Vyacheslav Malafeev

Vyacheslav Malafeev
Born March 4, 1979 in Leningrad
Height: 185 cm. Weight: 76 kg.
Position: Goalkeeper.

In the "Zenith" has two goalkeeper equivalent level, ready to replace each other at any time. One of them - Vyacheslav Malafeyev.
Club. Serious attention is paid to football began at nine years old when, like many of St. Petersburg people who dreamed to become soccer players, went to a sports school "Change". His first coaches were in. Savin In. Wilde and B. Smakov. At the age of 18 years began to advocate the double "Zenith". Well, July 7, 1999 the time has come for foundations, where he made his debut match against the Vladikavkaz "Alania". In the same year won the first trophy - the Cup of Russia. In 2000, played for Zenit about 20 matches (of them - 12 in the championship). Missed 11 goals, which is very bad for a young goalie. Helped the team reach the final of UEFA Intertoto. In 2001 he became the player base, and in 28 league matches missed 29 balls. In addition, together with FC Zenit St. Petersburg won the bronze championship. In 2002, 29 matches missed 40 (!) Goals and not won absolutely nothing ... In 2003, the statistics have improved beyond recognition: 22 banks in 27 games, and so began a triumphant year for the whole of "Zenit": second place and the Cup of Russia. Was the best goalkeeper in Russia according to the magazine Ogonyok. In 2004, 19 games missed 18 goals and was named the best goalkeeper Russia. In 2005 was a tough competition between Malafeeva and д?ontofalskцҐ, which won the Slovak. In 2006, he was the goalkeeper? 1 and spent 26 games on the field (missed a total of 21 ball). In 2007 the competition resumed, and this contributed to some increase in skill of both goalkeepers. A result, Malafeev helped Zenit to win gold medals.
Team. For Russia's national team Malafeev debut in the match against Wales on Nov. 19, 2003 and became number 1. But in the match against Portugal, which ended with a score of 1:7 is clearly not in our favor, due to the terrible game of defense (and he did not show Vyacheslav best games) unsure vratat received psychological trauma and lost his place in the team based. However, continues to be in the team, as the second goalkeeper after Akinfeeva.