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
"(former Striker)"
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1960
1961-1962
1963-1972
clubs = flagicon|Soviet Union Avangard Kolomna flagicon|Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow
flagicon|Soviet Union FC 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 Union FC Dinamo Brest flagicon|Soviet Union FC Dinamo Minsk flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union olympic team flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union flagicon|Soviet Union FC Dinamo Moscow flagicon|Soviet Union FC Dinamo Minsk Flagicon|Russia Asmaral Kislovodsk Flagicon|Russia FC Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen Flagicon|Belarus|1991 FC Smena Minsk Flagicon|Russia FC Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen Flagicon|Russia FC Anzhi Makhachkala Flagicon|Russia FC Pskov Flagicon|Belarus Belarus Flagicon|Russia FC Fakel Voronezh Flagicon|Lithuania FBK Kaunas Flagicon|Scotland Heart of Midlothian

Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( _ru. Эдуард Васильевич Малофеев) (born June 2, 1942 in Kolomna) 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 the Soviet Top League in 1982. He also coached the Belarus national football team from 2000 to 2003.

Eduard Malofeyev took charge of deposed Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas following talks with club owner Vladimir Romanov. Eduard Malofeyev has left his post as head of the youth academy at FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk in Belarus, and was introduced to the players at Kaunas on 15 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 as Director of football in 2006, hired, once again, by Vladimir Romanov. He would also be working with head coach Valdas Ivanauskas. Malofeyev was temporarily given the role of head coach on 23 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 on 20 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 to FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk to take up the position of head coach, but only lasted 6 months before being replaced.

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External links

* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/malofeev.html Profile] at RussiaTeam ru icon