Maksim Astafyev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Astafyev.

Maksim Yuryevich Astafyev (Russian: Максим Юрьевич Астафьев; born 8 December 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who is the assistant coach of Leningradets.

Maksim Astafyev

Astafyev with FC Tom Tomsk in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Maksim Yuryevich Astafyev
Date of birth	(1982-12-08) 8 December 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kolpino, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Leningradets (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Izhorets Kolpino
	Kirovets-Nadezhda St. Petersburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Zenit-d St. Petersburg	29	(4)
2001–2004	Zenit St. Petersburg	25	(5)
2004–2007	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	95	(18)
2008–2009	Rostov	55	(3)
2010–2013	Sibir Novosibirsk	85	(22)
2013	→ Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	3	(0)
2013–2014	Tom Tomsk	9	(0)
2014	→ Sibir Novosibirsk (loan)	29	(8)
2015–2016	Tosno	42	(6)
2016–2018	Mordovia Saransk	41	(8)
2017	→ SKA-Khabarovsk (loan)	13	(1)
2018–2020	Leningradets	35	(7)
International career
2001	Russia U-19	7	(2)
Managerial career
2020–2024	Leningradets (assistant)
2024	Leningradets
2024–	Leningradets (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for Zenit St. Petersburg.^[1] In February 2010 Sibir Novosibirsk signed the versatile midfielder from FC Rostov on a two-year deal. Since December 2014, he played for Tosno in Russian National Football League.^[2]