Maksym Leshchenko

Maksym Serhiovych Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Максим Сергійович Лещенко; born 29 April 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender.^[1][2][3]

Maksym Leshchenko

Personal information
Full name	Maksym Serhiovych Leshchenko
Date of birth	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Chernihiv, Ukraine
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2009	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	6	(0)
2011–2014	Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih	62	(2)
2011–2014	Obolon Kyiv	30	(0)
2014–2016	Mykolaiv	19	(1)
2015–2017	Desna Chernihiv	6	(0)
2016–2017	Poltava	11	(0)
2016–2018	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	24	(1)
2018–2019	Kobra Kharkiv	2	(0)
2018–2019	Polissya Zhytomyr	8	(0)
2019–2023	SC Chaika	34	(1)
2023–2024	Kudrivka	15	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 November 2022

Career

Leshchenko began his career at Dynamo-2 Kyiv in 2009 where he played two seasons, before moving to Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih.^[4] Then he moved to Obolon Kyiv for two seasons where he played 30 games. Obolon Kyiv.^[5] In 2014 he moved to Mykolaiv in Ukrainian First League for two seasons playing 19 matches and scoring 1 goal against Nyva Ternopil at the Tsentralnyi Stadion in Mykolaiv.^[6]

In December 2015 he moved to Desna Chernihiv in the city of Chernihiv, playing only 6 games, before moving to Poltava playimg 11 games.^[7][8] In December 2016 he moved to Krymteplytsia Molodizhne in Crimea where he played 26 games scoring 1 goal. In 2018 he played two games with Kobra Kharkiv and 8 with Polissya Zhytomyr.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019 he moved to SC Chaika team playing in the Ukrainian Second League. On 1 November 2020, he scored against Volyn-2 Lutsk at the Stadium Pidshypnyk in Lutsk.^[9]

In 2023 his contract with the club was terminated and he moved to Kudrivka in Ukrainian Second League.^[10] On 11 August 2023 he scored his first goal with the club against Vast Mykolaiv at the Kudrivka Arena.^[11][12]

Honours

Desna Chernihiv

• Ukrainian First League: Runners-up 2016–17