Maxime Lestienne

Maxime Christophe Lestienne (French pronunciation: ​[maksim lɛstjɛn], (born 17 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Standard Liège.

Maxime Lestienne
Lestienne playing for Rubin in 2017
Personal information
Full name Maxime Christophe Lestienne[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
Place of birth Mouscron, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 22
Youth career
1996–2008 Mouscron
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Mouscron 20 (3)
2010–2014 Club Brugge 127 (37)
2014–2016 Al-Arabi 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Genoa (loan) 23 (1)
2015–2016 → PSV (loan) 14 (1)
2016–2018 Rubin Kazan 23 (5)
2018 → Málaga (loan) 12 (0)
2018– Standard Liège 20 (4)
National team‡
2007 Belgium U15 4 (1)
2007–2008 Belgium U16 11 (5)
2009 Belgium U17 5 (0)
2009 Belgium U18 1 (1)
2009–2011 Belgium U19 14 (4)
2010–2013 Belgium U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2014

Career

Mouscron

Lestienne came up through the youth ranks at Royal Excelsior Mouscron. At the time of his debut in the senior squad on 20 December 2008, Mouscron was competing in the Belgian First Division. Lestienne came on as a substitute for Asanda Sishuba in the 80th minute of a 5–1 home victory against Club Brugge.[2]

Club Brugge

After the bankruptcy of Mouscron in 2009, Lestienne became available on a free transfer. Despite interest from English side Everton and Dutch side PSV,[3] Lestienne eventually signed a contract with Club Brugge on 6 January 2010.

Al-Arabi

Lestienne was transferred to Al-Arabi in the summer of 2014.

Loan to Genoa

Lestienne was loaned out to Genoa until the end of the 2014–15 season almost immediately after signing for Qatari side Al-Arabi.

Loan to PSV

From 12 July 2015, Lestienne was loaned out to PSV until the end of the 2015–16 season. PSV decided not to exercise its option to buy the player at the end of the loan spell.

Rubin Kazan

On 5 July 2016, Lestienne moved to Russian club Rubin Kazan.[4]

Málaga

On 31 January 2018, Lestienne joined Málaga on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[5]

Standard Liège

On 25 July 2018, he returned to Belgium, signing with Standard Liège.[6]

International career

Lestienne was called up to the Belgium national football team for the friendly against USA in May 2013, but did not play. He has appeared nine times for the Belgium U21 team and scored once, when he converted a penalty in the 53rd minute in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 9 game with Cyprus U21 won by Belgium 2–0.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 April 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mouscron 2008–09 Belgian First Division A 2000–20
2009–10 18300–183
Total 2030000203
Club Brugge 2009–10 Belgian First Division A 1212020161
2010–11 1522030202
2011–12 1961051257
2012–13 381720714718
2013–14 391120104211
2014–15 40–3070
Total 127379021215739
Genoa 2014–15 Serie A 23110–241
PSV 2015–16 Eredivisie 1411042193
Jong PSV 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 10––10
Rubin Kazan 2016–17 Russian Premier League 13330–163
2017–18 10221–123
Total 2355100286
Málaga (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 12000–120
Standard Liège 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 2141050274
Career total 2415117130428856
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References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 10 de febrero de 2018, en Málaga" [Minutes of the Match held on 10 February 2018, in Málaga] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. Player info at sporza.be (in Dutch)
  3. Officiel : Lestienne à Bruges Archived 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Lestienne vertrekt voor vier seizoenen naar Roebin Kazan" (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 5 July 2016.
  5. "Lestienne, un asistente zurdo para la banda" (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 31 January 2018.
  6. "MAXIME LESTIENNE REJOINT LES ROUCHES !" (in French). Standard Liège. 25 July 2018.
  7. "Belgium up and running against Cyprus". UEFA. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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