd league B Group. He chose Ludogorets team over CSKA Sofia. He made his debut for Ludogorets II on 25 July 2015 in match agnist Dunav Ruse.