Aleksey Makarov

Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov (Алексей Сергеевич Макаров; born 20 August 1987) 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 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 (21 December 2012).