Maksym Vahifovych Pashayev (Ukrainian: Максим Вагіфович Пашаєв; 4 January 1988 – 12 December 2008[1]) was a professional Ukrainian football defender of Azerbaijani origin who played for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. He died in a car accident in Hradyzk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
He was born in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. He was the product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth school system. With new Dnipro head coach Volodymyr Bezsonov, Pashaiv established himself in the starting lineup of the main team.
When he died in a car accident, he was the captain of the Ukraine national under-21 football team captain. His twin brother Pavlo Pashayev is also a football player and plays for Azerbaijan national football team.