Maksim Igorevich Zhitnev (Russian: Максим Игоревич Житнев; born 5 May 1990) is a Russian football striker who plays for Naftan Novopolotsk.

[2] He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Sibir Novosibirsk on 9 August 2011 in a game against FC Torpedo Moscow.

He was called the player of the month in Football National League in July 2015.

[3] On 29 January 2020, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Zhitnev.

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