Maksym Zhuk

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maksym Zhuk

| image =

| fullname = Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk

| height = 1.91m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|08|18}}

| birth_place = Mariupol, Ukraine

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = KTP

| clubnumber = 33

| youthclubs1 = Mariupol

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2022

| years1 = 2021–2022

| clubs1 = Mariupol

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs2 = KTP

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2023

| clubs3 = → PEPO (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023

| clubs4 = → KäPa (loan)

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| club-update = 19 October 2024

}}

Maksym Evgenovich Zhuk ({{langx|uk|link=y|Максим євгенович Жук}}; born 18 August 2003) is a Ukrainian professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Finnish Veikkausliiga club KTP.

Career

Zhuk was born and raised in Mariupol, Ukraine, and played in a youth sector of local club FC Mariupol. In late February 2022, he attended the club's first team's training camp in Turkey. On 24 February, the team was supposed to return to Ukraine, but before the boarding of their flight, the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalated and Russia started bombing the country and also Mariupol. His family fled from Ukraine and relocated to Tallinn, Estonia. After spending one month in Turkey, Zhuk and the FC Mariupol players started to look for new clubs. Via Croatia and Poland, Zhuk ended up to Estonian club Nõmme Kalju.[https://www.is.fi/jalkapallo/art-2000011088381.html Uuteen elämään], Ilta-Sanomat, 30 March 2025 From Estonia, Zhuk traveled to Kotka, Finland, and joined local club KTP, with a help from Nõmme Kalju's sporting director Argo Arbeiter, former head coach of KTP.

He joined KTP team in summer 2022, but signed his first professional contract for the 2023 Veikkausliiga season.[https://fcktp.fi/uutiset/6939-ktp-n-miesten-edustusjoukkueen-sopimustilanne-kohenee-kolmella-uudella-pelaajalla KTP:N MIESTEN EDUSTUSJOUKKUEEN SOPIMUSTILANNE KOHENEE KOLMELLA UUDELLA PELAAJALLA], KTP, 14 October 2022 He played one game with associate club PEPO Lappeenranta in third-tier Kakkonen, before on 31 July he was loaned out to Ykkönen club Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) for the rest of the 2023 season in Finnish second-tier.[https://fcktp.fi/uutiset/7448-maksym-zhuk-loppukaudeksi-pepo-sta-kapaan MAKSYM ZHUK LOPPUKAUDEKSI PEPO:STA KÄPAAN], KTP, 31 July 2023[https://kapylanpalloedustus.fi/uutiset/2023/kapan-maalivahtiosastolle-vahvistusta KäPan maalivahtiosastolle vahvistusta], KäPa, 29 July 2023[https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2023/07/31/ktp-maalivahti-maksym-zhuk-loppukaudeksi-ykkosen-kapaan KTP-maalivahti Maksym Zhuk loppukaudeksi Ykkösen KäPaan], Veikkausliiga, 31 July 2023[https://www.kymensanomat.fi/urheilu/6106054 KTP:n Maksym Zhuk lainalle Käpylän Palloon], Kymen Sanomat, Lassi Kalin, 31 July 2023 He returned to KTP for the 2024 season, and in October they secured the new second-tier Ykkösliiga title and were promoted back to Veikkausliiga.

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup{{efn\|Includes Suomen Cup}} !colspan="2"\|League cup{{efn\|Includes Ykkösliigacup and Finnish League Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mariupol \|2021–22 \|Ukrainian Premier League \|0	0	0	0	colspan=2\|–	0	0
rowspan="4"\|KTP \|2023 \|Veikkausliiga \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024 \|Ykkösliiga \|27	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
2025 \|Veikkausliiga \|0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
colspan="2"\|Total !27	0	0	0	5	0	32	0
PEPO Lappeenranta (loan) \|2023 \|Kakkonen \|1	0	colspan=2\|–	colspan=2\|–	1	0
KäPa (loan) \|2023 \|Ykkönen \|10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !38	0	0	0	5	0	43	0