Maksim Sergeyevich Maksimov (russian: Максим Сергеевич Максимов; born 4 November 1995) is a Russian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who plays as a

centre-forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

for

FC Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

Club career

He started his professional career in Lithuania with Atlantas. After moving to Riteriai (known as FK Trakai at the time), he scored 7 goals in 6 games in the Europa League qualifiers, helping his club eliminate Scottish club

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

and Swedish

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

. Shortly after he transferred to Macedonian club

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

. After a long investigation, on 27 May 2019

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

banned Maksimov from playing for 4 months and

from acquiring new players for two transfer windows due to irregularities with his transfer. On 28 August 2019 he signed a 2-year contract with

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

club

FC Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pr ...

. He made his professional debut in the Russian Football National League for Torpedo on 29 September 2019 in a game against

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (russian: ФК «Нефтехимик» Нижнекамск) is an association football club from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, founded in 1991. It played at the second-highest level in the Russian First League in 1993–1998, ...

. He started the game and was substituted at half-time. He scored his first Torpedo goal on 12 October 2019, a late winning goal in a 3–2 victory over

FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow (russian: ФК «Спартак-2» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in profes ...

. On 26 November 2019, his contract was dissolved by mutual consent. On 21 August 2020, he was on trials with

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

side

FK Napredak Kruševac Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian. The club's nickname is the Čarapani which t ...

. Maksimov made his

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

debut for

on 17 July 2022 against

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

Honours

;Individual *

top scorer: 2021–22 (22 goals).

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile by Russian Football National League
* * 1995 births Footballers from Voronezh Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FK Atlantas players FK Riteriai players FK Vardar players FK RFS players FC Torpedo Moscow players FK Napredak Kruševac players FC Fakel Voronezh players A Lyga players Macedonian First Football League players Latvian Higher League players Russian First League players Russian Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Russian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Russian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia {{Russia-footy-forward-1990s-stub