Vyacheslav Malafeev
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Malafeev at Zenit St. Petersburg in 2014
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| Full name | Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Leningrad, Russian SFSR | ||
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| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 54 | (0) |
| 1999–2016 | FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 322 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2012 | Russia | 29 | (0) |
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Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev (Russian: Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев; IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪˈslav ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲeɪf]; born 4 March 1979) is a former Russian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is a one-club man, having spent all 17 of his professional seasons with Zenit.
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Career
Zenit
Vyacheslav Malafeev started attending the Smena football school at the age of nine. In 1997, he began to play for the farm club of FC Zenit, Zenit-2, in the Third Division. He got the chance to play for Zenit in the Premier League in 1999 during the suspension of Roman Berezovsky. Malafeev later became the first choice goalkeeper for Zenit in 2001, after Berezovsky left the club. Malafeev has since been the first choice goalkeeper ahead of Kamil Čontofalský and won the UEFA Cup in 2008 after keeping a clean sheet against Rangers F.C..
International career
On 19 November 2003, Malafeev debuted as a goalkeeper for the national team in a Euro 2004 qualifiers play-off against Wales. He was chosen as the second choice goalkeeper behind Sergei Ovchinnikov and ahead of Igor Akinfeev. Malafeev participated in Euro 2004 coming on after Ovchinnikov's red card against Portugal and starting against Greece.
After Euro 2004, Malafeev, became the first choice goalkeeper for Russia succeeding Ovchinnikov. After a long-term injury in May 2005, Malafeev lost his place in the goal for Zenit and Russia to Kamil Čontofalský and Igor Akinfeev, respectively. In 2007, played in two Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia after Akinfeev's long term injury but was relegated to the bench in favor of Vladimir Gabulov. After Zenit's successful UEFA Cup campaign he lost a narrow battle with Igor Akinfeev for the first choice goalkeeper spot in Russia's Euro 2008 squad. Nonetheless, he stayed on as the second choice goalkeeper ahead of Gabulov.
He was the starting goalkeeper in the game that Russia lost to Portugal with a score of 1–7 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[1]
He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[2] After the UEFA Euro 2012 he announced that he is retiring from the national team to spend more time with his children, but is prepared to be called up in case of emergency such as injuries to other top goalkeepers.[3]
Career statistics
- As of 1 June 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
 Zenit |
1999 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2002 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| 2012-13 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 322 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 417 | 0 | |
Personal life
Vyacheslav and his wife Marina had two children: Ksenia and Maxim. Marina Malafeeva died in a car crash on the morning of 17 March 2011, aged 37.[4]
Honours
- Zenit
- Russian Premier League (4): 2007, 2010, 2011-12, 2014-15
- Russian Cup (2): 1998-99, 2009-10
- Russian Premier League Cup (1): 2003
- Russian Super Cup (2): 2008, 2011
- UEFA Cup (1): 2007-08
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008
References
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External links
- (Russian) Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website
- (Russian) Profile at the official Russian Premier League website
- (Russian) Official website
- Russia – Record International Players
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- Living people
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- Russian Football Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
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