Vyacheslav Malakeev

{{Short description|Russian footballer and coach (born 1973)}}

{{BLP one source|date=September 2010}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vyacheslav Malakeev

| image =

| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|07|26|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Volgograd, Russian SFSR

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1991–1992

| years2 = 1993–1995

| years3 = 1995–1998

| years4 = 1999–2000

| years5 = 2000

| years6 = 2001–2011

| clubs1 = FC Zvezda Gorodishche

| clubs2 = FC Torpedo Volzhsky

| clubs3 = Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (Finland)

| clubs4 = MYPA

| clubs5 = AC Atlantis (loan)

| clubs6 = FC Viikingit

| caps1 = 83

| caps2 = 56

| caps3 = ?

| caps4 = 45

| caps5 = 2

| caps6 = 175

| goals1 = 14

| goals2 = 5

| goals3 = 44

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 57

}}

Vyacheslav "Slava" Malakeev ({{langx|ru|Вячеслав Малакеев}}; born July 26, 1973) is a football coach in his former team FC Viikingit He also has coached Finland’s youth national team and has won best coach of the year (lastly in 2022/23 season).

Career

Malakeev played in the Russian Football National League with FC Torpedo Volzhsky.

He also played in Finnish First Division (Veikkausliiga) and (Ykkönen). He holds Finnish citizenship.