Vyacheslav Malafeev

Vyacheslav Malafeev
Malafeev in 2017
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev
Date of birth (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant director of sports)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 54 (0)
1999–2016 FC Zenit St. Petersburg 322 (0)
Total 376 (0)
International career
1999–2000 Russia U-21 4 (0)
2003–2012 Russia 29 (0)
Managerial career
2018– FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant director of sports)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev (Russian: Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf]; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is a one-club man, having spent all 17 of his professional seasons with Zenit. He worked as an assistant director of sports for Zenit from 2016 to 2020.