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Maxime Christophe Lestienne ([maksim lɛstjɛn], (born 17 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Standard Liège.
Career
Mouscron
Lestienne came up through the youth ranks at Royal Excelsior Mouscron. At the time of his debut in the senior squad on 20 December 2008, Mouscron was competing in the Belgian First Division. Lestienne came on as a substitute for Asanda Sishuba in the 80th minute of a 5–1 home victory against Club Brugge.
Club Brugge
After the bankruptcy of Mouscron in 2009, Lestienne became available on a free transfer. Despite interest from English side Everton and Dutch side PSV, Lestienne eventually signed a contract with Club Brugge on 6 January 2010.
Al-Arabi
Lestienne was transferred to Al-Arabi in the summer of 2014.
Loan to Genoa
Lestienne was loaned out to Genoa until the end of the 2014–15 season almost immediately after signing for Qatari side Al-Arabi.
Loan to PSV
From 12 July 2015, Lestienne was loaned out to PSV until the end of the 2015–16 season. PSV decided not to exercise its option to buy the player at the end of the loan spell.
Rubin Kazan
On 5 July 2016, Lestienne moved to Russian club Rubin Kazan.
Málaga
On 31 January 2018, Lestienne joined Málaga on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.
Standard Liège
On 25 July 2018, he returned to Belgium, signing with Standard Liège.
International career
Lestienne was called up to the Belgium national football team for the friendly against USA in May 2013, but did not play. He has appeared nine times for the Belgium U21 team and scored once, when he converted a penalty in the 53rd minute in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 9 game with Cyprus U21 won by Belgium 2–0.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 April 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mouscron | 2008–09 | Belgian First Division A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | |||
| Total | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2009–10 | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2012–13 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 18 | ||
| 2013–14 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 11 | ||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 127 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 157 | 39 | ||
| Genoa | 2014–15 | Serie A | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |
| PSV | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
| Jong PSV | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 16 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
| Málaga (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Standard Liège | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Career total | 241 | 51 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 288 | 56 | ||
