Maksym Kowal

College and Semi-pro

Kowal attended the University at Buffalo beginning in 2009 and played for the soccer team. During his college tenure he played in the USL Premier Development League with Des Moines Menace and Toronto Lynx.

England

In 2013, he went abroad to England, first joining non-league club Barnstaple Town F.C. Afterwards, he joined Tiverton Town F.C. He then joined eighth tier Carlton Town F.C.

Poland

In 2015, he joined Polish second-tier club Widzew Łódź in the I liga, however, due to procedural reasons with having arrived from a non-professional club, he was unable to be registered to be eligible for league matches. Widzew was relegated at the end of the season and went bankrupt and was relegated to the fifth tier, and subsequently, in July 2015, Kowal joined third-tier club Raków Częstochowa in the II liga. In February 2016, he joined Olimpia Zambrów on a six-month loan. The following season, he joined ŁKS Łódź helping them win promotion that season.

New Zealand

In 2017, he joined ISPS Handa Premiership side Tasman United in the New Zealand first tier, being recommended by a friend who played in the league. In the offseason, he joined North Wellington AFC in New Zealand's second-tier Central Premier League, where he helped lead the team to the league championship and won the Golden Boot as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, while also adding another three goals in the 2018 Chatham Cup. He was also named the league…

Kowal began his coaching career in 2016 while still playing, as an assistant coach with ProStars FC at the U17 level in Germany.In 2024, he was named interim head coach for Algoma University's women's soccer team, and lead assistant with the men's team.

Kowal was born in Toronto, growing up in nearby Mississauga, Ontario and is of Ukrainian descent. He began playing youth soccer with USC Karpaty, later moving to the Erin Mills Eagles at U14 level.

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Kowal's family has Ukrainian origins, although his parents were both born in Poland. He holds dual citizenship with Poland and Canada. His father played professional basketball in Poland with AZS Szczecin and AZS Koszalin. He attended St. Paul Secondary School in Mississauga and played youth soccer for the Erin Mills Eagles SC, where he won the U18 provincial championship in 2009.