Quick Facts
Biography
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an Estonian football coach and former player. Currently he is the head coach of Meistriliiga side Paide Linnameeskond. 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, but after featuring in just a few friendly games for the Kuwaiti 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 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. 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.
Statistics
Correct as of 27 October 2011.
| Season | League level | Country | Club | First team | Reserve team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||||
| 1995–96 | 4 |  | Lelle SK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | 4 | | Riigikogu SK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | | FC Flora Kehtna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | | FC Warrior Valga | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | | JK Tulevik Viljandi | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2003 | 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 27 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2006–07 | 1 |  | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 1 |  | U.D. Leiria | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 |  | Debreceni VSC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
International career
He has played a total of 39 games for Estonia national football team, scoring 8 goals. His first international goal was against Ecuador in a friendly game. He scored his eighth goal against Uruguay in a 2–0 win game.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003-02-13 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito |  Ecuador | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match | |||||
| 2 | 2003-12-17 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam |  Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match | |||||
| 3 | 2004-02-16 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, La Valletta |  Malta | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2004 Malta Tournament | |||||
| 4 | 2004-06-11 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Macedonia | 1–3 | 2–4 | Friendly match | |||||
| 5 | 2008-03-26 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Canada | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
| 6 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
| 7 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
| 8 | 2011-03-25 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Uruguay | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015 | |||||||||||
Honours
Individual
- Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004
- Estonian Silverball: 2008