Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

Personal information
Full name	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Date of birth	(1981-12-29) 29 December 1981 (age 43)
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[1]	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.^[2]

Club career

FC Flora Tallinn

In 2006, he was the world's most effective top division goal scorer with 1.2 goals per game.^[3][4] 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.^[5] In the first season he played in 6 league games and one cup game, but failed to score in these.^[6]

Kuopion Palloseura

In April 2012 Zahovaiko joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura.^[7]

Statistics

Correct as of 27 October 2011.

Season	League level	Country	Club	First team		Reserve team
				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.^[8]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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[9]

Honours

Individual

• Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004
• Estonian Silverball: 2008
• Meistriliiga Player of the Month: April 2015,^[10] September 2016^[11]
• Meistriliiga Manager of the Month: July 2019,^[12] August 2020,^[13] March/April 2021,^[14] October 2021,^[15]

References

1. "Kõik Eesti internatsionaalid" [All Estonian internationals] (in Estonian). Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
2. "Pommuudis! Meelis Rooba ei jätka enam Paide peatreenerina (Uus peatreener Zahovaiko!)" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
3. "IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics)". iffhs.de. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
4. "Zahovaiko oli maailma kõrgliigade parim väravakütt". soccernet.ee. 8 January 2007.
5. Elissaar, Kasper (30 December 2009). "Zahovaiko siirdus Portugali kõrgliigasse". Soccernet.ee.
6. "Jogador — Zahovaiko (Leiria)" (in Portuguese). LPFP. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
7. Pulst, Siim (13 April 2012). "Zahovaikost saigi Puri ja Purje klubikaaslane". soccernet.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
8. Eesti võitis Uruguayd 2:0! Jalgpall.ee, 25 March 2011 (in Estonian)
9. "Football PLAYER: Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
10. "Premium liiga parimateks valiti Terehhov ja Zahovaiko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 May 2015.
11. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Zahovaiko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 13 October 2016.
12. "Premium liiga kuu parimateks valiti Zahovaiko ja McWoods" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 August 2019.
13. "Premium liiga kuu parimateks valiti Kuusk ja Zahovaiko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 September 2020.
14. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Paidest" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 30 April 2021.
15. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Paidest ja Florast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 5 November 2021.

External links

• Player statistics on Portuguese Liga