Yuriy Vilyovych Maksymov ( ua, Юрій Вільйович Максимов; born 8 December 1968) is a Ukrainian football coach and a former

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. His career achievements saw him inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2012.

Club career

Born in Kherson,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, Maksymov played for

Valery Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football pla ...

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...

in his native Ukraine. In November 1997 he moved to Germany joining

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

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, signing a contract until 2001. He was seen as a replacement for the injured playmaker

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. The transfer fee paid to Dynamo Kyiv was reported as DM 3.5 or 3.6 million (€ or million). Whilst at Werder Bremen he helped them win the

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, starting in the

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against Bayern Munich and scoring as the match finished 1–1 before Werder Bremen won on penalties. Having featured sporadically in the 2000–01 season, Maksymov left Werder Bremen for

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side

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on a free transfer in 2001, along with

Bernhard Trares Bernhard Trares (born 18 August 1965) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a centre-back, and Manager (association football), manager, who last managed Würzburger Kickers. Playing career Trares w ...

. He signed a two-year contract. He later returned to Russia and Ukraine to finish his career at

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

and FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya.

International career

Maksymov earned 27 caps playing for the Ukraine national team scoring give goals.

Managerial career

Before taking charge of

Obolon Kyiv , Beer-brewers) , founded = 13 June 1992 , ground = Obolon Arena , capacity = 5,100 , chairman = Oleksandr Slobodian , manager = Valeriy Ivashchenko , league = Ukrainian First League , season = 2020–21 , position = Ukrainian First Leagu ...

in June 2008, Maksymov was in charge of CSKA Kyiv. After CSKA Kyiv was relegated to the Second League, Maksymov resigned. Yuriy Maksymov

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

In January 2010, he became manager of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

Keşla

On 25 December 2017, Maksymov was appointed as manager of Keshla FK.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Player

Dynamo Kyiv *

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' ...

: 1994, 1995, 1996 * Cup of Ukraine: 1996 Werder Bremen *

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: 1998–99 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998

Manager

Keşla * Azerbaijan Cup: 2017–18

References

External links

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