In his first season in Germany, he spent 12 matches for Verder, in which he scored 3 goals, and all victorious and gave 4 assists. The next season has become memorable for the Ukrainian, because he won his only foreign trophy — the 1999 German Cup. It was Maximov who became the best player of Verder in the German Cup. He scored a winning ball in the first round of the Cup and brought the command to the next round. Thus began the victorious tread of the Bremers. Maksimov scored in two more matches in a row, after which he paused to the final.
