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.
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]
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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15]
| 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 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 121 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 165 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 261 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 348 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 2 | |
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[17]
| 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 |
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