| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksym Anatoliyovych Koval | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhya, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004-2008 | Metalurh Zaporizhya Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2010 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 22 | (0) |
| 2010- | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008-2009 | Ukraine-17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2009– | Ukraine-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | Ukraine-20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010- | Ukraine-21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Maksym Koval (Ukrainian: Максим Анатолійович Коваль; born 9 December 1992 in Zaporizhya, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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Koval is a product of Metalurh Zaporizhya Youth school system. He first appeared on the bench for the first team on the 26 July 2009. He was there for just 5 games before he was given his chance. Mainly due to the number of absentees, he appeared in goal for Round 12 of the Ukrainian Premier League on November the 1st; He kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 win. After a fine performance, he kept his place for the next two games, keeping two more clean sheets in the process. Even when he did concede, it was only a single goal in a 1-1 draw with Dynamo Kyiv, a game in which he also saved a 94th minute penalty kick from Artem Milevskiy, saving the point.[1] Metalurg's form rose, and he kept his place from then on. A 0-4 drubbing by Metalist was the only real blip on his seasons performance. He ended with 6 clean sheets and having only conceded 23 in 19 games.
After a fine debut season, starting whilst he was aged just 16, Dynamo Kyiv showed interest. This was intensified after a superb performance against them during the season. He signed for them just 3 games into the 2010–11 season.
He made his debut for Dynamo in a UEFA Champions League play-off game against AFC Ajax, and with an impressive performance[2] subsequently established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper with his new club in the absence of the injured Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, at the age of only 17. When Shovkovskiy returned from injury in the second half of the 2010-2011 season, Koval was moved to the back-up goalkeeper position.
In November 2010, Koval was named by Spanish football magazine, Don Balón as one of the 100 best young players in the world.[3]
Koval was called up to the senior national team in June 2011 for matches against Uzbekistan and France but not played any game.
| Club | Season | League | Ukrainian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||||
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| Apps | G.C. | C.S. | Apps | G.C. | C.S. | Apps | G.C. | C.S. | Apps | G.C. | C.S. | Apps | G.C. | C.S. | ||
| Metalurg ZP | 2009–10 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 6 |
| 2010–11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 8 | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Career total | 34 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 16 | |
Apps – Appearances; G.C. – Goals conceded; C.S. – Clean sheets.
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