Maksym Levytskyi

Maksym Levytskyi
Personal information
Full name	Maksym Anatoliyovych Levytskyi
Date of birth	26 November 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1999	Tavriya Simferopol
1999–2000	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
2000–2001	Saint-Étienne
2001–2002	Spartak Moscow
2003–2004	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
2004–2005	Dynamo Moscow
2005–2006	Sibir Novosibirsk
2007	Terek Grozny
2008	Rostov
2009	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
Total
International career
2000–2002	Ukraine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maksym Anatoliyovych Levytskyi (Ukrainian: Максим Анатолійович Левицький; Russian: Макси́м Анато́льевич Леви́цкий; born 26 November 1972) is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

In January 2001, Levytskyi was involved in a fake passport scandal in which he used a purported Greek passport to play for French Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne as a European Union citizen; Brazilian teammate Alex Dias used a fake Portuguese passport. The pair were given four-month bans with two more months suspended, and Saint-Étienne were deducted seven points, leading to their relegation.^[1]

International career

In 2009, Levytskyi committed to be a part of the 2009 Maccabiah Games football squad representing Russia. When the match dates conflicted with league play, Levytskyi pulled from the squad.^[2]

Honours

Russian Premier League champion: 2001.
Russian Premier League bronze: 2002.
Russian Cup winner: 2003 (played for FC Spartak Moscow in the early stages of the 2002/03 competition).

European club competitions

With FC Spartak Moscow.

UEFA Champions League 2001–02: 4 games.
UEFA Champions League 2002–03: 3 games.

Footnotes

^ "St Etienne punished in passport probe". BBC Sport. 16 January 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ Kalinin, Artem (9 July 2009). Левицкий отказался от Маккабиады ради "ЗИЛа" [Levytskyi Dropped From Maccabiah] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

External links

Maksym Levytskyi at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile
FC Rostov profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 March 2008)
Ukraine - Record International Players

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[1] "St Etienne punished in passport probe". BBC Sport. 16 January 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[2] Kalinin, Artem (9 July 2009). Левицкий отказался от Маккабиады ради "ЗИЛа" [Levytskyi Dropped From Maccabiah] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

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