Maksym Startsev ( uk, Максим Олександрович Старцев; born 20 January 1980) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

former

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

and coach, 2014. After annexation of Crimea by Russia, he received his Russian citizenship and changed his name to Maksim Startsev.

Career

He last played for

Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

. He has also played for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih,

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

, and

Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them ...

, all in the Ukrainian Premier League. In 2014, after the

annexation Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...

of the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, he received a Russian citizenship as Maksim Startsev.

External links

Official team websiteFootball Federation of Ukraine Profile
1980 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Association football goalkeepers SC Tavriya Simferopol players Sportspeople from Kherson FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Metalist Kharkiv players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players Crimean Premier League managers FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne managers FC TSK Simferopol managers Naturalised citizens of Russia Russian football managers {{Ukraine-footy-goalkeeper-1980s-stub