Maksim Tsyhalka (Belarusian: Максім Цыгалка, Russian: Максим Цыгалко, romanized: Maksim Tsygalko; often spelled Maxim Tsigalko; 27 May 1983 – 25 December 2020) was a Belarusian football player. He ended his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries.

Honours

Dinamo Minsk

Maksim and, to a lesser extent, his brother Yuri both achieved a small amount of fame and worldwide renown after they were featured in the Championship Manager / Football Manager computer game series by Sports Interactive, especially in CM 01/02. Both players were present in the database with good starting stats and a very high potential, and Maksim (spelled "Maxim Tsigalko" in the game) in particular was capable of becoming a world class player, to the degree that he is very well known amongst fans of the Football Manager series and considered one of the game's legends.[1][2]

Personal life

Tsyhalka also had a twin brother Yury who played as a goalkeeper. The brothers played alongside each other at Dinamo Minsk.

Death

Maksim Tsyhalka died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 37.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Spotlight on CM/FM Legends : Maxim Tsigalko and Cherno Samba". footmanager.co.uk. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012.
  2. ^ Rob Smyth (14 November 2008). "The Joy of Six: great Championship/ Football Manager players". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Умер футболист Максим Цыгалко. Ему было 37 лет (in Russian)[dead link‍]
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Tsyhalka
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