Sibirskii rezident. Ot Altaia do Al'biona - Smertin Aleksei Gennad'evich

Alexey Smertin is one of the most amazing people in our football. He went from the team of the second Russian division to the podium of the English Premier League. The best footballer of Russia-1999, ex-captain of the national team, participant of the 2002 World Cup and Euro-2004, champion and winner of the 2005 English League Cup with Chelsea... In the book, Alexey Smertin candidly talks about the brightest stages of his career, the peculiarities of life in France and England. About children's complexes and star disease. About meeting John Fowles and love for Joseph Brodsky. About his famous team-mates - John Terry, Frank Lampard, Peter Cech, Christophe Dugarry. About working together with Jose Mourinho, Harry Redknapp, Oleg Romantsev, Pavel Yakovenko and other coaches. About the peculiar method of the father. He reveals for the first time the details of leaving Chelsea and the Russian national team and explains why he started running marathons at the age of 38.