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

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