Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional

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coach of

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and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbek player of all time and is currently the top goalscorer of the national team with 34 goals in 61 games. Shatskikh is the joint all-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League with 123 goals in 341 games together with

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. He spent a decade playing for

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from 1999 to 2009. On 28 July 1999, Shatskikh became the first Asian player to score in the

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and is only the second Uzbek player, after

Mirjalol Kasymov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

, to score in

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football competitions. At international level, he played in three

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s for Uzbekistan, helping them to fourth place in 2011. Most recently he played for Rukh Vynnyky. On 8 April 2016, it was announced that he ended his playing career and became a coaching staff of the Dynamo football academy. His brother

Oleg Shatskikh Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Олег Александрович Шацких; born 15 October 1974), is an Uzbek former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Uzbek League. His brother Maksim Shatskikh is also a form ...

is also a former footballer.

Career

Dynamo Kyiv

After playing for clubs in Uzbekistan and Russia in his earlier career he was signed by Ukrainian Premier League's

as a replacement for

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, who was acquired by A.C. Milan in 1999. In his first season at Dynamo, he scored two goals in a 3–2 win over

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to clinch Dynamo's 8th consecutive league title. He was labeled the "next Shevchenko" in the media. In his debut season for Dynamo Kyiv, he won the Ukrainian Premier League and became Ukrainian Premier League top scorer, scoring 20 goals. In the 2002–03 season, when he scored 22 goals to equal

's record haul of 1997–98 while also playing for Kyiv, Shatskikh scored 5 goals in his debut UEFA Champions League season 1999–2000. On 28 July 1999, he scored his first goal in the Champions League in a match against

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. With Kyiv, Shatskikh managed to play 9 seasons in the

, scoring 11 goals.

Arsenal Kyiv

After spending the 2009 season with

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in the Kazakhstan Premier League he returned to Kyiv, where he was signed by

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during the winter break. During his stay with Arsenal Kyiv, Shatskikh scored his 100th league goal. On 7 April 2010, the president of Arsenal Kyiv presented Shatskikh the Golden Ball award for scoring his 100th goal in the Ukrainian Premier League against

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 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 ...

. Arsenal president Vadym Rabinovych said that he had already ordered another Golden Ball for Shatskikh containing more gold for his future 200th goal in the Ukrainian Premier League. At the start of the 2013–14 season, Shatskikh joined Arsenal Kyiv from fellow Ukrainian side

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Hoverla

On 30 December 2013, Shatskikh signed a 2.5-year contract with

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. On 27 July 2014, in Ukrainian Premier League match

finished by draw 2–2, Shatskikh scored the first goal for the Hoverla side in the match and his 122nd in Ukrainian Premier League. On 23 August 2014, in Ukrainian Cup away match against Cherkaskyi Dnipro Hoverla won by 2–1 and Shatskikh scored in the 67th minute the second goal of his team. After this match his total goals in the

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reached 24 goals (as of 23 August 2014) and he became the 2nd best goalscorer of the tournament after

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with 25 goals. He is the highest goalscorer in the history of the Ukrainian Premier League with 124 goals, (''as of 4 October 2014''), surpassing

. Shatskikh scored his 124th goal on 4 October 2014 in a match against

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lost by Hoverla with 2–1. He is also member of

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with 171 goals (as of 4 October 2014). At the end of the 2014–15 season Shatskikh left the club, while under a contract and joined an amateur club from

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until the end of 2015. On 10 May 2016, he filed a case to

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(

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) against Hoverla Uzhhorod administration for failure to pay him indebted salary. During the 2015–16 season Hoverla already was fined and had points deducted for not paying players' salaries on the decision of the

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, yet according to Shatskikh his personal case that was filed in October 2015 was not yet reviewed by April 2016 and could stretch out for 10 years.

International career

Known since his performance at young age, he was available to represent for Uzbekistan and

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. Immediately, he chose the former. Shatskih was among the three best

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players in 2005. On 13 October 2007, he scored 5 goals against

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. On 2 June 2008, he scored a goal for

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during a 7–3 win over

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in a

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qualification game and became joint top scorer for the national team with

. On 15 October 2008, he scored against

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as well, thus becoming the all-time top scorer for his side. Another famous goal came against Iran in the 2014 WCQs effectively sealing Irans fate and ensuring the Uzbekis reaching the playoffs. On 29 May 2014, Shatskikh played his farewell match for the national team in a friendly against

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. He capped 61 matches for national team, scoring 34 goals. He is currently Uzbekistan's leading national team goalscorer of all-time.

Personal life

He is a naturalized citizen of Ukraine subsequently after his retirement from football.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shatskikh goal.''

Honours

Player

Dynamo Kyiv * Ukrainian Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09 *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

Ukrainian Super Cup The Ukrainian Super Cup ( uk , Суперкубок України) is an association football game of the Ukrainian Premier League in traditional super cup format that acts as the grand-opening for every new football (soccer), football competiti ...

: 2004, 2006, 2007 * Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2002 Uzbekistan *

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fourth place:

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Manager

Pakhtakor *

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

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Individual * Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 * Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 1999–2000, 2002–03 *

top scorer: 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03 * Serhiy Rebrov club: 124 goals *

: 171 goals

References

External links

Official site of Dynamo Kyiv
* *
Maksim Shatskikh's profile at uzfootball.uz
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