Aleksey Makarov
Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as a forward.
Career
Makarov began his professional beach soccer team in the FC Strogino club. For a short period he played for FC Delta Saratov in 2010, but then switched to FC [Lokomotiv Moscow (beach soccer)|Lokomotive Moscow] where he has been playing since 2010. His first coach was Aleksey Grishin. Makarov debuted for the national team in the qualifying rounds of the 2007 Euro [Beach Soccer League].Makarov played for Lokomotive from 2010 to 2018. He switched to Spartak Moscow in 2018. On his debut game within the new club at the Moscow Indoor Championships on 4 March 2018 Makarov also shot his first goal against Strogino.
Personal life
When graduating at the Children's and Youth Sports School "Strogino", Makarov had the options to either start a sports career, or enter a university, choosing the latter. He enrolled in a university and graduated with a degree of "civil structural engineer" after defending his diploma with excellence.Achievements
Some of Makarov's notable achievements:National team
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champion: 2011, 2013, 2021
- Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup champion: 2011, 2012, 2015
- Euro Beach Soccer Cup champion: 2010, 2012
- Euro Beach Soccer League champion: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017
Clubs
- Russian National champion: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021
- Russian Cup champion: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
- Russian Super Cup: 2011
Individually
- 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 3 – Best Player
- Merited Master of Sports.