Maksim Sarraf
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksim Filippovich Sarraf | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zaamin | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2023 | CSKA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Andijon | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Zaamin | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Syria U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | Syria U23 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025 | |||
Maksim Filippovich Sarraf (Arabic: ماكسيم صراف; Russian: Максим Сарраф; born 15 March 2005) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zaamin. Born in Russia, he is a Syria youth international.
Early life
Sarraf was born on 15 March 2005 in Moscow, Russia to a Syrian father and a Russian mother, and had lived in the United States for a year as a child.[1]
Club career
As a youth player, Sarraf joined the youth academy of Russian side CSKA, where he recorded thirteen clean sheets in twenty-three appearances while playing for the club's under-16 team.[2]
Ahead of the 2024 season, he signed for Uzbekistani side Andijon, helping the club win the 2024 Uzbekistan Cup. On 25 August 2024, he debuted for them during a 0–3 away loss to Nasaf in the league. In 2025, he signed for Uzbekistani side Zaamin.[3]
Style of play
Sarraf plays as a goalkeeper and is right-footed. Algerian news website Fennec Football wrote in 2021 that he has "good reflexes as well as good mobility".[4]
References
- ^ "«Акинфеев спросил: «Привезешь оливки?» Вратарь ЦСКА рос в США, выбрал Сирию вместо России и поехал на Кубок Азии" ["Akinfeev asked: "Will you bring olives?" CSKA goalkeeper grew up in the US, chose Syria over Russia and went to the Asian Cup] (in Russian). Sport24. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "В сборной Сирии есть россиянин. Он громил «Спартак» в составе ЦСКА" [There is a Russian in the Syrian national team. He smashed Spartak as part of CSKA] (in Russian). Championat. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ Maksim Sarraf at Soccerway
- ^ "Entre l'équipe d'Algérie et la Russie, un très talentueux gardien du CSKA Moscow a fait son choix!" [Between the Algerian team and Russia, a very talented goalkeeper from CSKA Moscow has made his choice!] (in French). Fennec Football. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2025.