Vyacheslav Malafeyev
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| Vyacheslav Malafeyev | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeyev | |
| Date of birth | 4 March 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Height | 1.85 m | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–2000 1999–present |
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg Zenit Saint Petersburg |
53 146 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
2003–present |
Russia U-21 Russia |
11 |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeyev (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Малафеев) (born 4 March 1979 in Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad) is a Russian international football goalkeeper. He plays for the Russian Premier League team Zenit St. Petersburg.
Viacheslav Malafeyev started attending the Smena football school at the age of 9. In 1997 he started to play for the farm club of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, 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. Malafeyev became the first-choice goalkeeper for Zenit in 2001, after Berezovsky left the club.
On 19 November 2003 Malafeyev debuted as a goalkeeper for the national team in a play-off match of Euro 2004 qualification against Wales. After two games played at the final tournament he became a first-choice goalkeeper for Russia.
After a long-term injury in May 2005 Malafeyev lost his place in the goal for Zenit and Russia to Kamil Čontofalský and Igor Akinfeyev, respectively.
[edit] Honours
- 1999 - Russian Cup, winner
- 2000 - Intertoto Cup, runner-up
- 2001 - Russian Premier League, 3rd position
- 2002 - Russian Cup, runner-up
- 2003 - Russian Premier League, runner-up
- 2003 - Russian Premier League Cup, winner
- 2003 - best goalkeeper of the Russian Premier League according to Ogonyok
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| FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Current Squad |
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1 Čontofalský | 2 Radimov | 3 Škrtel | 4 Križanac | 5 Kim | 7 Domínguez | 8 Pogrebnyak | 9 Tekke | 10 Arshavin | 11 Šírl | 14 Hagen | 15 Spivak | 16 Malafeyev | 17 Lee | 18 Zyryanov | 22 Anyukov | 25 Ricksen | 27 Denisov | 44 Tymoschuk | 87 Maksimov | 88 Horshkov | Manager: Advocaat |
