Maksim Sergeyevich Kazankov (russian: Максим Серге́евич Казанков; born 20 March 1987) is a Russian professional

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player. He plays as an

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for FC Sakhalinets Moscow. He also holds

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

i citizenship.

Club career

Born in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

, Turkmen SSR,

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. His father is also a former Soviet footballer. His father is Russian, mother is

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i. Kazankov played for

FC Aşgabat Ashgabat Futbol Kluby is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. They play in the top division of Turkmenistan football, Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Nisa Stadium. The club was first founded in 2006, they finished 3rd in their debut ye ...

from 2006 year. He played for various Russian teams:

FC Gazovik Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 197 ...

(2008–2009), FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg (2010), Torpedo-ZIL (2010, 2 circle),

FC Sokol Saratov PFC Sokol (russian: ПФК "Сокол") is a Russian association football club based in Saratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the third-level FNL 2. History The club was founded as ...

(2011). In February 2012 Kazankov moved to the Uzbek League Lokomotiv Tashkent FK. In March, made his debut in the match against FC Shurtan Guzar, playing 55 minutes. In the following rounds entrenched in the main part of the club. By the end of the season spent 21 games and scored two goals. Became the bronze medalist of Uzbekistan Championship 2012. On 29 December 2012 it became known about the transition to

FC Zenit Penza FC Zenit Penza (russian: «Зенит» (Пенза)) is a Russian football team from Penza. It played professionally in 1948–1949, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2017 and from 2021. It played on the second-highest level in the ...

. But in the summer he left the club and joined the freshman composition of

FC Domodedovo Moscow FC Domodedovo Moscow (russian: ФК «Домодедово» Москва) was a Russian football team based in Domodedovo and officially registered in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a ...

. In January 2015 on loan to FC Saturn Ramenskoye.

National team

As a graduate of Turkmen football never played for the national team of Turkmenistan. On October 11, 2007, he was in the application for the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia (1: 0), but played on the bench

Honours

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East ...

: *Champion: 2008

Career statistics

Notes

References

External links

FC Saturn Ramenskoye profile
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Maxim Kazankov – PFC Sokol

Maxim Kazankov – Soccer.ru

* 1987 births Living people Turkmenistan footballers Russian footballers Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Ashgabat Turkmenistan people of Russian descent FC Sokol Saratov players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Orenburg players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit-Izhevsk players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Tyumen players FC Spartak Kostroma players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan {{Turkmenistan-footy-bio-stub