# Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an Estonian football coach and former player who currently manages Gambian side Real de Banjul. Zahovaiko played for several professional clubs and was also a member of the Estonian national team.

## 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 | First team | Reserve team | Reserve team |
| Season | League level | Country | Club | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| 1995–96 | 4 | Estonia | Lelle SK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | 4 | Estonia | Riigikogu SK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | Estonia | FC Flora Kehtna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | Estonia | FC Flora Kehtna | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | Estonia | FC Warrior Valga | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | Estonia | JK Tulevik Viljandi | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | Estonia | JK Tulevik Viljandi | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 27 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Kuwait | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | Estonia | FC Flora Tallinn | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Portugal | U.D. Leiria | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Portugal | U.D. Leiria | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Hungary | 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
* Meistriliiga Player of the Month: April 2015, September 2016
* Meistriliiga Manager of the Month: July 2019, August 2020, March/April 2021, October 2021,