Maksym Talovierov

Maksym Vadymovych Talovierov (Ukrainian: Максим Вадимович Таловєров; born 28 June 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Stoke City and the Ukraine national team. Talovierov played in the youth teams at Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal Kyiv and Olimpik Donetsk before joining Czech side Dynamo České Budějovice to begin his professional career. After three years at the Stadion Střelecký ostrov he earned a move to Slavia Prague. Unable to fully break into the team at Slavia he spent time out on loan at Slovan Liberec and then Austrian side LASK, joining them permanently in February 2024. In January 2025, he moved to English side Plymouth Argyle and then in the summer of 2025 to Stoke City.