Maksim Tsyhalka

Tsyhalka began his career with FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk – a youth side for Dinamo Minsk – in 1999. He joined Dinamo Minsk's first team in 2001, aged 18, and would go on to score 28 goals in 65 appearances. While at Dinamo, Tsyhalka played alongside his twin brother Yury and the club won the 2002–03 Belarusian Cup and the 2004 Belarusian Premier League. While playing for Dinamo, Tsyhalka had a trial at Portuguese club Marítimo and was due to be offered a contract. However, he tore his cruciate ligaments during one of the training sessions and returned home to Minsk. The injury would plague him for the rest of his career and after retiring from football. Tsyhalka joined Naftan Novopolotsk in 2006 before moving to Kazakhstan with Kaisar in 2007. The following year, he played briefly for Banants in Armenia before ending his career with Savit Mogilev in Belarus. He was never able to fully recover from his knee injury which forced him to retire in 2010, aged 26.

Tsyhalka was capped twice for the Belarus national team in April 2003, playing alongside his brother Yury in both matches. He made his debut on 2 April, scoring the opening goal in a 2–2 draw with Uzbekistan at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. His final appeance as a substitute come on 30 April in a 2–1 win against Uzbekistan at the Pakhtakor Central Stadium in Tashkent.

Tsyhalka, alongside his twin brother Yury, was born in Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union on 27 May 1983.