Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an
Estonia
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football
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coach
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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
Al Kuwait Kaifan
Kuwait Sports Club () is a Kuwaiti professional association football, football club based in Kuwait City. Their football team has won Kuwait Premier League 19 times and has won over 50 trophies overall. The club plays in the Al Kuwait Sports C ...
, but after featuring in just a few friendly games for the
Kuwait
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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
forward
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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
U.D. Leiria
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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
Kuopion Palloseura
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.
Statistics
''Correct as of 27 October 2011.''
International career
He has played a total of 39 games for
Estonia national football team
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, scoring 8 goals. His first international goal was against Ecuador in a friendly game. He scored his eighth goal against
Uruguay
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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
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Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004
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Estonian Silverball
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: 2008
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Meistriliiga
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Player of the Month:
April 2015,
September 2016
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Meistriliiga
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Manager of the Month:
July 2019,
August 2020,
March/April 2021,
October 2021,
References
External links
Player statisticson
Portuguese Liga
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1981 births
Living people
People from Kehtna Parish
Sportspeople from Rapla County
Estonian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Estonia men's international footballers
Estonia men's under-21 international footballers
Estonia men's youth international footballers
Meistriliiga players
Primeira Liga players
Veikkausliiga players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Pärnu JK Tervis 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 men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Paide Linnameeskond players
Estonian football managers
Estonian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Gambia
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the Gambia
21st-century Estonian sportsmen