SOCCER PLAYER

Maksim Tsyhalka

1983 - 2020

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Maksim Tsyhalka (Belarusian: Максім Цыгалка, Russian: Максим Цыгалко, romanized: Maksim Tsygalko; often spelt Maxim Tsigalko; 27 May 1983 – 25 December 2020) was a Belarusian football player who played as a striker. Tsyhalka played for several teams in Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan, most notably for Dinamo Minsk where he won the Belarusian Premier League and Belarusian Cup and was capped twice for the Belarus national team, scoring one goal. He ended his professional career early, at the age of 26, in 2010 following a knee injury. Tsyhalka became known worldwide after featuring in the Championship Manager video game series with exaggerated attacking attributes in the 2001–02 version. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Maksim Tsyhalka is the 11,349th most popular soccer player (down from 10,785th in 2024), the 267th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 258th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belarusian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Maksim Tsyhalka ranks 11,349 out of 21,273. Before him are Kensuke Nagai, Denys Harmash, Leandro Bacuna, An Hyo-yeon, Fernando Marçal, and Athirson. After him are Jens Petter Hauge, Collin Benjamin, Raúl Ruidíaz, Justo Ruiz, Óscar Miñambres, and Sidnei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Maksim Tsyhalka ranks 686. Before him are Étienne Bacrot, Rolando Bianchi, Jermaine Pennant, James Moga, Cesare Bovo, and Landry Bonnefoi. After him are Mauricio Soler, Žydrūnas Karčemarskas, Alexis Ohanian, Kyle Soller, Maynor Figueroa, and Carlos Berlocq. Among people deceased in 2020, Maksim Tsyhalka ranks 880. Before him are Tom Forsyth, Stella Tennant, Sei Ashina, Yuichiro Hata, Khamis Al-Owairan, and Beate Grimsrud. After him are Rachel Caine, Roberto Moya, Andrew Weatherall, Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, Madam Auring, and Nicolas Portal.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Maksim Tsyhalka ranks 267 out of 368. Before him are Evgeny Morozov (1984), Yauheni Hutarovich (1983), Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972), Sergey Lishtvan (1970), Yulia Raskina (1982), and Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya (1976). After him are Aliaksandra Sasnovich (1994), Dmitry Debelka (1976), Natalia Podolskaya (1982), Vladimir Voltchkov (1978), Alyaksandr Kulchy (1973), and Teo (1983).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belarus

Among soccer players born in Belarus, Maksim Tsyhalka ranks 11. Before him are Valyantsin Byalkevich (1973), Sergei Borovsky (1956), Artem Milevskiy (1985), Vitali Kutuzov (1980), Sergei Gurenko (1972), and Alyaksandr Khatskevich (1973). After him are Sergey Krivets (1986), Vyacheslav Hleb (1983), Sergei Kornilenko (1983), Anton Putsila (1987), Alyaksandr Martynovich (1987), and Vitali Rodionov (1983).

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