 Shatskikh playing forHoverla Uzhhorod in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-08-30)30 August 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Tashkent,Uzbek SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbekistani professionalfootball coach ofPakhtakor Tashkent and a former player.
A prolificstriker, he is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbekistani player of all time[according to whom?] and was thetop goalscorer of the national team with 34 goals in 61 games from 2010 to 2022. Shatskikh is the jointall-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League with 123 goals in 341 games together withSerhii Rebrov.[1] He spent a decade playing forDynamo Kyiv from 1999 to 2009.
On 28 July 1999, Shatskikh became the first Asian player to score in theUEFA Champions League and is only the second Uzbekistani player, afterMirjalol Kasymov, to score inUEFA football competitions.[2] At international level, he played in threeAFC Asian Cups for Uzbekistan, helping them to fourth placein 2011.
He last played forRukh 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 brotherOleg Shatskikh is also a former footballer.
After playing for clubs in Uzbekistan and Russia in his earlier career he was signed byUkrainian Premier League'sDynamo Kyiv as a replacement forAndriy 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 overKarpaty 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 becameUkrainian Premier League top scorer, scoring 20 goals. In the 2002–03 season, when he scored 22 goals to equalSerhii Rebrov's record haul of 1997–98 while also playing for Kyiv, Shatskikh scored 5 goals in his debutUEFA Champions League season 1999–2000. On 28 July 1999, he scored his first goal in the Champions League in a match againstŽalgiris Vilnius.[2] With Kyiv, Shatskikh managed to play 9 seasons in theUEFA Champions League, scoring 11 goals.
After spending the 2009 season withLokomotiv Astana in theKazakhstan Premier League he returned to Kyiv, where he was signed byFC 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 againstMetalurh 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 theUkrainian Premier League.
At the start of the2013–14 season, Shatskikh joined Arsenal Kyiv from fellow Ukrainian sideChornomorets Odesa.[8]
On 30 December 2013, Shatskikh signed a 2.5-year contract withHoverla Uzhhorod.[9] On 27 July 2014, in Ukrainian Premier League matchHoverla 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 againstCherkaskyi 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 theUkrainian Cup reached 24 goals (as of 23 August 2014) and he became the2nd best goalscorer of the tournament afterAndriy Vorobey with 25 goals.[11][12]
He is thehighest goalscorer in the history of theUkrainian Premier League with 124 goals, (as of 4 October 2014), surpassingSerhii Rebrov. Shatskikh scored his 124th goal on 4 October 2014 in a match againstZorya Luhansk lost by Hoverla with 2–1.[13] He is also member ofOleh Blokhin club with 171 goals (as of 4 October 2014).[10][14]
At the end of the2014–15 season Shatskikh left the club, while under a contract and joined an amateur club fromLviv until the end of 2015.[15] On 10 May 2016, he filed a case toLausanne (Court of Arbitration for Sport) against Hoverla Uzhhorod administration for failure to pay him indebted salary.[16] During the2015–16 season Hoverla already was fined and had points deducted for not paying players' salaries on the decision of theFootball 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]
Known since his performance at young age, he was available to represent for Uzbekistan andRussia. Immediately, he chose the former.
Shatskih was among the three bestAsian players in 2005. On 13 October 2007, he scored 5 goals againstTaiwan.[17] On 2 June 2008, he scored a goal forUzbekistan during a 7–3 win overSingapore in aWorld Cup 2010 qualification game and became joint top scorer for the national team withMirjalol Kasymov.[18] On 15 October 2008, he scored againstJapan 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 againstOman.[19] He capped 61 matches for national team, scoring 34 goals. He remained Uzbekistan'sleading national team goalscorer until June 2023, whenEldor Shomurodov broke his record.[20]
He is a naturalized citizen of Ukraine subsequently after his retirement from football.[citation needed]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 9 June 1999 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan |  Azerbaijan | 5–1 | Friendly | |
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| 4 | 21 November 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Bangladesh | 6–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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