Maksim Kuzmin

Kuzmin's current-season form is down 52% on last season (Season 25→12), while his Rating eased 24→15. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 25).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Akron · 13th	23	0	1	6.57	15	12
2024/25	Akron · 9th	26	0	3	6.88	24	25
2023/24	Baltika · 15th	27	2	4	6.9	25	18
2022/23	Baltika · 2nd	25	2	0	—	24	8
2021/22	Baltika · 8th	29	0	0	—	25	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Russia · international

Side	Apps	G
Russia U17	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

M. Kuzmin is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at FC Sochi, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 1 assists in 23 appearances, a Season grade of 17, top 50% of First League defensive midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 16.3, ranking 24th of 29 in the First League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option (48.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kuzmin.

Judged on this season alone, Kuzmin graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 2nd of 4 of the 4 defensive midfielders in the First League, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 3.514 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 3rd of 4 of the 4 defensive midfielders in the First League. At 30 Kuzmin is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelStepped up 2023/24

Current potential3rd of 4 defensive midfielders · First League Current season2nd of 4 defensive midfielders · First League 2nd-best defensive midfielder in the First League 24th in the First League · potential 3rd-highest potential defensive midfielder in the First League

16.3

Ratingi

3rd of 4 defensive midfielders

16.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

48.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.51

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · FC Sochi finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

3.51

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 48.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 16.3, Kuzmin carries the 3rd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the First League of 4. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %48.3%

Available fixtures23 of 11

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.09

Goal contribution / 900.09

Defensive actions / 903.514

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %50

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %21.1

Cards / 900.18

Foul involvement / 902.072

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 30, Kuzmin sits on 1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kuzmin's projected Rating — 16.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the First League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0—

Shots on target2—

Shots4—

Passing

Assists1—

Chances created15—

Passes382—

Pass accuracy77%—

Possession

Successful dribbles4—

Dribble success21.1%—

Duels won49—

Duels won %42.2%—

Fouls won6—

Defending

Tackles26—

Interceptions10—

Blocks3—

Fouls committed17—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

FC SochiJun 2026 – nowFree

AkronJun 2024 – Jun 2026Free

BaltikaJul 2019 – Jun 2024Free

Fakel(on loan)Feb 2018 – Jul 2019

Dynamountil Feb 2018

About M. Kuzmin

Maksim Kuzmin is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for FC Sochi, born on June 1, 1996 in Samara, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Russia. FC Sochi currently sit 3rd of 18 in the First League.

This season

In the current season, M. Kuzmin has made 23 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 999 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

M. Kuzmin's next match is on October 10, 2026, when FC Sochi face FC UFA at home in the First League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Kuzmin at 16.3 with a Season form score of 16.7, ranking 24th of 29 defensive midfielders in the First League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the First League and the The Atlantic Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, M. Kuzmin has totalled 268 club appearances with 10 goals and 8 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 38 appearances for Baltika.

M. Kuzmin's career has also included time at Akron, Baltika, Fakel and Dynamo.

On the international stage, M. Kuzmin has represented Russia U17 — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC Sochi finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points