Maksym Zhuk

Maksym Zhuk
Personal information
Full name Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk
Date of birth (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Ukraine
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 KTP
Number 33
Youth career
–2022 Mariupol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Mariupol 0 (0)
2023– KTP 27 (0)
2023 → PEPO (loan) 1 (0)
2023 → KäPa (loan) 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk (Ukrainian: Максим євгенович Жук; born 18 August 2003) is a Ukrainian professional football player for Finnish Veikkausliiga club KTP, playing as a goalkeeper.

Career

Zhuk played in a youth sector of Mariupol in Ukraine, before moving to Finland in 2023 and joining newly promoted Veikkausliiga club KTP.[1] He played one game with associate club PEPO Lappeenranta in third-tier Kakkonen, before he was loaned out to Ykkönen club Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) for the rest of the 2023 season in Finnish second-tier.[2][3][4][5] He returned to KTP for the 2024 season, and in October they secured the new second-tier Ykkösliiga title and were promoted back to Veikkausliiga.

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mariupol 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
KTP 2023 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
2024 Ykkösliiga 27 0 0 0 – 2[b] 0 29 0
Total 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29 0
PEPO (loan) 2023 Kakkonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
KäPa (loan) 2023 Ykkönen 10 0 0 0 – 0 0 10 0
Career total 38 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 0
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Ykkösliigacup

Honours

KTP

References

  1. ^ KTP:N MIESTEN EDUSTUSJOUKKUEEN SOPIMUSTILANNE KOHENEE KOLMELLA UUDELLA PELAAJALLA, KTP, 14 October 2022
  2. ^ MAKSYM ZHUK LOPPUKAUDEKSI PEPO:STA KÄPAAN, KTP, 31 July 2023
  3. ^ KäPan maalivahtiosastolle vahvistusta, KäPa, 29 July 2023
  4. ^ KTP-maalivahti Maksym Zhuk loppukaudeksi Ykkösen KäPaan, Veikkausliiga, 31 July 2023
  5. ^ KTP:n Maksym Zhuk lainalle Käpylän Palloon, Kymen Sanomat, Lassi Kalin, 31 July 2023
  6. ^ KTP varmisti sarjanousun Veikkausliigaan, Yle, 6 October 2024