- Eduard Malofeyev
Football player infobox
playername = Eduard Malofeyev
fullname = Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|6|2
cityofbirth =Kolomna
countryofbirth =Russia , USSR
height =
currentclub =
position = Manager
"(formerStriker )"
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1960
1961-1962
1963-1972
clubs = flagicon|Soviet UnionAvangard Kolomna flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Spartak Moscow
flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Dinamo Minsk
caps(goals) = 0? 04 0(0) 278 (114)
nationalyears = 1963-1968
nationalteam = flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union
nationalcaps(goals) = 040 (6)
manageryears = 1977-1978 1978-1983 1983-1984 1984-1986 1985-1987 1988-1991 1992 1993-1994 1995 1995 1996-1998 1999-2000 2001-2003 2003 2006 2008
managerclubs = flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Dinamo Brest flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Dinamo Minsk flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union olympic team flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Dinamo Moscow flagicon|Soviet UnionFC Dinamo Minsk Flagicon|RussiaAsmaral Kislovodsk Flagicon|RussiaFC Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen Flagicon|Belarus|1991FC Smena Minsk Flagicon|RussiaFC Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen Flagicon|RussiaFC Anzhi Makhachkala Flagicon|RussiaFC Pskov Flagicon|Belarus Belarus Flagicon|RussiaFC Fakel Voronezh Flagicon|LithuaniaFBK Kaunas Flagicon|ScotlandHeart of Midlothian Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( _ru. Эдуард Васильевич Малофеев) (born
June 2 ,1942 inKolomna ) is a football coach and former international player.Malofeyev played for Avandard Kolomna (1960), Spartak Moscow (1961-1962) and
Dynamo Minsk (1963-1972). In 1962 he won the Soviet championship with Spartak.Malofeyev led
FC Dinamo Minsk to the championship in theSoviet Top League in 1982. He also coached theBelarus national football team from 2000 to 2003.Eduard Malofeyev took charge of deposed Lithuanian champions
FBK Kaunas following talks with club ownerVladimir Romanov . Eduard Malofeyev has left his post as head of the youth academy atFC MTZ-RIPO Minsk inBelarus , and was introduced to the players at Kaunas on15 December .He was capped 40 times for the USSR national team in 1963-1968 and scored 6 goals. 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 . The dismissal of Malofeyev was considered by many an especially egregious example of backstabbing and intrigues which overshadowed Soviet football.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 .He was signed by
Scottish Premier League runners up, Hearts asDirector of football in 2006, hired, once again, byVladimir Romanov . He would also be working with head coachValdas Ivanauskas . Malofeyev was temporarily given the role of head coach on23 October 2006 after it was announced that Ivanauskas was to take a two-week leave of absence cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/6075332.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Ivanauskas to take two-week break|date=23 October 2006,] . He departed from his temporary managerial position on20 November 2006 to pursue his UEFA Pro coaching license, without winning one of his eight games in charge. This makes him officially the worst manager in Hearts' 132 year history.On
06 December 2006 , he returned toFC MTZ-RIPO Minsk to take up the position of head coach, but only lasted 6 months before being replaced.References
External links
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