Maksym Tatarenko


Maksym Mykolaiovych Tatarenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chernihiv.

Club career

Early career

He is a product of the Yunist Chernihiv where he started his football career, before moving to Desna-2 Chernihiv. In 2019 Tatarenko was listed as a third goalie of Desna Chernihiv, but he did not get much of playtime partially due to his young age.

Kudrivka

After a season he moved to Kudrivka where in 2020 won the Kyiv Oblast Football Federation and in 2011 the Kyiv Oblast Football Cup and Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup and the Chernihiv Oblast Super Cup.

Druzhba Myrivka

In January 2023 he signed for Druzhba Myrivka, where he won the Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the Ukrainian Second League.

FC Chernihiv

On 21 June 2024, he joined to Chernihiv in Ukrainian Second League. He soon surpassed Oleksandr Shyray as the club's starting goalkeeper. he made his debut in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup against Chaika. On 12 August, he saved a penalty by Serhiy Mashtalir against Viktoriya Sumy in
Ukrainian Cup.
In September, he was elected player of the month in Ukrainian Second League. By 26 May 2025, Maksym had kept 291 minutes of clean sheets since the start of the season, which was a single-season record for the league. Tatarenko imposed himself as the best goalkeeper Ukrainian Second League, finishing the 18 matches-long season conceding only 8 goals, helping FC Chernihiv obtain Ukrainian First League promotion during the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League.
On 26 June 2025, even if few clubs in Ukrainia Premier League were interested, he decided to extend his contract with the club. He made his Ukrainian First League debut with FC Chernihiv on 3 August 2025, in a 1–0 away lost with Probiy Horodenka. On 17 August, during the match against Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, he kepts a clean sheet for the first time in the Ukrainian First League.
Tatarenko played FC Chernihiv's matches in the Ukrainian Cup, impressing enough helping the club to qualify for the round of 16 for the first time. Due to his performance in the match against Vorskla Poltava, he was included in the Best XI of Round 10 of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

Honours

;Druzhba Myrivka
Kudrivka
FC Chernihiv
Individual