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Maksim Tsyhalka
Personal information
Full name	Maksim Tsygalko
Date of birth	27 May 1983
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Date of death	25 December 2020 (aged 37)
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1999–2001	Dinamo Minsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Dinamo-Yuni Minsk
2000	→ Dinamo-2 Minsk
2001–2005	Dinamo Minsk
2006–2007	Naftan Novopolotsk
2007–2008	Kaisar
2008	Banants
2008	Savit Mogilev
International career
2002–2004	Belarus U21
2003	Belarus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maksim Tsyhalka (Belarusian: Максім Цыгалка, Russian: Максим Цыгалко, romanized: Maksim Tsygalko; often spelled Maxim Tsigalko; 27 May 1983 – 25 December 2020) was a Belarusian football player. He ended his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries.

Honours

Dinamo Minsk

Belarusian Premier League champion: 2004
Belarusian Cup winner: 2002–03

In popular culture

Maksim and, to a lesser extent, his brother Yuri both achieved a small amount of fame and worldwide renown after they were featured in the Championship Manager / Football Manager computer game series by Sports Interactive, especially in CM 01/02. Both players were present in the database with good starting stats and a very high potential, and Maksim (spelled "Maxim Tsigalko" in the game) in particular was capable of becoming a world class player, to the degree that he is very well known amongst fans of the Football Manager series and considered one of the game's legends.^[1]^[2]