Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbekistani professional football coach and a former player who coaches Asia Talas.
A prolific striker, he is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbekistani players of all time and was the top goalscorer of the national team with 34 goals in 61 games from 2010 to 2022. Shatskikh is the joint all-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League with 123 goals in 341 games together with Serhii Rebrov. 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. At international level, he played in three AFC Asian Cups for Uzbekistan, helping them to fourth place in 2011.
He last 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.Shatskikh became a coach at the Dynamo sports school. UA-Football. 8 May 2016
His brother Oleg Shatskikh is also a former footballer.
Club 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Hoverla
On 30 December 2013, Shatskikh signed a 2.5-year contract with Hoverla Uzhhorod. 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.
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.
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. 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 until the end of 2015. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. He capped 61 matches for national team, scoring 34 goals. He remained Uzbekistan's leading national team goalscorer until June 2023, when Eldor Shomurodov broke his record.
Coaching career Shatskikh was appointed head coach of newly founded Kyrgyz Premier League club Asia Talas in November 2025.
Personal life He is a naturalized citizen of Ukraine subsequently during his late carrer.
His daughter Kristina is married to current Dynamo Kyiv midfielder, Mykola Shaparenko.
Career statistics
Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeSuper CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSokol Saratov199612010––130Torpedo Volzhsky199640–––40Lada Togliatti1997229–––229SOYUZ-Gazprom1998279–––279Baltika Kaliningrad199919513––208Dynamo Kyiv1999–2000252044155–44292000–01143–72–2152001–021776510–24122002–03292275125–48322003–0421103383–32162004–0529115081–42122005–062252021102762006–07299321051043162007–0823106371–36142008–0960103010110Total215973722732330328142Lokomotiv Astana200915811––169Arsenal Kyiv2009–10134–––1342010–1128930––3192011–1224331––2742012–131852020–225Total83218120–9322Chornomorets Odesa2012–136010––70Arsenal Kyiv2013–1412110––131Hoverla Uzhhorod2013–1472–––722014–1518331––214Total25531––286Career total4401555328752330571206
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsUzbekistan199936200042200151200341200432200573200654200758200893200920201042201192201410Total6134
Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shatskikh goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Maksim ShatskikhNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 9 June 1999 Samarkand, Uzbekistan 5–1 Friendly2 3 4 21 November 1999 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 6–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification5 6 27 November 1999 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification7 8 October 2000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3–0 Friendly8 9 8 September 2001 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification10 8 November 2003 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3–0 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification11 13 October 2004 Amman, Jordan 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification12 17 November 2004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 6–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification13 3 June 2005 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification14 17 August 2005 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification15 8 October 2005 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification16 22 February 2006 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 5–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification17 18 16 August 2006 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2–2 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification19 11 October 2006 Dhaka, Bangladesh 4–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification20 14 July 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage21 22 18 July 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage23 13 October 2007 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 9–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification24 25 26 27 28 26 March 2008 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification29 2 June 2008 Singapore, Singapore 7–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification30 15 October 2008 Saitama, Japan 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification31 7 September 2010 Tallinn, Estonia 3–3 Friendly32 12 October 2010 Riffa, Bahrain 4–2 Friendly33 12 January 2011 Doha, Qatar 2–1 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage34 2 September 2011 Tursunzoda, 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
External links
Maksim Shatskikh's profile at uzfootball.uz