Maksim Zhitnev

Maksim Zhitnev
Maksim Zhitnev in 2015
Personal information
Full name Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev
Date of birth (1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Belovo, Russian SFSR
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
2009 Shakhta Raspadskaya (amateur)
2010–2011 Sibir-2 Novosibirsk 15 (9)
2011–2016 Sibir Novosibirsk 107 (32)
2016–2018 Kuban Krasnodar 20 (2)
2017–2018Sibir Novosibirsk (loan) 31 (12)
2018–2019 Sibir Novosibirsk 26 (2)
2019 Tom Tomsk 17 (4)
2020 Irtysh Pavlodar 2 (0)
2020–2023 Novosibirsk 62 (33)
2023 Yelimay Semey 7 (4)
2023 Novosibirsk 7 (1)
2024 Maxline Vitebsk 9 (5)
2024 Naftan Novopolotsk 12 (3)
2025 Zhetysu 9 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 July 2025

Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev (Russian: Максим Игоревич Житнев; born 5 May 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as second striker.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk on 23 April 2011 in a game against FC Kuzbass Kemerovo.[1]

He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Sibir Novosibirsk on 9 August 2011 in a game against FC Torpedo Moscow.

He was called the player of the month in Football National League in July 2015.[2]

On 29 January 2020, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Zhitnev.[3]

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