nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
61 30 august 1978 rukh vynnyky 2014-10-18 1994 2010 -- 2013 2013 2013 2014 -- 2015 2015 -- 1995 1997 1998 1999 1999 -- 2009 2009 1994 1995 12 12 34 4 22 27 19 215 15 93 6 0 1 6 0 9 9 5 97 8 22 0 300 1999 -- 2014 maksim shatskikh 2014.jpg maksim shatskikh shatskikh playing for hoverla uzhhorod in 2014 maksim aleksandrovich shatskikh tashkent , uzbek ssr , soviet union uzbekistan 1.87 34 mhsk tashkent chilanzar tashkent mhsk kaliningrad dynamo kyiv lokomotiv astana arsenal kyiv chornomorets odesa arsenal tashkent kyiv hoverla uzhhorod rukh vynnyky -lrb- amauters -rrb- chilanzar tashkent lada togliatti soyuz-gazprom izhevsk baltika striker maksim shatskikh

maksim shatskikh

maksim aleksandrovich shatskikh -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 30 august 1978 -rrb- , is an uzbekistani professional footballer of russian origin who plays for rukh vynnyky .
he is widely regarded as one of the best uzbekistani players of all time and is currently the top goalscorer of the national team with 34 goals in 61 games .
shatskikh is all-time top scorer of the ukrainian premier league with 124 goals in 341 games .
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 uzbek player , after mirjalol kasymov , to score in uefa football competitions .
at international level , he played in three afc asian cups for uzbekistan , helping them to fourth place in 2011 .
