Maksym Zhuk

Ukrainian footballer (born 2003)

Maksym Zhuk
Personal information
Full name	Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk
Date of birth	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth	Ukraine
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	KTP
Number	33
Youth career
0000–2022	Mariupol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Mariupol	0	(0)
2023–	KTP	11	(0)
2023	→ PEPO (loan)	1	(0)
2023	→ KäPa (loan)	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024

Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk (Ukrainian: Максим євгенович Жук; born 18 August 2003) is a Ukrainian professional football player for Finnish Ykkösliiga 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 level Kakkonen, before he was loaned out to Ykkönen club Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) for the rest of the 2023 season.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	11	0	0	0	–		2	0	13	0
	Total		11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
PEPO (loan)	2023	Kakkonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
KäPa (loan)	2023	Ykkönen	10	0	0	0	–		0	0	10	0
Career total			22	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	0

^ Includes Suomen Cup

References

^ KTP:N MIESTEN EDUSTUSJOUKKUEEN SOPIMUSTILANNE KOHENEE KOLMELLA UUDELLA PELAAJALLA, KTP, 14 October 2022
^ MAKSYM ZHUK LOPPUKAUDEKSI PEPO:STA KÄPAAN, KTP, 31 July 2023
^ KäPan maalivahtiosastolle vahvistusta, KäPa, 29 July 2023
^ KTP-maalivahti Maksym Zhuk loppukaudeksi Ykkösen KäPaan, Veikkausliiga, 31 July 2023
^ KTP:n Maksym Zhuk lainalle Käpylän Palloon, Kymen Sanomat, Lassi Kalin, 31 July 2023