Players

Maksim Zhaunerchyk is a product of Soligorsk football. He started playing for FC Shakhtyor Reserves in the home town in 2003. He was noticed by BATE scouts and in 2004 he moved to the Yellow-Blues. And already in 2005 was a part of the first BATE squad, gradually becoming a regular in Igor Kriushenko team.

Viktar Hancharenka, BATE's next head coach, contributed to Maksim's progress. Hancharenka knew the player's potential very well as he previously had been the Reserves coach and already had had perfect experience of working with Zhaunerchyk.

The player's strong sides are shrewd tackling, perfect understanding of the game. His shooting abilities from long range and scoring goals are well-known as well. Versatility of the player is also impressive: Zhaunerchyk was able to play in any position in the midfield, and playing in Russian premier league he also switched to full-back position and managed to play as a full-back in the Belarusian national team.

Zhaunerchyk participated in all the matches of breakthrough 2008/09 UEFA Champions League qualification against Icelandic Valur, Belgian Anderlecht and Bulgarian Levski. He also appeared as a substitute in the historical game against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu coming in for Ihar Stasevich.

That match was the last one for Zhaunerchyk for FC BATE Borisov. After a minor dispute with the coaching staff Maksim moved to Russian FC Kuban Krasnodar. There Zhaunerchyk plays since 2009. There he continued progressing together with the team. In 2010 Kuban got promoted into the elite division of Russian football, where they are playing since then. And Maksim was an important part of the squad.

However, in 2014 he lost his first-team position and decided to accept another BATE invitation. The Yellow-Blues lost Zhaunerchyk's friend and fellow defender Anri Khagush, and this position was successfully filled up by Max in January 2015.

1. Favourite club
Arsenal FC

2. Favourite player
Zinedine Zidane, Dmitri Loskov, Aliaksandr Hleb

3. Favourite kind of sport but for football
Tennis, Ice Hockey

4. Favourite sportsman (not football player)
Roger Federer

5. Most interesting match you've ever seen
2013/14 Russian Premiership game Dinamo Moscow 2-4 CSKA, when CSKA were two goals ahead but lost 2-4.

6. Most interesting match you've ever participated in
FC BATE Borisov 3-0 Apoel in 2007/08 UEFA Champions League qualifying round. BATE lost 0-2 away but won 3-0 at home in extra time and qualified for the next round

7. Favourite book
Robinson Crusoe

8. Favourite writer
Alexander Pushkin

9. Favourite musician
Ivanushki International

10. Favourite film
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future by Leonid Gaidai

11. Favourite actor (actress):
Jason Statham, Liam Neeson

12. Favourite dish
Draniki (Traditional Belarusian potato pancakes), stewed potatoes

13. Best day of your life
The day I met my future wife and the day I bought a flat

14. What did you want to be as a child (but for a football player)?
Never thought about that in childhood. That was a happy time.

15. Favourite car brand
Land Rover (Range Rover Sport), Mercedes

16. What would you like to learn?
To do all the household chores

17. Favourite country (besides Motherland)
Austria

18. The place you haven't been to but want to visit
New York, USA

19. Most impressive town you've been to
I don't think there are any

20. Most impressive stadium you've played at
Feyenoord in Rotterdam

21. Your life motto
Not to deceive and help others if it is possible

22. Favourite number
15

23. Do you have any superstitious beliefs
Yes

24. Which national do you support, but for yours?
For those where my friends play

25. Your hobby
Fishing, Mushroom picking

26. Your good features
It is better to ask my wife and parents

27. Your bad features
It is better to ask my wife and parents

28. What qualities do you considered to be the most important for you? And what don't you like most?
I like honesty, openness and a lot of other things. I hate hypocrites.

29. Your dream in football
To become Belarusian champion with BATE and to play in UEFA Champions League.

30. What is football - business, sports or show
Business and then sport.

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