Maksim Alekseyevich Rudakov (; born 22 January 1996) is a Russian

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who plays as a

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for

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

Career

Club

Rudakov made his debut in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...

for

FC Zenit Penza FC Zenit Penza () is a Russian association football, football club based in Penza. It played professionally in 1948–49, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2017 and from 2021. It played on the second-highest level in the Soviet First ...

on 3 September 2016 in a game against

FC Kaluga FC Kaluga () is an association football club from Kaluga, Russia, founded in 2009. The club is playing in the third-tier Russian Second League Division A. The team appeared after uniting two football Clubs from Kaluga: FC MiK Kaluga and FC Loko ...

. On 21 December 2017 Rudakov joined the Finnish club HJK on loan for one year with an extension option. On 9 November 2018, HJK confirmed that Rudakov's loan deal had been extended for an additional season. On 12 February 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

FC Rostov FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-199 ...

. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rostov on 16 May 2021 in a game against

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. They are the league's reigning champions. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Divis ...

. On 16 June 2021, he joined

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd () is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League, and are the largest and best supported Volgograd club. ...

on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 10 August 2021, the loan was terminated early. On 25 December 2021, Rostov announced that he will return to Finland and join Honka on loan for the 2022 season. The loan term was extended on 15 November 2022 to 31 July 2023. On 9 February 2024, Rudakov signed with

International

Rudakov was included in the

Russia national under-19 football team The Russia national under-19 football team represents the Russian Football Union at the European Under-19 Football Championship and international friendly match fixtures at the under-19 age level. On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a "rec ...

for the

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (64th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-19 ...

, in which Russia was the runner-up, but did not play in any games behind the first-choice goalkeeper Anton Mitryushkin.

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* * 1996 births Footballers from Saint Petersburg Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FC Rostov players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Honka players PFC Sochi players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Veikkausliiga players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Finland 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub