Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Lelle, Estonia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Youth career | |||
Lelle | |||
Flora Kehtna | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Lelle SK | 2 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Riigikogu SK | 1 | (2) |
1998–1999 | Flora Kehtna | 19 | (9) |
1999–2009 | Flora | 140 | (121) |
2000 | → Warrior Valga (loan) | 23 | (4) |
2000 | → Lelle | 5 | (1) |
2001–2002 | → Tulevik (loan) | 46 | (26) |
2001–2002 | → Elva | 12 | (5) |
2003 | → Pärnu Tervis | 2 | (4) |
2006–2007 | → Flora II | 6 | (3) |
2007 | → Al Kuwait Kaifan (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | U.D. Leiria | 13 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Debreceni VSC | 2 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Debreceni VSC II | 4 | (2) |
2012 | KuPS | 6 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | (20) |
2015–2016 | Paide Linnameeskond | 53 | (36) |
International career | |||
Estonia U16 | 2 | (0) | |
Estonia U17 | 5 | (0) | |
Estonia U19 | 2 | (0) | |
2000–2003 | Estonia U21 | 15 | (2) |
2003–2011 | Estonia | 39 | (8) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2021 | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
2022– | Real de Banjul | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an Estonian football coach and former player who currently manages Gambian side Real de Banjul. Zahovaiko played for several professional clubs and was also a member of the Estonian national team.
Club career
FC Flora Tallinn
In 2006, he was the world's most effective top division goal scorer with 1.2 goals per game. At the start of 2007, he was loaned out to Al Kuwait Kaifan, but after featuring in just a few friendly games for the Kuwaiti side he was told that his contract was invalid and he was sent back to Estonia. Both his club and his agent sent a complaint to FIFA. He plays the position of forward and is 1.87 m tall.
U.D. Leiria
On 30 December 2009, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Portuguese team U.D. Leiria. In the first season he played in 6 league games and one cup game, but failed to score in these.
Kuopion Palloseura
In April 2012 Zahovaiko joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura.
Statistics
Correct as of 27 October 2011.
Season | League level | Country | Club | First team | Reserve team | ||
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Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||||
1995–96 | 4 | Estonia | Lelle SK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1997–98 | 4 | Estonia | Riigikogu SK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 4 | Estonia | FC Flora Kehtna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2000 | 1 | Estonia | FC Warrior Valga | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | Estonia | JK Tulevik Viljandi | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
2002 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |||
2003 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 27 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
2004 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
2005 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
2006 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | |||
2006–07 | 1 | Kuwait | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 0 | 0 | — | — |
2007 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
2009 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 1 | Portugal | U.D. Leiria | 6 | 0 | — | — |
2010–11 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
2011–12 | 1 | Hungary | Debreceni VSC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
International career
He has played a total of 39 games for Estonia national football team, scoring 8 goals. His first international goal was against Ecuador in a friendly game. He scored his eighth goal against Uruguay in a 2–0 win game.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1 | 2003-02-13 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito | Ecuador | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match | |||||
2 | 2003-12-17 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match | |||||
3 | 2004-02-16 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, La Valletta | Malta | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2004 Malta Tournament | |||||
4 | 2004-06-11 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Macedonia | 1–3 | 2–4 | Friendly match | |||||
5 | 2008-03-26 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Canada | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
6 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
7 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
8 | 2011-03-25 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Uruguay | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
Correct as of 7 October 2015 |
Honours
Individual
- Estonian Silverball: 2008
- Meistriliiga Player of the Month: April 2015, September 2016
- Meistriliiga Manager of the Month: July 2019, August 2020, March/April 2021, October 2021,
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Kehtna Parish
- Estonian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Estonia men's international footballers
- Estonia men's under-21 international footballers
- Estonia men's youth international footballers
- Meistriliiga players
- Primeira Liga players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Pärnu JK Tervis players
- FC Flora players
- FC Warrior Valga players
- Viljandi JK Tulevik players
- FC Elva players
- Kuwait SC players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Debreceni VSC players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Estonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Paide Linnameeskond players
- Estonian football managers
- Estonian expatriate football managers