Maksim Shatskikh

Maksim Shatskikh

Shatskikh playing for Hoverla Uzhhorod in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh
Date of birth	(1978-08-30) 30 August 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Pakhtakor Tashkent (manager)
Youth career
1994	MHSK Tashkent
1995	Chilanzar Tashkent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Sokol Saratov	12	(0)
1996	Torpedo Volzhsky	4	(0)
1997	Lada Togliatti	22	(9)
1998	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	27	(9)
1999	Baltika Kaliningrad	19	(5)
1999–2009	Dynamo Kyiv	215	(97)
1999–2004	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	21	(7)
2001	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	2	(1)
2009	Lokomotiv Astana	15	(8)
2010–2013	Arsenal Kyiv	83	(21)
2013	Chornomorets Odesa	6	(0)
2013	Arsenal Kyiv	12	(1)
2014–2015	Hoverla Uzhhorod	25	(5)
2015–2016	Rukh Vynnyky (amateurs)
Total		463	(158)
International career
1999–2014	Uzbekistan	61	(34)
Managerial career
2016–2017	Dynamo Kyiv (U-19 team assistant)
2017–2019	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2019–2021	Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
2022	Pakhtakor Tashkent (sporting director)
2022–	Pakhtakor Tashkent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovichand the family name is Shatskikh.

Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbekistani professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player.

A prolific striker, he is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbekistani player of all time^{[ according to whom? ]} 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. ^[1] He spent a decade playing for Dynamo Kyiv from 1999 to 2009.

On 28 July 1999, Shatskikh became the first Asian player to score in the UEFA Champions League and is only the second Uzbekistani player, after Mirjalol Kasymov, to score in UEFA football competitions. ^[2] At international level, he played in three AFC Asian Cups 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. ^[3]

His brother Oleg Shatskikh 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's Dynamo Kyiv as a replacement for Andriy Shevchenko, who was acquired by A.C. Milan in 1999. ^[4] In his first season at Dynamo, he scored two goals in a 3–2 win over Karpaty Lviv to clinch Dynamo's 8th consecutive league title. ^[5] 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'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 Žalgiris Vilnius. ^[2] With Kyiv, Shatskikh managed to play 9 seasons in the UEFA Champions League, scoring 11 goals.

Arsenal Kyiv

After spending the 2009 season with Lokomotiv Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League he returned to Kyiv, where he was signed by FC Arsenal Kyiv during the winter break. During his stay with Arsenal Kyiv, Shatskikh scored his 100th league goal. ^[6] 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. ^[7] 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.

At the start of the 2013–14 season, Shatskikh joined Arsenal Kyiv from fellow Ukrainian side Chornomorets Odesa. ^[8]

Hoverla

Maksim Shatskikh banner on 26 May 2009

On 30 December 2013, Shatskikh signed a 2.5-year contract with Hoverla Uzhhorod. ^[9] On 27 July 2014, in Ukrainian Premier League match Hoverla Uzhhorod- Karpaty Lviv finished by draw 2–2, Shatskikh scored the first goal for the Hoverla side in the match and his 122nd in Ukrainian Premier League. ^[10]

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 reached 24 goals (as of 23 August 2014) and he became the 2nd best goalscorer of the tournament after Andriy Vorobey with 25 goals. ^{[11] [12]}

He is the highest goalscorer in the history of the Ukrainian Premier League with 124 goals, (as of 4 October 2014), surpassing Serhii Rebrov. Shatskikh scored his 124th goal on 4 October 2014 in a match against Zorya Luhansk lost by Hoverla with 2–1. ^[13] He is also member of Oleh Blokhin club with 171 goals (as of 4 October 2014). ^{[10] [14]}

At the end of the 2014–15 season Shatskikh left the club, while under a contract and joined an amateur club from Lviv until the end of 2015. ^[15] On 10 May 2016, he filed a case to Lausanne (Court of Arbitration for Sport) against Hoverla Uzhhorod administration for failure to pay him indebted salary. ^[16] 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, 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. ^[16]

International career

Known since his performance at young age, he was available to represent for Uzbekistan and Russia. 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. ^[17] On 2 June 2008, he scored a goal for Uzbekistan during a 7–3 win over Singapore in a World Cup 2010 qualification game and became joint top scorer for the national team with Mirjalol Kasymov. ^[18] 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. ^[19] 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[20]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sokol Saratov	1996	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
Torpedo Volzhsky	1996	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
Lada Togliatti	1997	22	9	–		–		–		22	9
SOYUZ-Gazprom	1998	27	9	–		–		–		27	9
Baltika Kaliningrad	1999	19	5	1	3	–		–		20	8
Dynamo Kyiv	1999–2000	25	20	4	4	15	5	–		44	29
	2000–01	14	3	–		7	2	–		21	5
	2001–02	17	7	6	5	1	0	–		24	12
	2002–03	29	22	7	5	12	5	–		48	32
	2003–04	21	10	3	3	8	3	–		32	16
	2004–05	29	11	5	0	8	1	–		42	12
	2005–06	22	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	27	6
	2006–07	29	9	3	2	10	5	1	0	43	16
	2007–08	23	10	6	3	7	1	–		36	14
	2008–09	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	11	0
	Total	215	97	37	22	73	23	3	0	328	142
Lokomotiv Astana	2009	15	8	1	1	–		–		16	9
Arsenal Kyiv	2009–10	13	4	–		–		–		13	4
	2010–11	28	9	3	0	–		–		31	9
	2011–12	24	3	3	1	–		–		27	4
	2012–13	18	5	2	0	2	0	–		22	5
	Total	83	21	8	1	2	0	–		93	22
Chornomorets Odesa	2012–13	6	0	1	0	–		–		7	0
Arsenal Kyiv	2013–14	12	1	1	0	–		–		13	1
Hoverla Uzhhorod	2013–14	7	2	–		–		–		7	2
	2014–15	18	3	3	1	–		–		21	4
	Total	25	5	3	1	–		–		28	6
Career total		440	155	53	28	75	23	3	0	571	206

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[21]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uzbekistan	1999	3	6
	2000	4	2
	2001	5	1
	2003	4	1
	2004	3	2
	2005	7	3
	2006	5	4
	2007	5	8
	2008	9	3
	2009	2	0
	2010	4	2
	2011	9	2
	2014	1	0
Total		61	34

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shatskikh goal.

List of international goals scored by Maksim Shatskikh ^{[22] [21]}

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 June 1999	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Azerbaijan		5–1	Friendly
2
3
4	21 November 1999	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Bangladesh		6–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5
6	27 November 1999	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates		1–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7	8 October 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Turkmenistan		3–0	Friendly
8
9	8 September 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Oman		5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	8 November 2003	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Thailand		3–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11	13 October 2004	Amman, Jordan	Iraq		2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	17 November 2004	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Chinese Taipei		6–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	3 June 2005	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	South Korea		1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	17 August 2005	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Kuwait		3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	8 October 2005	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Bahrain		1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	22 February 2006	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Bangladesh		5–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
17
18	16 August 2006	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong		2–2	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
19	11 October 2006	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh		4–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20	14 July 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia		5–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
21
22	18 July 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	China		3–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
23	13 October 2007	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Chinese Taipei		9–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
24
25
26
27
28	26 March 2008	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Saudi Arabia		3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	2 June 2008	Singapore, Singapore	Singapore		7–3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
30	15 October 2008	Saitama, Japan	Japan		1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
31	7 September 2010	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia		3–3	Friendly
32	12 October 2010	Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain		4–2	Friendly
33	12 January 2011	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait		2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
34	2 September 2011	Tursunzoda, Tajikistan	Tajikistan		1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Honours

Player

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09
• Ukrainian Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2002

Uzbekistan

• Asian Cup fourth place: 2011

Manager

Pakhtakor

• Uzbekistan Super League: 2022

Individual

• Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 1999–2000, 2002–03
• Ukrainian Cup top scorer: 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03
• Serhiy Rebrov club: 124 goals
• Oleh Blokhin club: 171 goals

References

1. Шацких догнал Реброва в списке бомбардиров чемпионатов Украины [Shatskikh has caught Rebrov in the list of goalscorers in the Ukrainian Championship] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
2. А если бы не «Динамо»? (in Russian). profootball.com.ua. 24 July 2006.
3. Shatskikh became a coach at the Dynamo sports school. UA-Football. 8 May 2016
4. "Shatskikh lifts Dynamo". UEFA. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
5. Tommy Staniforth (5 June 2009). "Shatskikh clinches title for irrepressible Kiev". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
6. Владимир Пояснюк (Volodymr Poyasniuk) (5 April 2010). "Carpe diem. Максим Шацких – в "Клубе 100"! (Max Shatskikh – Member of Club 100)" (in Russian). ua.football. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
7. Shatskikh received the Golden Ball award ^{[ permanent dead link ]}(in Russian)
8. "Maksim Shatskikh joins Arsenal Kiev". UzDaily. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
9. "Шацких — игрок Говерлы Kiev" (in Russian). Football.ua. 30 December 2014.
10. Максим Шацких в шаге от Сергея Реброва (in Russian). sport.ua. 28 July 2014.
11. "Cherkaskyi Dnipro vs. Hoverla 1 – 2, 23 August 2014". soccerway. 23 August 2014.
12. Шацких обошел Шевченко, на очереди Воробей? (in Russian). cup.sport.ua. 21 August 2014.
13. Шацких стал единоличным рекордсменом (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс в Украине. 10 October 2014.
14. Шацких: «Обойти оппонента – стимул для каждого форварда» (in Russian). football.sport.ua. 24 October 2014.
15. Шацких: "Не собираюсь заканчивать с профессиональным футболом" (in Russian). football.ua. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016.
16. Шацких будет судиться с Говерлой в Лозанне (in Russian). football.ua. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016.
17. "Uzbekistan 9–0 Chinese Taipei: Five for Shatskykh". ESPN. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
18. "Uzbekistan won Singapore 7–3 in qualification round of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa". UzA. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
19. Три футболиста из сборной Узбекистан навсегда вышли из состава (in Russian). Utro.uz. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
20. "Uzbekistan – M. Shatskikh – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
21. "Maksim Shatskikh – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF . Retrieved 4 June 2019.
22. "uzfootball.uz". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

External links

• Maksim Shatskikh at Soccerway
• Maksim Shatskikh at National-Football-Teams.com
• Maksim Shatskikh's profile at uzfootball.uz Archived 11 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Maksim Shatskikh at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)