Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an

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and former player who currently manages Levadia U17. Zahovaiko played for several professional clubs and was also a member of the Estonian national team.

Player 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

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

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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

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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

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. 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

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Statistics

''Correct as of 27 October 2011.''

International career

He has played a total of 39 games for

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

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in a 2–0 win game.

International goals

Coaching career

He won the 2022/23 Gambian top division with his team Real de Banjul. Same year Gambian sports journalist elected Zahovaiko as the coach of the year.

Honours

Individual

* Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004 *

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: 2008 *

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Player of the Month: April 2015, September 2016 *

Manager of the Month: July 2019, August 2020, March/April 2021, October 2021,

References

External links

Player statistics
on

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