Maksim Shatskikh

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Maksim Shatskikh
Personal information
Full name Maksim Shatskikh
Date of birth August 30, 1978 (1978-08-30) (age 29)
Place of birth    Tashkent, Soviet Union
Height 187 cm
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Dynamo Kyiv
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996
1996
1997
1998
1999
1999-2008
2008-present
Sokol Saratov
Torpedo Vladimir
Lada Togliatti
Gazovik Gazprom Izhevsk
Baltika Kaliningrad
Dynamo Kyiv
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
12 (0)
4 (0)
22 (9)
26 (9)
19 (5)
209 (96)   
National team2
1999-present Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 38 (29)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 30 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Maksim Shatskikh (born August 30, 1978 in Tashkent) is a professional footballer from Uzbekistan.

He is currently a forward for the Ukrainian Premier League team FC Dynamo Kyiv and also a starting player for the Uzbekistan national football team. He was signed as a replacement for Andriy Shevchenko, who was bounded in A.C. Milan in 1999. He was dubbed as "Shevchenko" in Uzbekistan.

He has won the Ukrainian Premier League scoring title twice, in the 1999-2000 season with 20 goals and in the 2002-2003 season when he scored 22 goals to equal Serhiy Rebrov's record haul of 1997-98 while also playing for Kyiv.

He was among the three best Asian players in 2005. On October 13, 2007 he scored 5 goals against Chinese Taipei. On June 2, 2008 he scored a goal for Uzbekistan during 7-3 win over Singapore in World Cup 2010 qualification game and became joint top scorer for national team with Mirjalol Kasymov.

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Preceded by
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian Premier League top scorer
1999-00
Succeeded by
Andriy Vorobei
Preceded by
Serhiy Shyschenko
Ukrainian Premier League top scorer
2002-03
Succeeded by
Georgi Demetradze