Maksim Sarraf

Maksim Filippovich Sarraf (Arabic: ماكسيم صراف; Russian: Максим Сарраф; born 15 March 2005) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zaamin. Born in Russia, he is a Syria youth international.

Maksim Sarraf

Personal information
Full name	Maksim Filippovich Sarraf
Date of birth	(2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Zaamin
Number	1
Youth career
0000–2023	CSKA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024	Andijon	1	(0)
2025–	Zaamin
International career‡
2023–	Syria U20	13	(0)
2023–	Syria U23	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025

Early life

Sarraf was born on 15 March 2005 in Moscow, Russia to a Syrian father and a Russian mother, and had lived in the United States for a year as a child.^[1]

Club career

As a youth player, Sarraf joined the youth academy of Russian side CSKA, where he recorded thirteen clean sheets in twenty-three appearances while playing for the club's under-16 team.^[2]

Ahead of the 2024 season, he signed for Uzbekistani side Andijon, helping the club win the 2024 Uzbekistan Cup. On 25 August 2024, he debuted for them during a 0–3 away loss to Nasaf in the league. In 2025, he signed for Uzbekistani side Zaamin.^[3]

Style of play

Sarraf plays as a goalkeeper and is right-footed. Algerian news website Fennec Football wrote in 2021 that he has "good reflexes as well as good mobility".^[4]