Vyacheslav Karavayev

Russian footballer (born 1995)
Vyacheslav Karavayev
Karavayev with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2021
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Sergeyevich Karavayev
Date of birth (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 15
Youth career
2001–2014 CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 CSKA Moscow 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Dukla Prague (loan) 29 (0)
2015–2016 → Jablonec (loan) 29 (3)
2016–2018 Sparta Prague 30 (3)
2018–2019 Vitesse 49 (2)
2019– Zenit Saint Petersburg 103 (4)
International career‡
2010–2011 Russia U17 8 (0)
2011–2012 Russia U19 9 (0)
2014–2016 Russia U21 20 (1)
2019– Russia 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2023

Vyacheslav Sergeyevich Karavayev (Russian: Вячеслав Сергеевич Караваев; born 20 May 1995) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russia national team.

Club career

Karavayev made his debut in the Russian Premier League for CSKA Moscow on 2 December 2013 in a game against FC Rostov.[2]

Karavayev joined Dukla Prague of the Czech First League on a season-long loan deal during the summer of 2014.[3]

On 16 August 2016, he returned to the Czech Republic, signing on the permanent basis with AC Sparta Prague.[4]

On 31 January 2018, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Eredivisie club Vitesse who paid €2.5 million for him.[5]

On 2 September 2019, he signed a 4-year contract with the Russian Premier League champion Zenit St. Petersburg.[6] On 4 April 2023, Karavayev extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season, with an option for another season.[7]

International

On 11 March 2019, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belgium on 21 March 2019 and Kazakhstan on 24 March 2019.[8] He made his debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Cyprus. He substituted Sergei Petrov in the 38th minute due to an injury to Petrov.[9]

On 3 September 2020 he scored his first goal for Russia national team against Serbia in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B.[citation needed]

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[10] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[11] In Russia's opening game against Belgium on 12 June 2021, he substituted injured Yuri Zhirkov late in the first half, as Russia lost 0–3.[12] In the second game against Finland on 16 June, he once again had to come on as a first-half substitute for an injured teammate, this time Mário Fernandes, Russia won the game 1–0.[13] He appeared as a second-half substitute on 21 June in the last group game against Denmark as Russia lost 1–4 and was eliminated.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CSKA Moscow 2013–14 Russian Premier League 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Dukla Prague (loan) 2014–15 Czech First League 29 0 0 0 — — 29 0
Jablonec (loan) 2015–16 Czech First League 29 3 7 0 4 0 — 40 3
Sparta Prague 2016–17 Czech First League 27 3 1 0 9 1 — 37 4
2017–18 Czech First League 3 0 2 0 2 0 — 7 0
Total 30 3 3 0 11 1 — 44 4
Vitesse U21 2017–18 Derde Divisie 1 1 — — — 1 1
Vitesse 2017–18 Eredivisie 11 0 — — 4[a] 0 15 0
2018–19 Eredivisie 33 1 4 0 4 0 4[a] 0 45 1
2019–20 Eredivisie 5 1 — — — 5 1
Total 49 2 4 0 4 0 8 0 65 2
Zenit St. Petersburg 2019–20 Russian Premier League 20 1 5 0 6 0 — 31 1
2020–21 Russian Premier League 25 3 1 0 4 0 1[b] 0 31 3
2021–22 Russian Premier League 17 0 1 0 5 0 1[b] 0 24 0
2022–23 Russian Premier League 24 0 6 0 — — 30 0
2023–24 Russian Premier League 17 0 6 0 — 1[b] 0 24 0
Total 103 4 19 0 15 0 3 0 139 4
Career total 243 13 34 0 35 1 11 0 323 14
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 26 March 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2019 1 0
2020 8 1
2021 11 1
2022 2 0
2023 2 0
Total 24 2

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[16]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2020 VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia  Serbia 2–0 3–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
2. 1 June 2021 Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

CSKA Moscow
Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. ^ "Vyacheslav Karavayev". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Rostov-CSKA game report". Russian Premier League. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Dukla jde do ligy bez střelce Pospěcha, její cíle však sahají vysoko". idnes.cz (in Czech). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ Вячеслав Караваев перешёл в пражскую Спарту (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ "KARAVAEV VERSTERKT VITESSE" (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Вячеслав Караваев переходит в "Зенит"" [Vyacheslav Karavayev moves to Zenit] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Сине-бело-голубые продлили контракт с Вячеславом Караваевым" (in Russian). FC Zenit St. Petersburg. 4 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Состав на Бельгию и Казахстан" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Cyprus v Russia game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 October 2019.
  10. ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Belgium v Russia game report". UEFA. 12 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA. 16 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021.
  15. ^ Vyacheslav Karavayev at Soccerway
  16. ^ "Karavayev, Vyacheslav". National Football Teams.
  17. ^ "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  19. ^ "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
  20. ^ ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  22. ^ ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
  24. ^ "2023 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2023.

External links

  • Vyacheslav Karavayev at Soccerway
  • Vyacheslav Karavayev at WorldFootball.net
  • Vyacheslav Karavayev at Russian Premier League
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