Vyacheslav Karavayev

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
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position 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 124 (4)
International career‡
2010–2011 Russia U17 8 (0)
2011–2012 Russia U19 9 (0)
2014–2016 Russia U21 20 (1)
2019– Russia 26 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2024

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] In January 2025, Karavayev suffered an Achilles tendon rupture and was expected to be out of play for 7 months.[8] He made his first appearance after recovering in March 2026.[9] Zenit extended Karavayev's contract for two years (with an optional third year) on 9 June 2026.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

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

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[13] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 August 2026[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CSKA Moscow 2013–14 Russian Premier League 2010100040
Dukla Prague (loan) 2014–15 Czech First League 29000——290
Jablonec (loan) 2015–16 Czech First League 2937040—403
Sparta Prague 2016–17 Czech First League 2731091—374
2017–18 Czech First League 302020—70
Total 30330111—444
Vitesse U21 2017–18 Derde Divisie 11———11
Vitesse 2017–18 Eredivisie 110——4[a]0150
2018–19 Eredivisie 33140404[a]0451
2019–20 Eredivisie 51———51
Total 492404080652
Zenit St. Petersburg 2019–20 Russian Premier League 2015060—311
2020–21 Russian Premier League 25310401[b]0313
2021–22 Russian Premier League 17010501[b]0240
2022–23 Russian Premier League 24060——300
2023–24 Russian Premier League 23070—1[b]0310
2024–25 Russian Premier League 12050—1[b]0180
2025–26 Russian Premier League 2010——30
2026–27 Russian Premier League 1020——30
Total 1244280150401714
Career total 2641343035112035414
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 15 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Russia 201910
202081
2021111
202220
202320
202420
Total262

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[19]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2020VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia Serbia2–03–12020–21 UEFA Nations League B
2.1 June 2021Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland Poland1–11–1Friendly

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. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. 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. ↑ "Вячеслав Караваев пропустит оставшуюся часть сезона" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Зенит — Динамо — FONBET Кубок России по футболу" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 18 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "«Зенит» и Вячеслав Караваев заключили новый контракт по схеме «2+1»" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Состав на Бельгию и Казахстан" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Cyprus v Russia game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "Belgium v Russia game report". UEFA. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
  18. ↑ Vyacheslav Karavayev at Soccerway
  19. ↑ "Karavayev, Vyacheslav". National Football Teams.
  20. ↑ "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  22. ↑ ""Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  23. ↑ ""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. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  24. ↑ ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  25. ↑ ""Зенит" стал 11-кратным чемпионом России и обновил рекорд по количеству титулов" [Zenit became Russian champion for 11th time and updated the record for number of trophies] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  27. ↑ "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.
  28. ↑ ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  29. ↑ "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
  30. ↑ "2023 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2023.
  31. ↑ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.