Maxim Aleksandrovich Chuzhkov (russian: Максим Александрович Чужков; born 11 April 1987) is a Russian

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player serving as

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. He is a five-time national champion for Rotor Volgograd (1),

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

(1) and

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.(3)

Career

Maxim Chuzhkov was born in

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

. He was a

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for six years before switching to football. Chuzhkov discovered beach soccer in 2010, and one year later he joined Krylya Sovetov from Samara. From 2012 to 2014 he played for Rotor Volgograd, winning with them the club's first and only Russian Beach Soccer Championships trophy in 2014. In the final he shot one goal and after the match he was named best goalkeeper of the championships. He then switched to

in 2015. Two years later Lokomotiv became champions, defeating

in the final. Chuzhkov was named best goalkeeper of the tournament. Since 2018, Chuzhkov plays for Kristall, with which he became threefold national champion, when Kristall defeated Delta Saratov in 2018. In 2019, Maxim Chuzhkov,

Artur Paporotnyi Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russia national beach soccer team, Russian national beach soccer team i ...

Anton Shkarin Anton Pavlovich Shkarin (russian: Антон Павлович Шкарин; born 15 November 1982) is a Russian beach soccer player. He currently plays as defender for Krylya Sovetov Samara. Career Shkarin began his professional beach soccer ...

and Yuri Krashennikov each scored a goal at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, resulting to a 7–1 after the whistle.

Achievements

National team

* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champion: 2021 *

Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in ...

champion: 2014, 2017

Clubs

Euro Winners Cup The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) fro ...

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, 2019. *

Mundialito de Clubes The Mundialito de Clubes ( en, link=yes, Club World Cup) is an international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from around the world. The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association footbal ...

: 2017 *Russian National champion: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 *Russian Cup champion: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. *Russian Super Cup: 2018

Individually

*2014 Russian National Championships – Best Goalkeeper *2015 Russian National Championships – Best Goalkeeper *2015 Russian National Championships – Best Goalkeeper *2017

– Best Goalkeeper *2018

, Stage 3 – Best Goalkeeper *2019

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– Europe Qualifier – Best Goalkeeper, Best Assistant *2019

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification 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 founded ...

– Best Goalkeeper *2019

Beach Soccer Stars Beach Soccer Stars is an annual award ceremony in beach soccer organised by the sport's developmental body, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The first edition was held on 7 November 2014 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ceremony has continued t ...

– Best Goalkeeper *2019 Beach Soccer Stars – Best Five *

2021 Euro Winners Cup The 2021 Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League i ...

– Best Goalkeeper

References

External links

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