Eduard Malofeev
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Eduard Malofeev (Russian: Эдуард Васильевич Малофеев) (born June 2, 1942 in Kolomna) is a football coach and former international player.
Malofeev played for Avandard Kolomna (1960), Spartak Moscow (1961-1962) and Dynamo Minsk (1963-1972). In 1962 he won the Soviet championship with Spartak.
Malofeev 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 Malofeev took charge of deposed Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas following talks with club owner Vladimir Romanov. Eduard Malofeev 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 Malofeev 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 Valery Lobanovsky. The dismissal of Malofeev was considered by many an especially egregious example of backstabbing and intrigues which overshadowed Soviet football.
Malofeev'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 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. Malofeev 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 [1]. 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Ivanauskas to take two-week break", BBC Sport website, 23 October 2006,.
[edit] External links
- Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)
