Nationality: Belgian
DOB/Age: 17 June 1992 (29)
Previous Clubs: Mouscron (2008-2009), Brugge (2010-2014), Genoa (2014-2015 – loan), PSV (2015-2016 – loan), Rubin Kazan (2016-2018), Málaga (2018 – loan), Standard Liège (2018-2022)
Maxime Lestienne is a direct winger blessed with a turn of pace, an eye for a pass, and composure in tight situations. The 29-year-old left-footed wide player brings an additional attacking threat with his ability to deliver quality balls from set-pieces.
Lestienne was a part of PSV Eindhoven’s 2015/16 UCL squad that fell at the Round of 16 to eventual finalists, Atletico Madrid. The Dutch giants came out of Group B at the expense of Manchester United, with Lestienne recording two goals and two assists for PSV during that European campaign.
He has a record of 29 appearances and six goals in UEFA’s second tier regional competition, the Europa League, with Standard and fellow Belgian side Club Brugge.
Lestienne is a product of the now-defunct Mouscron academy and has been capped at all Belgian youth levels, as part of the country’s Golden Generation alongside the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Dries Mertens and Romelu Lukaku. He has received several call-ups to the Belgian national team, but has yet to be capped. He joins the Lion City Sailors from Belgian side Standard Liege.