Maxime Lestienne

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 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.