Maxim Lifontov (russian: Максим Вячеславович Лифонтов; born 30 December 1986) is a Kazakh

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. He plays as a fullback. He currently plays for the Russian professional team of

Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Yenisey-STM Rugby Club is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1975. It is one of the two powerful Krasnoyarsk clubs, the other being their cross town rivals Krasny Yar. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby cham ...

. Lifontov is an international player for

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. He was the top scorer in the 2008 inaugural

Asian Five Nations The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was call ...

. He also played in the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

qualification, where his National Team reached the repechage, being eliminated by

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

, in a 44-7 defeat at 17 July 2010, in

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. He was once more the top scorer at the

2011 Asian Five Nations *''For divisional competitions, see: 2011 Asian Five Nations division tournaments'' The 2011 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2011 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 4th series of the Asian Five Nations r ...

, with 54 points.

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Maxim Lifontov at the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings
1986 births Living people Rugby union fullbacks Kazakhstani rugby union players Kazakhstani expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Russia Kazakhstani expatriates in Russia {{Kazakhstan-sport-bio-stub