Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maksym Serhiyovych Kucheryavyi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2021 | DYuSSh-15 Kyiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | St Johnstone | 32 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Brechin City (loan) | 19 | (9) |
2022 | → Kelty Hearts (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2023 | → Falkirk (loan) | 13 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Ukraine U17 | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Ukraine U21 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:41, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC) |
Maksym Serhiyovych Kucheryavyi (Ukrainian: Максим Сергійович Кучерявий; born 9 May 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish club St Johnstone.
Kucheriavyi was born in Kyiv,[2] and played locally for DYuSSh-15 Kyiv.[3]
After playing in a youth tournament in the city, Kucheriavyi was scouted by Scottish club Heart of Midlothian, and travelled 2,500 miles between the countries to train, for a period of two years.[4] After failing to gain a contract with Hearts, he instead signed with St Johnstone on a three-year deal.[4]
At the start of the 2021–22 season, he moved on loan to Brechin City.[4] After a "brilliant spell" with the club, scoring nine goals in 19 appearances, he was recalled by St Johnstone in January 2022.[5][6][7] He then moved on loan to Kelty Hearts, and in March 2022 he scored the winning goal which guaranteed Kelty's Scottish League Two title.[3][8]
He moved on loan to Falkirk in February 2023.[9]
Kucheriavyi scored his first league goals for St Johnstone on 2 September 2023, scoring two late goals to earn a 2–2 draw.[10][11]
Kucheriavyi has played for the Ukraine under-17 team.[1]
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kucheriavyi spoke about the impact on his family in the country.[12][13][14][15][16][17] He also launched a fundraiser.[18]
Kelty Hearts