Eduard Malofeyev

Eduard Vasilyevich Malofeyev (, ; born 2 June 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin.

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 led Dinamo Minsk to the team's only Soviet champions title, and coached Belarus national football team.

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. The national team qualified for the 1986 World Cup but he was fired shortly before the World Cup started in favor of Valeriy Lobanovskyi. He also coached the Belarus national football team from 2000 to 2003.

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 ) in various coaching and administrative positions.

In later years he coached Dynamo Saint Petersburg (whom he led to promotion to the Russian First Division in 2009 ), Shakhtyor Soligorsk and Pskov-747.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 17 October 1965 Copenhagen, Denmark 2–0 3–1 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification 2. 12 July 1966 Middlesbrough, England 1–0 3–0 1966 FIFA World Cup 3. 3–0 4. 28 July 1966 London, England 1–1 1-2 5. 11 June 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union 1–0 4–3 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying 6. 6 September 1967 Turku, Finland 5–2 5–2 7. 31 October 1967 Piraeus, Greece 1–0 1–0