Vitālijs Maksimenko is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

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Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who currently plays for Skonto FC

Skonto FC

Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...

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Career

Maksimenko began his career with FC Daugava Riga and played his professional debut for his club in the 2009 season. In his first season he earned 9 games in the Virsliga for FC Daugava Riga and was loaned out to FC CSKA Moscow on 5 August 2009, where he was a member of the reserve squad.

After his return to FC Daugava Riga on 15 March 2010 he joined Skonto FC

Skonto FC

Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...

 on trial and later signed a contract with them.

International career

Maksimenko is a former member of the Latvian U-17 national team and he also represented the U-19 team of his homeland, which he presented at 2009 UEFA U-19 Championship in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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