Eduard Malofeyev

Eduard Malofeyev

Personal information
Full name	Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev
Date of birth	2 June 1942
Place of birth	Kolomna, Russia, USSR
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1960	Avangard Kolomna
1961–1962	Spartak Moscow	4	(0)
1963–1972	Dinamo Minsk	278	(114)
National team
1963–1968	Soviet Union	40	(6)
1964–1968	Soviet Union Olympic	4	(0)
Teams managed
1972–1973	Dinamo Minsk (youth)
1974–1975	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
1977–1978	Dinamo Brest
1978–1983	Dinamo Minsk
1983–1984	Soviet Union olympic team
1984–1986	Soviet Union
1985–1987	Dinamo Moscow
1988–1991	Dinamo Minsk
1992	Asmaral Kislovodsk
1993–1994	Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen
1995	Smena Minsk
1995	Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen
1996–1998	Anzhi Makhachkala
1999–2000	Pskov
2000–2003	Belarus
2001–2002	Dinamo Minsk
2003	Fakel Voronezh
2004–2005	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
2006	FBK Kaunas
2006	Heart of Midlothian (sport director)
2006–2007	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
2007	Šilutė
2008–2009	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2009–2010	Shakhtyor Salihorsk
2010	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2010–2011	Pskov-747 Pskov
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev (Russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев; IPA: [məlɐˈfʲeɪf], Belarusian: Эдуард Васілевіч Малафееў; born 2 June 1942 in Kolomna) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player.

Despite being born and grown in Russian SFSR, Malofeyev rose to prominence in Belarus, having scored over 100 goals in Soviet Top League for Dinamo Minsk. He is widely regarded as one of the best Belarusian coaches in history as he led Dinamo Minsk to the team's only Soviet champions title, and coached Belarus national football team in one of their most successful major competition qualifying campaigns.

Life and career

Malofeyev played for Avangard Kolomna (1960), Spartak Moscow (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 and 1968 as well World Cup 1966

As a coach, Malofeyev led Dinamo Minsk to the championship in the Soviet Top League in 1982. In 1984–1986 he was the head coach for USSR. With Malofeyev at the helm, the Soviet national team qualified for the 1986 World Cup but he was fired shortly before the World Cup started in favor of Valeri Lobanovsky. He also coached the Belarus national football team from 2000 to 2003.

Malofeyev's trademark was what he called "sincere football," characterized by passion for the game and attacking style. It was in sharp contrast to the pragmatic, analytical approach favored by Valeri Lobanovsky.

Between 2004 and 2007 he worked in all three clubs associated with Vladimir Romanov's holding (Belarusian MTZ-RIPO Minsk, Lithuanian FBK Kaunas and Scottish Hearts^[1]) 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 in 2009^[2]), Shakhtyor Salihorsk and Pskov-747.

References

1. "Ivanauskas to take two-week break". BBC Sport website. 23 October 2006.
2. Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года

External links

• Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)