Maksym Drachenko (Ukrainian: Максим Олегович Драченко; born 28 January 1990) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Kazakhstan Premier League club Shakhter Karagandy.

Maksym Drachenko
Personal information
Full name Maksym Olehovych Drachenko
Date of birth (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Shakhter Karagandy
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2006 Slavutych Cherkasy
2006–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2007–2010Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 65 (1)
2010–2016 Olimpik Donetsk 126 (9)
2017–2018 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 39 (2)
2018–2021 Kyzylzhar 54 (5)
2022–2023 Okzhetpes 51 (7)
2024– Shakhter Karagandy 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024

He is a product of the FC Slavutych Cherkasy and FC Shakhtar Donetsk sportive schools. Drachenko's first trainer was Serhiy Kovalevych. After some seasons in the Ukrainian Second League club FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, he signed a contract with FC Olimpik in the Ukrainian First League. Maksym is married with one daughter.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Максим Драченко: Приглашало Динамо, но выбрал Шахтер (in Russian). ua-football.com. 4 February 2014.
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