Viacheslav Malafeev
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Viacheslav Malafeev (Russian: ; born 4 March 1979 in Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad) is a Russian international football goalkeeper. He plays for the Russian Premier League team Zenit St. Petersburg.
Viacheslav Malafeev started attending the Smena football school at the age of 9. In 1997 he started to play for the farm club of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit-2, in the Third Division. He got the chance to play for Zenit in the Premier League in 1999 during the suspension of Roman Berezovsky. Malafeev became the first-choice goalkeeper for Zenit in 2001, after Berezovsky left the club.
On 19 November 2003 Malafeev debuted as a goalkeeper for the national team in a play-off match of Euro 2004 qualification against Wales. After two games played at the final tournament he became a first-choice goalkeeper for Russia.
After a long-term injury in May 2005 Malafeev lost his place in the goal for Zenit and Russia to Kamil Äontofalsky and Igor Akinfeev, respectively.
Honours
- 1999 - Russian Cup, winner
- 2000 - Intertoto Cup, runner-up
- 2001 - Russian Premier League, 3rd position
- 2002 - Russian Cup, runner-up
- 2003 - Russian Premier League, runner-up
- 2003 - Russian Premier League Cup, winner
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