About Aleksandr Maksimenko

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Maksimenko (Russian: Александр Владимирович Максименко; born 19 March 1998) is a Russian football player who plays for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national team.

Maksimenko made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Spartak-2 Moscow on 13 August 2016 in a game against Tyumen. He made his debut for the main Spartak squad on 25 October 2017 in a Russian Cup game against Spartak Nalchik. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Spartak Moscow on 28 July 2018 in a game against Orenburg.

Maksimienko became the starting Spartak goalkeeper after that in the beginning of the 2018–19 season over Artyom Rebrov as Aleksandr Selikhov was suffering from a tendon injury, and later became the joint-first choice keeper along with Selikhov.

Maksimenko won the Russian Cup in 2022.

In 2025, as Selikhov left Spartak, Maksimienko became the sole first-choice goalkeeper.

He played in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup for Russia national under-17 football team.

On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for the Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.

Maksimenko made his senior team debut on 7 June 2024 in a friendly against Belarus, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 4–0 Russian victory.