Maksim Tsyhalka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksim Tsygalko | ||
| Date of birth | May 27, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Unattached | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Dinamo-Yuni Minsk | 26 | (17) |
| 2001–2006 | Dinamo Minsk | 53 | (24) |
| 2006–2007 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 24 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Kaisar | 21 | (7) |
| 2008 | Banants | 4 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Savit Mogilev | 8 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2004 | Belarus U21 | 11 | (3) |
| 2003 | Belarus | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Maksim "Maxim" Tsyhalka (Belarusian: Максім Цыгалка, Russian: Максим Цыгалко, Maksim Tsygalko) (often spelled Maxim Tsigalko) (born May 27, 1983) is a former Belarusian football player. He had to end his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries.
He began his playing career at a youth team Dinamo-Yuni Minsk before moving up to play for the Dinamo Minsk first team, he spent 5 years with the club before moving to fellow Belarus team Naftan Novopolotsk, after an unsuccessful 2 seasons there Tsyhalka soon moved on to pastures new with Kazakhstan club Kaisar Kyzylorda. Again Tsyhalka spent 2 seasons with the club before moving on yet again to Armenian team Benants Yerevan in the summer of 2008, Tsyhalka only had a short stint at the club before moving on again. He spent a season for now defunct Belarus club FC Savit Mogilev, he scored 2 goals in his short spell at the club before being released after FC Savit were thrown out of the league and dissolved.
Tsyhalka also has a twin brother Yuri who plays as a goalkeeper for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. The brothers played alongside each other at Dinamo Minsk.
[edit] International goal
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 April 2003 | Dynama Stadium (Minsk), Belarus |  Uzbekistan |
1 – 0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
[edit] Honours
[edit] External links
- Maksim Tsyhalka at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1983 births
- People from Minsk
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Belarusian footballers
- Belarusian expatriate footballers
- Belarus international footballers
- FC Dinamo Minsk players
- FC Banants players
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate footballers in Armenia
- FC Savit Mogilev players
- Belarusian expatriates in Kazakhstan
