Vitālijs Smirnovs (born 28 June 1986) is a Latvian footballer, who currently plays as central defender for FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

As a youth player, Smirnovs played for JFC Skonto and was taken to the first team in 2004, right away becoming a champion of Latvian Higher League.

By 2009 he had already become a persistent first-eleven player, appearing in 25 league matches and being voted the best centre-back of the season alongside Tomas Tamošauskas, Deniss Ivanovs and David Gamezardashvili.

[4] In January 2012, having spent eight seasons with Skonto, Smirnovs signed a contract with that time Latvian champions FK Ventspils.

[8] On 6 March 2014 the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala announced signing of Vitālijs Smirnovs.