Maksim Zhalmagambetov


Maksim Zhalmagambetov is a Kazakh football defender. He is currently in the starting XI of the national team.

Early career

Maksim had graduated from his hometown FC Astana and had played in its different feeder clubs, before he eventually got to the first team in 2004.

International career

At the age of 21, Maksim earned his first cap on 17 November 2004 in WC 2006 qualifier against Greece. Maksim would have played all Euro 2008 qualifiers, unless being sent off in a match against Azerbaijan for punching a defender in face, and therefore getting 3 games ban.

Royal Antwerp switch

On 31 January 2008, along with Sergei Ostapenko, Maksim signed a two-year contract with Royal Antwerp FC. The Belgium team's manager noted that the duo's youth, international experience and physical characteristics were strong arguments to accomplish the deal. However, his European journey was not quite successful and he only started in one game for the reds. Both he and Sergei Ostapenko shortly returned to Astana in the middle of the Kazakhstan Premier League 2008.

Club career stats

Last update: 10 December 2010
SeasonTeamCountryLeagueLevelAppsGoals
2001AstanaKazakhstanPremier League100
2002AstanaKazakhstanPremier League120
2002Akzhayik AstanaKazakhstanSecond Division364
2002AstanaKazakhstanPremier League120
2003EkibastuzetsKazakhstanPremier League120
2003Zhastar AstanaKazakhstanFirst Division2103
2004Eurasia AstanaKazakhstanFirst Division2104
2004AstanaKazakhstanPremier League1100
2005AstanaKazakhstanPremier League110
2006AstanaKazakhstanPremier League1288
2007AstanaKazakhstanPremier League1273
2007–08Royal AntwerpBelgiumSecond Division210
2008AstanaKazakhstanPremier League171
2009ZhetysuKazakhstanPremier League181
2010Irtysh PavlodarKazakhstanPremier League1240
2011Irtysh PavlodarKazakhstanPremier League1240
2011AstanaKazakhstanPremier League1111
2012OrdabasyKazakhstanPremier League140
2013AtyrauKazakhstanPremier League100
2013Astana-1964KazakhstanFirst Division281

Honours