Vyacheslav Malakeev

Vyacheslav "Slava" Malakeev (Russian: Вячеслав Малакеев; born July 26, 1973) is a football coach in his former team FC Viikingit He also has coached Finland’s youth national team and has won best coach of the year (lastly in 2022/23 season).

Vyacheslav Malakeev

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-07-26) July 26, 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Volgograd, Russian SFSR
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	FC Zvezda Gorodishche	83	(14)
1993–1995	FC Torpedo Volzhsky	56	(5)
1995–1998	Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (Finland)	?	(44)
1999–2000	MYPA	45	(2)
2000	AC Atlantis (loan)	2	(0)
2001–2011	FC Viikingit	175	(57)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Malakeev played in the Russian Football National League with FC Torpedo Volzhsky.

He also played in Finnish First Division (Veikkausliiga) and (Ykkönen). He holds Finnish citizenship.

External links

• Vyacheslav Malakeev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)