He works in the Russian Football Union in two positions - "director of regional policies and international relations" and "anti-discrimination and anti-racism officer".

Smertin only played a bit-part role for the team in 2004–05 as Chelsea won the title, but made enough appearances to earn a medal (16 in total).

[7] Smertin played a total of 22 games for Dynamo Moscow before being transfer listed, alongside several other newly signed players, such as Maniche, Francisco Lima, Costinha and Giourkas Seitaridis in Andrey Kobelev's massive attempt at rebuilding the team for the new season.

[8] He started most of the opening games of the 2007–08 season but the arrival of fellow-midfielder Danny Murphy on transfer deadline day restricted his playing opportunities.

He became the winner Cyprus International Football Tournament 2003 [11] In July 2015, Smertin was an assistant at the draw for 2018 World Cup qualification in St Petersburg.

[13] In October 2018, he was appointed director of regional policies and international relations of the Russian Football Union (while keeping his anti-racism position).