Maksim Belyayev (footballer)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Belyayev.

Maksim Belyayev

Belyayev with Arsenal Tula in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Maksim Aleksandrovich Belyayev
Date of birth	(1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Ozyory, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Leningradets
Number	6
Youth career
1999–2005	Spartak Moscow
2005–2009	Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	Lokomotiv Moscow	12	(1)
2011	→ Dynamo Bryansk (loan)	10	(0)
2011	→ Torpedo Vladimir (loan)	14	(4)
2013	→ FC Rostov (loan)	5	(0)
2015	Shinnik Yaroslavl	16	(0)
2016–2023	Arsenal Tula	153	(4)
2023–	Leningradets	28	(0)
International career^‡
2010	Russia U-19	4	(0)
2012–2013	Russia U-21	10	(0)
2019	Russia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Maksim Aleksandrovich Belyayev (Russian: Максим Александрович Беляев; born 30 September 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Leningradets.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 19 July 2009 when he replaced Dmitry Sennikov during the game against FC Amkar Perm.[1]

Belyayev with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2012

After leaving Arsenal Tula as a free agent at the end of the 2020–21 season and missing the first 6 games of the 2021–22 Russian Premier League, he returned to Arsenal on 6 September 2021 and signed a new two-year contract with the club.[2]

International

On 11 March 2019, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belgium on 21 March 2019 and Kazakhstan on 24 March 2019.[3]

He made his debut for the team on 19 November 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 May 2022

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiv Moscow	2009	RPL	1	0	1	0	–		–		2	0
	2010		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2011–12		10	1	0	0	2[a]	0	–		12	1
	2012–13		1	0	1	0	–		–		2	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		12	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	1
Dynamo Bryansk (loan)	2011–12	FNL	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
Torpedo Vladimir (loan)	2011–12		14	4	1	0	–		–		15	4
Rostov (loan)	2012–13	RPL	5	0	2	0	–		–		7	0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	2015–16	FNL	16	0	2	0	–		2[b]	0	20	0
Arsenal Tula	2015–16		14	1	–		–		1[b]	0	15	1
	2016–17	RPL	27	1	1	0	–		2[c]	0	30	1
	2017–18		27	1	1	0	–		–		28	1
	2018–19		28	1	6	0	–		–		34	1
	2019–20		29	0	2	1	2[a]	0	–		33	1
	2020–21		16	0	0	0	–		–		16	0
	2021–22		12	0	2	0	–		–		14	0
	Total		153	4	12	1	2	0	3	0	170	5
Career total			210	9	19	1	4	0	5	0	238	10

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the FNL Cup
3. Appearances in the relegation play-offs

Notes

References

1. "Amkar v Lokomotiv game report". Russian Premier League. 19 July 2009.
2. "МАКСИМ БЕЛЯЕВ – В "АРСЕНАЛЕ"!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 6 September 2021.
3. "Состав на Бельгию и Казахстан" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 March 2019.

External links

• Maksim Belyayev at Soccerway
• Maksim Belyayev at Russian Premier League
• Maksim Belyayev – UEFA competition record (archive)