Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev (russian: Максим Игоревич Житнев; born 5 May 1990) is a Russian

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who plays for

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk (russian: «Сибирь‑2» (Новосибирск)) is a Russian football club, based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. It competed professionally in the Russian Second Division (East Zone) for a ...

on 23 April 2011 in a game against

FC Kuzbass Kemerovo FC Kuzbass Kemerovo (russian: ФК «Кузбасс» Кемерово) was an association football club from Kemerovo, Russia, founded in 1946. It played professionally in 1946, 1948–1949, 1957–2002 and from 2005 to 2012, when it was dissolve ...

. He made his

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� ...

debut for

FC Sibir Novosibirsk FC Sibir Novosibirsk (russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010 ...

on 9 August 2011 in a game against

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 was called the player of the month in Football National League in July 2015. On 29 January 2020, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Zhitnev.

References

1990 births People from Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast Footballers from Kemerovo Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Sibir Novosibirsk players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Yelimay players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Kazakhstan First Division players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Russia-footy-forward-1990s-stub