Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

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Personal information
Full name	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Date of birth	(1981-12-29) 29 December 1981
Place of birth	Lelle, Estonia
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Paide Linnameeskond
Number	10
Youth career
	FC Lelle
0000–1998	Flora Kehtna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Lelle SK	2	(1)
1997–1998	Riigikogu SK	1	(2)
1998–1999	Flora Kehtna	19	(9)
1999–2009	FC Flora Tallinn	140	(121)
2000	→ FC Warrior Valga (loan)	23	(4)
2000	→ FC Lelle	5	(1)
2001–2002	→ JK Tulevik Viljandi (loan)	46	(26)
2001–2002	→ FC Elva	12	(5)
2003	→ JK Tervis Pärnu	2	(4)
2006–2007	→ FC Flora II Tallinn	6	(3)
2007	→ Al Kuwait Kaifan (loan)	0	(0)
2010–2011	U.D. Leiria	13	(0)
2011–2012	Debreceni VSC	2	(0)
2011–2012	→ Debreceni VSC II	4	(2)
2012	KuPS	6	(1)
2012–2014	JK Sillamäe Kalev	36	(20)
2015-	Paide Linnameeskond
International career‡
1996–?	Estonia U16	2	(0)
	Estonia U17	5	(0)
	Estonia U19	2	(0)
	Estonia U21	15	(2)
2003–	Estonia	39	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2013

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981 in Rapla) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga for Paide Linnameeskond.

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

External links

• Player statistics on Portuguese Liga