Maksim Tsyhalka Football player

Maksim "Maxim" Tsyhalka (Belarusian: Максім Цыгалка, Russian: Максим Цыгалко, Maksim Tsygalko) (often spelled Maxim Tsigalko) (born 27 May 1983) is a former Belarusian football player. He had to end his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries.He began his playing career at a youth team Dinamo-Yuni Minsk before moving up to play for the Dinamo Minsk first team, he spent 5 years with the club before moving to fellow Belarus team Naftan Novopolotsk, after an unsuccessful 2 seasons there Tsyhalka soon moved on to pastures new with Kazakhstan club Kaisar Kyzylorda. Again Tsyhalka spent 2 seasons with the club before moving on yet again to Armenian team Banants Yerevan in the summer of 2008, Tsyhalka only had a short stint at the club before moving on again. He spent a season for now defunct Belarus club FC Savit Mogilev, he scored 2 goals in his short spell at the club before being released after FC Savit were thrown out of the league and dissolved. Tsyhalka also has a twin brother Yuri who plays as a goalkeeper for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. The brothers played alongside each other at Dinamo Minsk.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Tsygalko Maksim; Максім Цыгалка; Максим Цыгалко
Birth dateMay 27, 1983
Birth place
Belarus , Minsk
Height (meters)1.8288

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
FC Banants
FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk
FC Naftan Novopolotsk
Belarus national under-21 football team
FC Kaisar
Belarus national football team
FC Dinamo Minsk
FC Savit Mogilev

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