Yuriy Maksymov

Born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, Maksymov played for Valery Lobanovsky's Dynamo Kyiv in his native Ukraine. In November 1997 he moved to Germany joining Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, signing a contract until 2001. He was seen as a replacement for the injured playmaker Andi Herzog. The transfer fee paid to Dynamo Kyiv was reported as DM 3.5 or 3.6 million (€1.79 or 1.84 million). Whilst at Werder Bremen he helped them win the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal, starting in the final against Bayern Munich and scoring as the match finished 1–1 before Werder Bremen won on penalties. Having featured sporadically in the 2000–01 season, Maksymov left Werder Bremen for 2. Bundesliga side Waldhof Mannheim on a free transfer in 2001, along with Bernhard Trares. He signed a two-year contract. In the top two divisions of the German league pyramid he scored twelve goals in 96 matches for Bremen and Mannheim. He later returned to Russia and Ukraine to finish his career at FC Rostov and FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya.

Maksymov earned 27 caps playing for the Ukraine national team scoring five goals.

Before taking charge of Obolon Kyiv in June 2008, Maksymov was in charge of CSKA Kyiv. After CSKA Kyiv was relegated to the Second League, Maksymov resigned.

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

In January 2010, he became manager of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

Keşla

On 25 December 2017, Maksymov was appointed as manager of Keshla FK.

On September 23, 2026, Yuriy Maksimov was appointed head coach of FC "Araz-Nakhchivan".