Maksym Vadymovych Talovierov (; born 28 June 2000), also known as Maxi, is a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for club

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club has played ...

and the Ukraine national team.

Career

Born in

Nalchik Nalchik (, ; ; ) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania). It covers an area of ...

, Russia when his father was playing for Spartak Nalchik, but raised in

Velyka Novosilka Velyka Novosilka (, ) is a '' selyshche'' ( a type of rural settlement) in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: The settlement has been under Russian occupation since January 28, 2025. Geography The village is loca ...

Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its capital city, administrative centre is Donetsk, though d ...

, Talovierov is a product of the

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

and Arsenal Kyiv youth academies. His first trainer in Shakhtar Donetsk was Vyacheslav Kozlov. He played for

Olimpik Donetsk FC Olimpik Donetsk ( ) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its promotion to Ukrainian Premier League in 2 ...

in the

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and was never promoted to the senior squad team, and in February 2019 he was signed by the Czech Republic side

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. On 1 February 2023, Talovierov signed for

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

club

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on loan until the end of the season. On 5 February 2024, LASK made the transfer permanent and signed Talovierov until the summer of 2027. On 31 January 2025, English side

, who play in the

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, announced the signing of Talovierov for an undisclosed record fee on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He made his debut the following day against

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

Personal life

His father, Vadym Talovierov, is a retired football defender.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

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* * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Nalchik Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's under-23 international footballers Ukraine men's international footballers FC Olimpik Donetsk players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players SK Slavia Prague players LASK players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Czech First League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in England Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in England UEFA Euro 2024 players Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Ukraine {{Ukraine-footy-defender-2000s-stub