Maksim Zhitnev

Russian footballer

Maksim Zhitnev
Personal information
Maksim Zhitnev in 2015
Full name	Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev
Date of birth	(1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Belovo, Russian SFSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Maxline Vitebsk
Number	9
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)
2017–2018	→ Sibir 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	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024

Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev (Russian: Максим Игоревич Житнев; born 5 May 1990) is a Russian football striker who plays for Maxline Vitebsk.^[1]

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.^[2]

He was called the player of the month in Football National League in July 2015.^[3]

On 29 January 2020, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Zhitnev.^[4]

^ Maksim Zhitnev at Soccerway
^ Maksim Zhitnev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
^ Житнев – лучший игрок в ФНЛ в июле, голкипер армавирского «Торпедо» Комаров – второй
^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО:МАКСИМ ЖИТНЁВ-НОВЫЙ ИГРОК ФК ERTIS". fcirtysh.kz/ (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.