Career
He had to end his professional career early (at the age of 26) in 2010 due to persistent injuries. He began his playing career at a youth team Dinamo-Yuni Minsk before moving up to play for the first team, he spent 5 years with the club before moving to fellow Belarus team Naftan Novopolotsk, after an unsuccessful 2 seasons there Tsyhalka soon moved on to pastures new with Kazakhstan club Kaisar Kyzylorda. Again Tsyhalka spent 2 seasons with the club before moving on yet again to Armenian team Banants Yerevan in the summer of 2008, Tsyhalka only had a short stint at the club before moving on again.
He spent a season for now defunct Belarus club Football Club Savit Mogilev, he scored 2 goals in his short spell at the club before being released after Football Club Savit were thrown out of the league and dissolved.
Tsyhalka also has a twin brother Yuri who plays as a goalkeeper for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. The brothers played alongside each other at.
Both players were present in the database with good starting stats and a very high potential, and Maksim (spelled "Maxim Tsigalko" in the game) in particular was capable of becoming a world class player, to the degree that he is very well known amongst fans of the Football Manager series and considered one of the game"s legends.
