Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, be, Эдуард Васілевіч Малафееў ''Eduard Malafyeyew''; born 2 June 1942 in
Kolomna
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) is a
Soviet
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and
Belarus
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ian
football
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coach and former international player of
Russia
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n origin.
[http://www.peoples.ru/sport/trainer/malofeev/history.html]
Despite being born and grown in
Russian SFSR
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, Malofeyev rose to prominence in Belarus, having scored over 100 goals in
Soviet Top League
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The professional top level ...
for
Dinamo Minsk. He led
Dinamo Minsk to the team's only Soviet champions title, and coached
Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па футболе, Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) represents Belarus in inte ...
.
Life and career
Malofeyev played for Avangard Kolomna (1960),
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(1961–1962) and
Dinamo Minsk (1963–1972). In 1962, he won the
Soviet championship with Spartak.
He was capped 40 times for the
USSR national team in 1963–1968 and scored 6 goals. He participated in
UEFA Euro 1964
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The tournament was a knockout compet ...
and
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
as well
World Cup 1966
As a coach, Malofeyev led
Dinamo Minsk to the championship in the
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
in 1982. In 1984–1986 he was the head coach for USSR. The national team qualified for the 1986 World Cup but he was fired shortly before the World Cup started in favor of
Valeri Lobanovsky
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
. He also coached the
Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па футболе, Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) represents Belarus in inte ...
from 2000 to 2003.
Between 2004 and 2007 he worked in all three clubs associated with
Vladimir Romanov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Romanov ( rus, Владимир Николаевич Романов, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ rɐˈmanəf, lt, Vladimiras Romanovas; born 15 June 1947) 's holding (Belarusian
MTZ-RIPO Minsk, Lithuanian
FBK Kaunas
Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas.
History
Banga Kaunas (1960–1993)
Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas and played its first three years ...
and Scottish
Hearts) at various coaching and administrative positions.
In later years he had coached
Dynamo St. Petersburg (whom he led to promotion to the
Russian First Division
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
in 2009
[Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года]
),
Shakhtyor Soligorsk and
Pskov-747.
References
External links
Profileat RussiaTeam
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1942 births
Living people
People from Kolomna
Soviet footballers
Belarusian footballers
Association football forwards
Soviet Union international footballers
1964 European Nations' Cup players
1966 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1968 players
Soviet Top League players
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Dinamo Minsk players
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Soviet football managers
Belarusian football managers
Higher School of Coaches alumni
Belarusian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Russia
Expatriate football managers in Scotland
Expatriate football managers in Lithuania
Russian Premier League managers
Scottish Premier League managers
FC Dynamo Brest managers
FC Dinamo Minsk managers
Soviet Union national football team managers
FC Dynamo Moscow managers
FC Tyumen managers
FC Smena Minsk managers
FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers
FC Pskov-2000 managers
Belarus national football team managers
FC Fakel Voronezh managers
FBK Kaunas managers
Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers
FC Partizan Minsk managers
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg managers
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk managers
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast