Maxime Christophe Lestienne (, (born 17 June 1992) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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. Lestienne is the league’s highest assister with over 20 assists.

Club career

Mouscron

Lestienne came up through the youth ranks at Royal Excelsior

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropoli ...

. At the time of his debut in the senior squad on 20 December 2008, Mouscron was competing in the

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. Lestienne came on as a substitute for Asanda Sishuba in the 80th minute of a 5–1 home victory against

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Club Brugge

After the bankruptcy of

in 2009, Lestienne became available on a free transfer. Despite interest from English side Everton and Dutch side PSV, Lestienne eventually signed a contract with

on 6 January 2010.

Al-Arabi

Lestienne was transferred to Al-Arabi in the summer of 2014.

Loan to Genoa

Lestienne was loaned out to

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until the end of the 2014–15 season almost immediately after signing for Qatari side Al-Arabi.

Loan to PSV

From 12 July 2015, Lestienne was loaned out to PSV until the end of the 2015–16 season. PSV decided not to exercise its option to buy the player at the end of the loan spell.

Rubin Kazan

On 5 July 2016, Lestienne moved to Russian club

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

Málaga

On 31 January 2018, Lestienne joined

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on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.

Standard Liège

On 25 July 2018, he returned to Belgium, signing with

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Lion City Sailors

On 8 February 2022, Lestienne joined Singapore-based club

on a two-year deal. By matchweek 22, Lestienne had racked up 10 goals and 20 assists for the Sailors.

International career

Lestienne has appeared nine times for the Belgium U21 team and scored once, when he converted a penalty in the 53rd minute in a

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game with Cyprus U21 won by Belgium 2–0. He was called up to the

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for the friendly against the

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in May 2013, but did not play. He was called up to the senior team again in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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Player info at walfoot.be
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lestienne, Maxime 1992 births Living people People from Mouscron Belgian footballers Footballers from Hainaut (province) Association football forwards Royal Excel Mouscron players Club Brugge KV players Genoa C.F.C. players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players FC Rubin Kazan players Málaga CF players Standard Liège players Lion City Sailors FC players Belgian Pro League players Serie A players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Russian Premier League players La Liga players Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Qatar Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate footballers in Singapore