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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Maksim Tsyhalka
| image =
| fullname = Maksim Tsygalko
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1983|5|27}}
| birth_place = [[Minsk]], [[Belarusian SSR]]
| height = {{convert|6|ft|1|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1999–2001
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| years1 = 1999–2001
| years2 = 2000
| years3 = 2001–2005
| years4 = 2006–2007
| years5 = 2007–2008
| years6 = 2008
| years7 = 2008
| clubs1 = [[FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk|Dinamo-Yuni Minsk]]
| clubs2 = → [[FC Dinamo-2 Minsk|Dinamo-2 Minsk]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| clubs4 = [[FC Naftan Novopolotsk|Naftan Novopolotsk]]
| clubs5 = [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| clubs6 = [[FC Banants|Banants]]
| clubs7 = [[FC Savit Mogilev|Savit Mogilev]]
| caps1 = 27
| goals1 = 17
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 3
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 24
| caps4 = 24
| goals4 = 3
| caps5 = 21
| goals5 = 7
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 2
| caps7 = 8
| goals7 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Belarus national under-21 football team|Belarus U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2003
| nationalteam2 = [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 1
}}
'''Maksim "Maxim" Tsyhalka''' ({{lang-be|Максім Цыгалка}}, {{lang-ru|Максим Цыгалко}}, ''Maksim Tsygalko'') (often spelled Maxim Tsigalko) (born 27 May 1983) is a former Belarusian [[Football (soccer)|football]] player. He had to end his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries.

He began his playing career at a youth team [[FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk|Dinamo-Yuni Minsk]] before moving up to play for the [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] first team, he spent 5 years with the club before moving to fellow Belarus team [[FC Naftan Novopolotsk|Naftan Novopolotsk]], after an unsuccessful 2 seasons there Tsyhalka soon moved on to [[Kazakhstan]] club [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar Kyzylorda]]. Tsyhalka spent 2 seasons with the club before moving in the summer of 2008 to Armenian team [[FC Banants|Banants Yerevan]], where he would spend only a short stint. He spent the rest of the season for now defunct Belarus club [[FC Savit Mogilev|Savit Mogilev]]. He scored 2 goals in his short spell at the club before being released after Savit were relegated and dissolved.

Tsyhalka also has a twin brother [[Yuri Tsygalko|Yuri]] who played as a goalkeeper. The brothers played alongside each other at [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]].

== In popular culture ==
Maksim and, to a lesser extent, his brother Yuri both achieved a small amount of fame and worldwide renown after they were featured in the [[Championship Manager]] / [[Football Manager]] computer game series by [[Sports Interactive]], especially in [[Championship Manager: Season 01/02|CM 01/02]]. Both players were present in the database with good starting stats and a very high potential, and Maksim (spelled "Maxim Tsigalko" in the game) in particular was capable of becoming a world class player, to the degree that he is very well known amongst fans of the Football Manager series and considered one of the game's legends.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footmanager.co.uk/articles-guides/cm-fm-legends-tsigalko-samba-1.php |title=Spotlight on CM/FM Legends : Maxim Tsigalko and Cherno Samba |publisher=footmanager.co.uk |date=December 17, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/nov/14/championship-manager-joyofsix-football |title=The Joy of Six: great Championship/ Football Manager players |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Rob Smyth |date=November 14, 2008}}</ref>

==International goal==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 2 April 2003 || [[Dynama Stadium (Minsk)]], [[Belarus]] || {{fb|UZB}} || align=center|'''1''' – 0 || align=center| 2–2 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Dinamo Minsk'''
*[[Belarusian Premier League]] champion: [[2004 Belarusian Premier League|2004]]
*[[Belarusian Cup]] winner: [[2002–03 Belarusian Cup|2002–03]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=649}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsyhalka, Maksim}}
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Minsk]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Belarusian footballers]]
[[Category:Belarusian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Belarus international footballers]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo Minsk players]]
[[Category:FC Banants players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Armenia]]
[[Category:FC Savit Mogilev players]]
[[Category:Belarusian expatriates in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Armenian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Twin people from Belarus]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk players]]
[[Category:FC Naftan Novopolotsk players]]
[[Category:FC Kaisar players]]

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