Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev (, Eduard Malafyeyew; born 2 June 1942 in Kolomna) 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 Valeri Lobanovsky. 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) at various coaching and administrative positions. In later years he had coached Dynamo St. Petersburg (whom he led to promotion to the Russian First Division in 2009), Shakhtyor Soligorsk and Pskov-747. References External links Profile at RussiaTeam 1942 births Living people People from Kolomna Soviet footballers Belarusian footballers Association football forwards Soviet Union international footballers 1964 European Nations' Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1968 players Soviet Top League players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Dinamo Minsk players Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Soviet football managers Belarusian football managers Higher School of Coaches alumni Belarusian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Scotland Expatriate football managers in Lithuania Russian Premier League managers Scottish Premier League managers FC Dynamo Brest managers FC Dinamo Minsk managers Soviet Union national football team managers FC Dynamo Moscow managers FC Tyumen managers FC Smena Minsk managers FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers FC Pskov-2000 managers Belarus national football team managers FC Fakel Voronezh managers FBK Kaunas managers Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers FC Partizan Minsk managers FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg managers FC Shakhtyor