Childhood and youth
The biography of Vyacheslav Malafeev does not leave anyone indifferent, since successes and downfalls, joy and tears are intertwined in it.
The famous goalkeeper was born in one of the maternity hospitals in St. Petersburg in March 1979. At the age of six, Slava became interested in football. After some time, he ended up in a popular school called “Smena” . Famous coaches Valery Savin and Vladimir Vilde were involved in nurturing future talents. When the teenager turned 18, he graduated from school with honors. In 1997, he was invited to the Zenit-2 team.
Slava's talent did not go unnoticed. After 2 years, he was accepted into the promising Zenit team. This is where Malafeev’s sports career began. The guy was always supported by close people who called him Malafey. He has an excellent relationship with his cousin and best friend Andrey from Yekaterinburg.
Vyacheslav Malafeev is a successful goalkeeper of the St. Petersburg Zenit, as well as an Honored Master of Sports of Russia. This is not the first year that the talented football player has been a member of the symbolic club of Lev Yashin. Among his colleagues are domestic athletes who were able to keep their own team’s goal intact in more than a hundred games.
Slava’s colleagues highly valued his experience and talent, as he became the goalkeeper of Zenit and joined Leonid Ivanov’s club. This is an honorable place for true football fans who have repeatedly participated in Russian championships and other high-level competitions. Malafeev’s name has repeatedly been included in the list of the most professional athletes in the country.
Business
Ekaterina is not only a creative person, but also a lady capable of handling large business projects. In 2013, together with her husband, Malafeeva headed the St. Petersburg. For several years, the wife of a Russian football player immersed herself in the field of construction, housing sales, and managed a large staff of this real estate agency.
After 2 years, the couple opened the Lyubogorye ski complex, located in the Novgorod region. This sports and entertainment center included a developed infrastructure - Ekaterina talked about each new facility in Instagram posts. The business developed successfully for several years, but in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it made the owners worry about their future.
Ekaterina Malafeeva and Marina Malafeeva / @malafeeva_ekaterina, @maputo_q3_
Despite the difficulties in her work - a decrease in tourist flows, self-isolation - Malafeeva did not lose heart. The businesswoman used her free time to develop new capabilities of the Lyubogorye complex. Together, a rope park with several trails and a zip line was built. Ekaterina shared the news on her Instagram account that in the summer the first guests of the center were able to appreciate this resource.
But the creative ideas of the goalkeeper's wife did not end there. At the end of December 2021, the lady admitted to her followers that she decided to open her own business - the Art-Reboot studio. It turned out that the theme of organizing holidays was close to her. The entrepreneur noted that she wants to change the format of “boring get-togethers in a restaurant”, turning celebrations into unforgettable and vibrant events.
Successful start
Goalkeeper Malafeev first showed all his skills in the match against the Alania team, when Roman Berezovsky was sent off from the field for insulting the chief referee, but Slava failed to take advantage of the chance to become number one. But it was after this that he increasingly began to be invited to the Olympic teams, where he first played in 1999. His team’s opponent was the Armenian national team. Fans carefully monitored game statistics to stay up to date.
Only after two years of backbreaking work, the athlete deservedly received his first encouragement in the form of a medal and the status of bronze medalist. Well-coordinated work helped the team take an honorable second place at the 2002 championship. After this, the young athlete was included in the list of the most sought-after and well-paid football players. In addition, the talented guy received the title “Goalkeeper of the Year”.
The athlete constantly had to compete for the goalkeeper position. Already in 2005, a cup match took place against CSKA. This time the player was simply sent off the field. After that, Slava was the second goalkeeper for a long time.
During the match against Rosenborg, experienced player Chontofalski was excluded from the team. After that, real luck came to Vyacheslav, and he played 36 matches during the season and again found himself on the list of sought-after football players. It is worth noting that in 2004, the talented athlete played 25 games, conceding only 26 goals. Malafeev was awarded the title “Goalkeeper of the Year” and won numerous championship gold medals. In 2011, Slava played the long-awaited anniversary match against Kuban in a draw.
That same year, in a game against Porto, for the 160th time in his football career, the determined Malafeev was able to keep the goal intact . He outscored Sergei Ovchinnikov himself and eventually became the record holder for the number of clean sheets. If you carefully study the published data on the ESPN portal, you can understand that in 2011 Vyacheslav was among the most sought-after goalkeepers in the world.
Personal life
The football player met his future wife Marina while on vacation. The holiday romance ended with a wedding in the fall of 2001. Marina is the daughter of the famous Dynamo football player Yuri Bezborodov.
After getting married, the girl left her job and devoted herself entirely to her family. Two years later, daughter Ksenia was born. Vyacheslav became a wonderful husband and caring father. He was present at Marina’s birth, and then bathed his daughter and got up to see her at night.
It should be noted that with the birth of his daughter, the football player’s career rapidly took off: he received the title “Goalkeeper of the Year”. In 2006, a son, Maxim, appeared in the Malafeev family. The spouses have always been considered an exemplary and strong couple. When the children grew up a little, the football player’s wife opened her own studio, which she called Malafeev Production. She produced the duet "M16". The footballer fully supported his wife.
Sports career
In mid-1999, the athlete played for a popular youth team, and already in 2000 he participated in national training camps. The athlete played his first successful match for the Russian national team against Wales at the end of November 2003. Thanks to his efforts, Slava earned a place in the tournament lineup, taking an active part in the qualifying games for the honorable European Championship.
In an interview, Malafeev recalls that he became the number one of the national team only after he played two successful matches in Portugal.
In his career, Slava had to face unpleasant moments and disappointments. In the qualifying match of the main world championship, held in 2004 in Portugal, the goalkeeper allowed seven goals against the real favorites of the qualifying group. In 2008, Slava was able to receive bronze medals at the European Championship, despite the fact that he did not play a single minute in the tournament.
Three years later, an important friendly competition took place against Qatar. In the second half, Malafeev, acting as captain, entered the field. The game ended in a draw. In the same year, a match took place against Cameroon, where Vyacheslav entered the field with an honorary captain's armband and again did not miss a single goal.
At the final football competitions of the qualifying stage of the European Championship, Malafeev was able to replace Igor Akinfeev, who was absent due to injuries. All four matches were played out in a draw. Player's team achievements:
- winner of the Russian Cup;
- European Championship medalist in the bronze category;
- winner of the UEFA and Premier League cups;
- winner of the Russian Championship.
Beloved wife and heirs
Malafeev met his first wife while on vacation. The bright romance ended in marriage in November 2001. The athlete’s beloved Marina is the daughter of the famous football player Yuri Bezborodov, who played for Dynamo. Despite the fact that the girl studied at the Civil Aviation Academy, she always supported her husband’s point of view as much as possible.
After the wedding, Marina left her job at the insistence of her husband in order to devote herself entirely to her family. After 2 years, the couple had a daughter, Ksyusha. Slava turned out to be a very attentive and caring dad. He supported Marina in every possible way during childbirth, and then looked after the baby. Vyacheslav bathed his daughter himself and got up to her crib at night. He thanked his wife for the birth of Ksyusha with a new car, Infinity FX 35. After the birth of his daughter, the career of a talented football player and businessman took off sharply. The athlete received the Goalkeeper of the Year prize.
In 2006, a son, Maxim, was born into the family. According to colleagues and journalists, Slava and Marina always gave the impression of a happy family, constantly complementing each other. It was difficult for the athlete’s wife to stay at home, so she began to accompany him on long trips when the children grew up a little.
After some time, the woman decided to start a business and opened the Malafeeva Production studio. She was producing the duet M-16.
Before the New Year holidays, quite candid photographs of the star family appeared in many St. Petersburg media. The shooting was dedicated to the party in honor of the Zenit championship. The photographs were taken on the large ship "Grace". They spent more than one million rubles on the party. Vyacheslav himself acted not only as an entertainer, but also held various competitions for the guests. In January, Marina started her blog, where she described in detail her family vacation.
The wife of Zenit goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev died in a car accident
Early on Thursday morning in St. Petersburg, the wife of Zenit and Russian national team goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev died.
At about 5.30 am, Marina Malafeeva lost control of her Bentley car in the area of house 44 on Primorsky Avenue. The car was moving along Primorskoye Highway and on one section of the road Marina lost control. It is reported that “in one of the sharp turns, where the angle is almost 90 degrees, the car skidded and hit a snowdrift, which acted as a springboard. As a result of this, the car flew about 150 meters, broke through an advertising board installed at a height of 6-7 meters and then crashed into a tree and fell onto the roof.”
Vyacheslav Malafeev himself at that time was with the team in pre-match quarantine in one of the hotels in St. Petersburg.
On Thursday evening, Zenit will play the return match of the Europa League against the Dutch Twente. The first meeting, held in Enschede, ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the team from the Netherlands. There is no talk of canceling the match, despite speculation on this topic. The morning pre-match meeting ended, and it was at this meeting that it was agreed that players from both teams would enter the field with mourning armbands, RIA Novosti reports.
Malafeev's place in goal in the evening will be taken by another club goalkeeper - Yuri Zhevnov. According to some information, Malafeeva was returning from an event where the M16 group, which she produces, participated. Together with her in the cabin was the lead singer of the group, Dmitry Rybakov, who is in critical condition in intensive care. However, doctors give encouraging prognoses about him. The passenger was immediately taken to one of the city hospitals. The official Twitter of the Russian champions confirmed the tragedy. "Unfortunately. The information has just been officially confirmed. Marina Malafeeva died in an accident on Primorsky at 5.30 am. May I rest in peace...,” reads the tweet.
Marina and Vyacheslav Malafeev were married for more than ten years.
They have two children: seven-year-old Ksyusha and five-year-old Maxim. The couple met when Marina worked at Pulkovo Airport and studied at the Academy of Civil Aviation with a degree in economics, dreaming of becoming a flight attendant. After several years of housekeeping, the woman went into business, becoming the general director of a production company that specializes in photo shoots. In 2010, another tragedy happened in Vyacheslav’s family: his mother died, after which he did not play for some time.
From 2 to 3 p.m., Zenit fans plan to gather at the scene of the accident to honor the memory of the deceased and lay flowers.
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Tragic events
At the beginning of March 2011, Marina Malafeeva crashed in a terrible accident: her car crashed into a tree, ramming a billboard. A young woman was returning home after a performance by a group she produced and volunteered to give lead singer Dmitry a ride. The singer survived, but the wife of the famous football player died on the spot. At that time, little Maxim was only 5, and Ksyusha was 7 years old.
Slava's life changed for the better in December 2012. He married for the second time to DJ Ekaterina. The athlete’s new chosen one turned out to be 9 years younger than him. At that time she was studying at the University of Culture. Even when everyone knew about the engagement, the couple in love did not talk about the details of the planned wedding. The press featured different dates for the upcoming event. Fans tend to think that this was done on purpose. In this way, the couple managed to protect such a significant day for them from prying eyes.
Ekaterina managed to find contact with the football player’s children, she even formalized motherhood in order to finally establish her personal life with Vyacheslav. The latest news about Malafeev is of interest to many of his fans. The press managed to find out that the star had another son, Alex. The couple does not hide their offspring from journalists. Slava regularly posts new family photos on her Instagram page.
shocksports
Ekaterina Malafeeva (nee Komyakova) is the wife of former Zenit and Russian national team goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev. Born 28 years ago in the city of Borovichi, in the Novgorod region, and before meeting Malafeev, Komyakova was known as a DJ, a member of the electronic music duo Dj Dolls. But, of course, the girls became popular not because of their music, but thanks to their frank performances in nightclubs in St. Petersburg.
More than 10 years ago, Komyakova entered the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, but, according to rumors, failed to obtain a diploma. Ekaterina became interested in DJing, and also worked as a cheerleader in the “Soul sisters” at the matches of the hockey SKA and basketball Spartak. According to rumors, before Malafeev she met with red-and-white basketball player Vasily Zavoruev. According to the website 1tvnet.ru, he loves expensive cars, sleeps a lot and smokes. Does not like journalists, reading, doing household chores and handicrafts. According to the Metro newspaper and other media, in the 90s her father and uncle became involved in a high-profile case involving the shooting of four people in the local Skazka cafe. Ekaterina’s father served 10.5 years in prison, her uncle served 5.5 years, but now the Komyakovs are free, and they have a business again - Ekaterina’s father sells timber in the Borovichi region.
According to the official version, Vyacheslav met Ekaterina in one of the bars in St. Petersburg. Malafeev was still grieving the terrible death of his first wife Marina, after all, barely a month had passed, but he went out to a bar for a friend’s birthday. Ekaterina also worked there as DJ Dolls. They were introduced by mutual acquaintances, but as Komyakova said: “Malafeev and I didn’t even exchange two words.” Then the future spouses met in one of the restaurants in St. Petersburg and after that evening they began dating. Eyewitnesses saw the couple together back in May 2011 at the Begemot bar in St. Petersburg.
Later, Malafeev took Ekaterina on vacation to Spain. True, on the plane on the way back, one of the passengers took a photo of them and posted it online. The public was indignant: how did Malafeev forget about Marina so quickly? However, according to other information that is circulating on the Internet, Vyacheslav met Komyaka even before the tragic death of his first wife. This happened in the club, but Marina was not there.
Channel One aired the program “Let Them Talk” with Andrei Malakhov, in which Vyacheslav spoke in detail about his life after Marina’s death. At Malakhov's talk show, Vyacheslav officially introduced Ekaterina for the first time as his girlfriend and future bride.
“I didn’t see a star in him. For me, he was always just a nice guy, Slava,” said Ekaterina, without even suspecting that Malafeev was a famous football player. I readily believe it.
And in December 2012, Malafeev and Komyakova got married. In addition, Catherine officially adopted Vyacheslav’s children from his first marriage, Ksenia and Maxim. And the next year, Catherine gave birth to a son, Alex. Following the example of the Kardashian family, they even launched their own family reality show called “The Malafeevs.”
The most candid photos of Ekaterina Malafeeva:
Support group of HC SKA St. Petersburg
But Ekaterina Malafeeva is in the Spartak basketball support group
Malafeevs' wedding:
What Ekaterina Komyakova was like before:
photo: Ekaterina Malafeeva’s VKontakte page, Soul sisters, championat.com, Geometry, nightparty.ru
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Active activities today
In 2021, Slava announced that he had decided to end his sports career. Now he has focused all his efforts on developing his real estate agency.
The athlete’s wife Ekaterina holds the position of director in this company. In addition, the woman continues to perform at popular European music venues and festivals. Last year, the channel “Yu” launched an interesting project “Team of Women. Footballers”, which takes place in the form of a reality show. The essence of this program is that ordinary viewers can see the lives of the beloved women of Russian athletes. The main participants in the project were:
- Khomich Alina;
- Malafeeva Ekaterina;
- Pogrebnyak Maria;
- Zhirkova Inna;
- Shishkina Marina.
The athlete notes that Ekaterina is an active and purposeful girl who appreciates extreme sports. The footballer considers the format of the program quite interesting, since in it famous personalities can share with the audience some moments of their busy lives. Now Slava, his wife and children, actively travel around the world. The former Zenit player claims that passive rest is not for them.
They actively study the cultures and languages of different peoples. The athlete plans to start producing gloves for goalkeepers. He considers his outstanding achievements:
- title "Goalkeeper of the Year";
- first place in the list of thirty-three best football players of the Russian Championship;
- best goalkeeper according to Sport Express.
Life of the Malafeevs today
Now Vyacheslav is still the goalkeeper of Zenit. The athlete also has a group of companies called M16-Group, which deals with real estate, interior design, and provides security and legal services. It also includes Lyubogorye, which is a ski resort.
During the coronavirus epidemic, like many other families, the Malafeevs are in self-isolation. In her Instagram account, Ekaterina wrote that it was a sin for them to complain. They don’t “eat” each other and tolerate the 24/7 schedule calmly. When controversial issues arise, the couple resolves them simply by talking. This difficult time even brought their family together.
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Interesting facts about the wife
Ekaterina Malafeeva was born in 1988 in the small town of Borovichi, which is located in the Novgorod region. Her parents were of simple origin. After school, the girl and her family moved to St. Petersburg and entered the university.
Katya has always had a toned figure. Thanks to her external appearance, she was easily accepted into the Soul sisters support group, which went to basketball matches of the Spartak club and SKA hockey competitions. In 2006, Ekaterina and her friend took up DJing. The girls created a project that eventually became known as DJ Dolls.
The football player's wife never remained without the attention of men, but she never truly reciprocated the feelings of anyone. Catherine married Vyacheslav only after she was convinced that she really loved him. Information was even published on the Internet that a gap had arisen between the spouses, which was provoked by Katya’s mysterious lover from Siberia. But the star family denied these speculations.
From a student at the Civil Aviation Academy to the wife of a popular football player
Marina Malafeeva, née Bezborodova, grew up in a family of active sports people. Her dad Yuri Ivanovich and brother, like her future husband, are football players. Therefore, the girl was familiar with the world of big-time sports as a child. By the way, it was his brother who introduced Vyacheslav Malafeev to Marina. A group of friends, including a football player and a sweet, charming blonde, were on vacation, where a romance broke out between the young people, which led to ten years of happy family life.
Immediately after graduating from school, Marina Bezborodova entered the Civil Aviation Academy. However, the girl managed to fly only during her internship. As soon as Marina and Vyacheslav got married, the husband insisted that his wife leave her job and devote all her time to home and family. This was very helpful, since already in 2003 a small miracle appeared in the Malafeev family - daughter Ksenia. The young, excited father Vyacheslav was in the clinic all the time, was present at the birth and even cut the umbilical cord of the newborn baby. The entire time Marina was in the clinic, her devoted husband spent the night in the next room and helped in every possible way with the child.
Even after being discharged from the maternity hospital, Slava Malafeev never left his happy wife and beloved daughter. The football player swaddled the baby, bathed her, went for walks - in general, he behaved like an exemplary father. Interestingly, with the birth of his child, Malafeev did not give up sports, but, on the contrary, made a significant breakthrough in his career. Now Vyacheslav was no longer an ordinary football player, but took the place of goalkeeper of the Russian national team. In addition, this promising athlete soon received a very prestigious award - he was recognized as “Goalkeeper of the Year”. Perhaps it was Marina, who at that time was raising her daughter and was waiting for her husband to come home, who became the support and support that Malafeev so needed.
A few years later, in 2006, Marina gave the footballer another baby - son Maxim. Being quite public people, Marina and Vyacheslav never shunned journalists and willingly gave interviews. Many of Vyacheslav’s colleagues at the Zenit club, as well as journalists who were able to visit the couple’s home, spoke very flatteringly about the atmosphere that reigns in their family. These people were truly created for each other; they harmoniously complemented the character traits inherent in them by nature.
