Maxim Chuzhkov

Maxim Aleksandrovich Chuzhkov (Russian: Максим Александрович Чужков; born 11 April 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player serving as goalkeeper. He is a three-time national champion for Rotor Volgograd, Lokomotiv Moscow and Kristall.

Maxim Chuzhkov
Personal information
Full name Maxim Aleksandrovich Chuzhkov
Date of birth (1987-04-11)11 April 1987
Place of birth Samara, Soviet Union
Playing position(s) goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kristall
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Krylya Sovetov (beach soccer) 14 (1)
2012–2014 Rotor Volgograd (beach soccer) 56 (3)
2015–2017 Lokomotiv Moscow (beach soccer) 99 (19)
2018– Kristall (beach soccer) 61 (8)
National team‡
2014– Russia national beach soccer team 98 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:09, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:09, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Maxim Chuzhkov was born in Samara. He was a gymnast for six years before switching to football. Chuzhkov discovered beach soccer in 2010, and one year later he joined Krylya Sovetov from Samara. From 2012 to 2014 he played for Rotor Volgograd, winning with them the club's first and only Russian Beach Soccer Championships trophy in 2014. In the final he shot one goal and after the match he was named best goalkeeper of the championships.[1]

He then switched to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2015. Two years later Lokomotiv became champions, defeating Kristall in the final. Chuzhkov was named best goalkeeper of the tournament.[2] Since 2018, Chuzhkov is playing for Kristall,[3] with which he became threefold national champion, when Kristall defeated Delta Saratov in 2018.[4]

In 2019, Maxim Chuzhkov, Artur Paporotnyi, Anton Shkarin and Yuri Krashennikov each scored a goal at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, resulting to a 7–1 after the whistle.[5]

Achievements

National team

Clubs
  • Mundialito de Clubes: 2017
  • Russian National champion: 2014, 2017, 2018
  • Russian Cup champion: 2014, 2016, 2018
  • Russian Super Cup: 2018

Individually
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References
  1. «Ротор-Волгоград» – чемпион России [Rotor-Volgograd – champion of Russia]. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. «Локомотив» – победитель клубного чемпионата мира (in Russian). 17 December 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. Вратарь сборной России по пляжному футболу перешёл в "Кристалл" [The goalkeeper of the Russian beach soccer team moved to “Crystal”]. Metro News (in Russian). 25 February 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. Maxim Chuzhkov – Biography
  5. Крашенников стал MVP европейской квалификации на ЧМ-2019 по пляжному футболу [Krashennikov became the MVP of the European qualification at the 2019 World Cup beach soccer] (in Russian). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. "Beach Soccer Stars shine bright once more". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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