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, Ukrainian SSR

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, Soviet Union

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) is a Ukrainian

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 football

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 coach, in charge of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

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, and a former midfielder.

Playing career

Maksymov played for Valery Lobanovsky's Dynamo Kyiv in his native Ukraine, before transferring to SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen

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 and SV Waldhof Mannheim

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 in Germany. Ukraine

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 international. He later returned to Russia and Ukraine to finish his career at FC Rostov

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 and FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya

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. He also played for the Ukraine national football team

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 where he amassed 27 international caps and scored 5 goals.

Coaching career

Before taking charge of Obolon Kyiv in June 2008, Maksymov was in charge of CSKA Kyiv. From January 2010 he is manager of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....

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