Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ...

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 Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies in Kuwaiti Club foot ...

, but after featuring in just a few friendly games for the

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

i 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 Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

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 União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

. 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 Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

Statistics

''Correct as of 27 October 2011.''

International career

He has played a total of 39 games for

Estonia national football team The Estonia national football team ( et, Eesti jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international football matches and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association, the governing body for football in Estonia. Estonia's home ground is ...

, scoring 8 goals. His first international goal was against Ecuador in a friendly game. He scored his eighth goal against

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

in a 2–0 win game.Eesti võitis Uruguayd 2:0!
Jalgpall.ee, 25 March 2011

International goals

Honours

Individual

* Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004 *

Estonian Silverball The Estonian Silverball is an annual award by Estonian Football Journalists' Club, given to the footballer for the best goal scored for the Estonia national football team. The award was launched in 1995. Konstantin Vassiljev Konstantin Vassil ...

: 2008

References

External links

Player statistics
on

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zahovaiko, Vjatseslav 1981 births Living people People from Kehtna Parish Estonian footballers Association football forwards Estonia international footballers Estonia under-21 international footballers Estonia youth international footballers Meistriliiga players Primeira Liga players Veikkausliiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players JK Tervis Pärnu 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 footballers Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Paide Linnameeskond players Estonian football managers Kuwait Premier League players