Maksym Kovalyov

Ukrainian footballer

Maksym Kovalyov
Personal information

Full name	Maksym Serhiyovych Kovalyov
Date of birth	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Alchevsk, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2001–2002	Stal Alchevsk
2003–2005	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2012	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	(0)
2005	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	1	(0)
2005–2008	→ Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	38	(2)
2010–2011	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	34	(0)
2011–2012	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	7	(0)
2012–2015	Illichivets Mariupol	0	(0)
2013–2015	→ Stal Alchevsk (loan)	41	(0)
2015–2018	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	61	(0)
2018–2023	Inhulets Petrove	92	(6)
2023–2024	LNZ Cherkasy	11	(1)
International career^‡
2004–2005	Ukraine U16	20	(3)
2005–2006	Ukraine U17	14	(3)
2006–2007	Ukraine U18	14	(2)
2007–2008	Ukraine U19	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2018

Maksym Kovalyov (Ukrainian: Максим Сергійович Ковальов, born 20 March 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender.^[2]

Career

He is product of FC Stal Alchevsk and FC Shakhtar Donetsk academy systems. His first trainer was Vyacheslav Frantsev.^[3]

^ "Офіційний сайт ФК "Зірка" Кропивницький – Офіційний сайт ФК "Зірка" Кропивницький". fczirka.com.ua.
^ Maksym Kovalyov at Soccerway
^ Максим Ковалев (in Russian). FC Zorya Luhansk fun's Web Site. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2010.