Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional
football coach of
Pakhtakor Tashkent
(The cotton grower) uz, Sherlar(The Lions) uz, Xalq jamoasi(People's team)
, founded =
, ground = Pakhtakor Central Stadium
, capacity = 35,000
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, chairman = Bobur Shodiev
, chrtitle = President
, manager ...
and a former player.
He is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbek player of all time and is currently the
top goalscorer of the national team with 34 goals in 61 games. Shatskikh is the joint
all-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League with 123 goals in 341 games together with
Serhii Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain.
R ...
.
He spent a decade playing for
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 offic ...
from 1999 to 2009.
On 28 July 1999, Shatskikh became the first Asian player to score in the
UEFA Champions League
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and is only the second Uzbek player, after
Mirjalol Kasymov
Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...
, to score in
UEFA
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football competitions.
At international level, he played in three
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
s for Uzbekistan, helping them to fourth place
in 2011.
Most recently he played for
Rukh Vynnyky. On 8 April 2016, it was announced that he ended his playing career and became a coaching staff of the Dynamo football academy.
His brother
Oleg Shatskikh
Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Олег Александрович Шацких; born 15 October 1974), is an Uzbek former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Uzbek League. His brother Maksim Shatskikh is also a form ...
is also a former footballer.
Career
Dynamo Kyiv
After playing for clubs in Uzbekistan and Russia in his earlier career he was signed by
Ukrainian Premier League
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's
Dynamo Kyiv
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as a replacement for
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politic ...
, who was acquired by A.C. Milan in 1999. In his first season at Dynamo, he scored two goals in a 3–2 win over
Karpaty Lviv
Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv.
History Early years (1963–68)
The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lviv won the championship of Lviv Oblast but lost its p ...
to clinch Dynamo's 8th consecutive league title. He was labeled the "next Shevchenko" in the media.
In his debut season for Dynamo Kyiv, he won the Ukrainian Premier League and became
Ukrainian Premier League top scorer, scoring 20 goals. In the 2002–03 season, when he scored 22 goals to equal
Serhii Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain.
R ...
's record haul of 1997–98 while also playing for Kyiv, Shatskikh scored 5 goals in his debut
UEFA Champions League season 1999–2000. On 28 July 1999, he scored his first goal in the Champions League in a match against
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.
With Kyiv, Shatskikh managed to play 9 seasons in the
UEFA Champions League
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, scoring 11 goals.
Arsenal Kyiv
After spending the 2009 season with
Lokomotiv Astana
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in the
Kazakhstan Premier League
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he returned to Kyiv, where he was signed by
FC Arsenal Kyiv
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during the winter break. During his stay with Arsenal Kyiv, Shatskikh scored his 100th league goal. On 7 April 2010, the president of Arsenal Kyiv presented Shatskikh the Golden Ball award for scoring his 100th goal in the Ukrainian Premier League against
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Sovie ...
. Arsenal president Vadym Rabinovych said that he had already ordered another Golden Ball for Shatskikh containing more gold for his future 200th goal in the
Ukrainian Premier League
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.
At the start of the
2013–14 season, Shatskikh joined Arsenal Kyiv from fellow Ukrainian side
Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa.
The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...
.
Hoverla

On 30 December 2013, Shatskikh signed a 2.5-year contract with
Hoverla Uzhhorod
Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players. . On 27 July 2014, in Ukrainian Premier League match
Hoverla Uzhhorod
Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players. -
Karpaty Lviv
Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv.
History Early years (1963–68)
The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lviv won the championship of Lviv Oblast but lost its p ...
finished by draw 2–2, Shatskikh scored the first goal for the Hoverla side in the match and his 122nd in Ukrainian Premier League.
On 23 August 2014, in Ukrainian Cup away match against
Cherkaskyi Dnipro Hoverla won by 2–1 and Shatskikh scored in the 67th minute the second goal of his team. After this match his total goals in the
Ukrainian Cup
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reached 24 goals (as of 23 August 2014) and he became the
2nd best goalscorer of the tournament after
Andriy Vorobey
Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey ( uk, Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian retired football striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the maga ...
with 25 goals.
He is the
highest goalscorer in the history of the
Ukrainian Premier League
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with 124 goals, (''as of 4 October 2014''), surpassing
Serhii Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain.
R ...
. Shatskikh scored his 124th goal on 4 October 2014 in a match against
Zorya Luhansk
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lost by Hoverla with 2–1. He is also member of
Oleh Blokhin club with 171 goals (as of 4 October 2014).
At the end of the
2014–15 season Shatskikh left the club, while under a contract and joined an amateur club from
Lviv
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until the end of 2015. On 10 May 2016, he filed a case to
Lausanne
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(
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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) against Hoverla Uzhhorod administration for failure to pay him indebted salary.
During the
2015–16 season Hoverla already was fined and had points deducted for not paying players' salaries on the decision of the
Football Federation of Ukraine
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, yet according to Shatskikh his personal case that was filed in October 2015 was not yet reviewed by April 2016 and could stretch out for 10 years.
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International career
Known since his performance at young age, he was available to represent for Uzbekistan and Russia
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. Immediately, he chose the former.
Shatskih was among the three best Asian players in 2005. On 13 October 2007, he scored 5 goals against Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
. On 2 June 2008, he scored a goal for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
during a 7–3 win over Singapore
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in a World Cup 2010
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qualification game and became joint top scorer for the national team with Mirjalol Kasymov
Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...
. On 15 October 2008, he scored against Japan as well, thus becoming the all-time top scorer for his side. Another famous goal came against Iran in the 2014 WCQs effectively sealing Irans fate and ensuring the Uzbekis reaching the playoffs.
On 29 May 2014, Shatskikh played his farewell match for the national team in a friendly against Oman
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. He capped 61 matches for national team, scoring 34 goals. He is currently Uzbekistan's leading national team goalscorer of all-time.
Personal life
He is a naturalized citizen of Ukraine subsequently after his retirement from football.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shatskikh goal.''
Honours
Player
Dynamo Kyiv
* Ukrainian Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09
*Ukrainian Cup
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: 2000
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, 2003
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, 2005
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, 2006, 2007
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*Ukrainian Super Cup
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: 2004, 2006, 2007
*Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...
: 2002
Uzbekistan
*Asian Cup
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fourth place: 2011
Manager
Pakhtakor
* Uzbekistan Super League
Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...
: 2022
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Individual
*Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year The Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year ( uz, Yilning eng yaxshi futbolchisi or Йилнинг энг яхши футболчиси) is a yearly football award presented by the Uzbekistan Football Association to the most outstanding Uzbekistan footbal ...
: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
*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' ...
top scorer: 1999–2000, 2002–03
*Ukrainian Cup
The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...
top scorer: 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03
*Serhiy Rebrov club Serhiy Rebrov Club ( uk, Клуб Сергія Реброва) is a non-official name of the list of football players who have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career in the Ukrainian Premier League only. This club is named after ...
: 124 goals
* Oleh Blokhin club: 171 goals
References
External links
Official site of Dynamo Kyiv
*
*
Maksim Shatskikh's profile at uzfootball.uz
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shatskikh, Maksim
1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tashkent
Uzbekistani footballers
Uzbekistan international footballers
Uzbekistani expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
FC Sokol Saratov players
FC Energiya Volzhsky players
FC Lada-Tolyatti players
FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC Arsenal Kyiv players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players
FC Rukh Lviv players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players
Uzbekistani people of Russian descent
Ukrainian people of Russian descent
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
2007 AFC Asian Cup players
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
FC Astana players
Ukrainian Cup top scorers
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Uzbekistani football managers
Association football forwards
Naturalized citizens of Ukraine
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK managers