Maksym Yuriyovych Kovalyov (Ukrainian: Максим Юрійович Ковальов; born 11 July 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spartak Varna.
[2] In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kovalyov moved from Peremoha Dnipro to Bulgarian team Pirin Blagoevgrad together with Vyacheslav Velyev.
[3] He become a first choice goalkeeper for the 2023–24 season, which led to interest from Bulgarian and Ukrainian teams.
[4][5] Kovalyov is of Bessarabian Bulgarian descent.
[6] This biographical article related to a Ukrainian association football goalkeeper born in the 2000s is a stub.