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Vyacheslav Karavaev

Vyacheslav Karavaev

Defender - Right-Back  at Zenit St. Petersburg
Age31
CitizenshipRussia
Height1.75 m
Footright
BornMay 20, 1995
at Zenit St. Petersburg 2,456 days · joined 2019-09-02
👕200+ Apps 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €3.50m
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
10/11
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Zenit St. Petersburg
top club · 165 apps

Career highs

€7.00m
peak value · 2019
€8.00m
top transfer fee · 19/20
4
best season · 16/17
74 / 3
int'l caps / goals
394Appearances
15Goals
40Assists
26Yellow cards
1Red cards
107Full matches (90′)
Full nameVyacheslav Karavaev
Name in home countryКараваев Вячеслав Сергеевич
Date of birth1995-05-20 (31 yrs)
Place of birthMoskau, Russia
CitizenshipRussia
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height175.00 m
Current clubZenit St. Petersburg
Joined2019-09-02
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentLevel Sports Agency
OutfitterNike
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
31 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Zenit St. Petersburg
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Zenit St. Petersburg
31 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Nov 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Zenit St. Petersburg
30 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2022
Injury: unknown
14 games missed
Sep 2021
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Zenit St. Petersburg
24 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Zenit St. Petersburg
31 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2019
Transfer: Vitesse → Zenit S-Pb
19/20 · Transfer · €8.00m
Jul 2019
19/20 — Zenit St. Petersburg, Vitesse Arnhem
36 matches · 2 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Vitesse Arnhem
45 matches · 1 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Sparta Prague → Vitesse
17/18 · Transfer · €1.50m
Jul 2017
17/18 — Vitesse Arnhem U21, Vitesse Arnhem, AC Sparta Prague, AC Sparta Prague B
27 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 7 competitions
Aug 2016
Transfer: CSKA Moscow → Sparta Prague
16/17 · Transfer · €1.00m
Jul 2016
16/17 — AC Sparta Prague, CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow II
38 matches · 4 G · 10 A · across 7 competitions
Jun 2016
Transfer: Jablonec → CSKA Moscow
15/16 · Return from loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — FK Jablonec
40 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: CSKA Moscow → Jablonec
15/16 · Loan
Jun 2015
Transfer: Dukla Prague → CSKA Moscow
14/15 · Return from loan
Jul 2014
14/15 — FK Dukla Prague
29 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: CSKA Moscow → Dukla Prague
14/15 · Loan
Jul 2013
13/14 — CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow II, CSKA Moscow UEFA U19
29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: CSKA Moscow II → CSKA Moscow
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — CSKA Moscow II
14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2012
Transfer: CSKA U17 → CSKA Moscow II
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — CSKA Moscow II
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2010
10/11 — CSKA Moscow II
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €7.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
9,663 min
Minutes played by club
Zenit St. Petersburg 23.0%
Vitesse Arnhem 35.0%
AC Sparta Prague 15.7%
AC Sparta Prague B 0.0%
Vitesse Arnhem U21 0.9%
CSKA Moscow 0.0%
CSKA Moscow II 16.8%
FK Jablonec 8.5%
FK Dukla Prague 0.0%
CSKA Moscow UEFA U19 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Zenit St. Petersburg 6 19/20 24/25 165 4 19 2,222
Vitesse Arnhem 3 17/18 19/20 65 2 9 3,386
AC Sparta Prague 2 16/17 17/18 44 4 10 1,517
AC Sparta Prague B 1 17/18 17/18 4 0 2 0
Vitesse Arnhem U21 1 17/18 17/18 1 1 0 90
CSKA Moscow 2 13/14 16/17 4 0 0 0
CSKA Moscow II 5 10/11 16/17 37 1 0 1,622
FK Jablonec 1 15/16 15/16 40 3 0 826
FK Dukla Prague 1 14/15 14/15 29 0 0 0
CSKA Moscow UEFA U19 1 13/14 13/14 5 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

4€1.8M7€3.5M11€5.3M14€7M12/1313/14 — 1 goals (CSKA Moscow II)113/1414/1515/16 — 3 goals (FK Jablonec)315/1616/17 — 4 goals (AC Sparta Prague)16/17 — 10 assists1416/1717/18 — 1 goals (Vitesse Arnhem U21)17/18 — 2 assists317/1818/19 — 1 goals (Vitesse Arnhem)18/19 — 8 assists918/1919/20 — 2 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)19/20 — 6 assists819/2020/21 — 3 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)20/21 — 3 assists620/2121/22 — 4 assists421/2222/23 — 2 assists222/2323/24 — 5 assists523/2424/2512/13 — €25K13/14 — €75K14/15 — €300K15/16 — €600K16/17 — €2M17/18 — €3M18/19 — €2M19/20 — €7M20/21 — €6M21/22 — €7M22/23 — €6M23/24 — €6M24/25 — €5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/25

Assists by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 101016/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 8818/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 5523/2424/25: 0024/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 12 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 5 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 23 0 3 2 0 0
23/24 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 7 0 2 0 0 0
23/24 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 24 0 2 1 0 0
22/23 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 6 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 4 0 1 1 0 0
21/22 Europa League Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 17 0 2 1 0 0
21/22 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 4 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 25 3 3 2 0 723
20/21 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 6 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem 5 1 1 1 0 450
19/20 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 20 1 4 3 0 1,499
19/20 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 5 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem 33 1 7 2 0 2,936
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Vitesse Arnhem 4 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 KNVB Beker Vitesse Arnhem 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Play-Offs Conference League Vitesse Arnhem 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Derde Div. Sun. Vitesse Arnhem U21 1 1 0 0 0 90
17/18 Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem 11 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Qualifying AC Sparta Prague 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 HET Liga AC Sparta Prague 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Juniorska liga AC Sparta Prague B 4 0 2 0 0 0
17/18 MOL Cup AC Sparta Prague 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Play-Offs Conference League Vitesse Arnhem 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 ePojisteni.cz Li AC Sparta Prague 27 3 9 3 0 797
16/17 Europa League AC Sparta Prague 8 1 0 1 0 720
16/17 Europa League Qualifying AC Sparta Prague 1 0 1 1 0 0
16/17 MOL Cup AC Sparta Prague 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Russian Super Cup CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) CSKA Moscow II 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League Qualifying FK Jablonec 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 MOL Cup FK Jablonec 7 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Synot Liga FK Jablonec 29 3 0 2 0 826
14/15 Pohar FACR FK Dukla Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Synot Liga FK Dukla Prague 29 0 0 2 0 0
13/14 Champions League CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) CSKA Moscow II 20 1 0 0 1 1,622
13/14 UEFA Youth League CSKA Moscow UEFA U19 5 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 U19 M-Liga CSKA Moscow II 14 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) CSKA Moscow II 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) CSKA Moscow II 1 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
11/12 2012-01-01 CSKA U17 CSKA Moscow II Transfer 0
13/14 2013-07-01 CSKA Moscow II CSKA Moscow Transfer 25000
14/15 2014-07-01 CSKA Moscow Dukla Prague Loan 100000
14/15 2015-06-30 Dukla Prague CSKA Moscow Return from loan 300000
15/16 2015-07-01 CSKA Moscow Jablonec Loan 300000
15/16 2016-06-30 Jablonec CSKA Moscow Return from loan 600000
16/17 2016-08-16 CSKA Moscow Sparta Prague Transfer 1000000 €1.00m
17/18 2018-01-31 Sparta Prague Vitesse Transfer 2800000 €1.50m
19/20 2019-09-02 Vitesse Zenit S-Pb Transfer 3000000 €8.00m
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
20/21 Muscle injury 2020-11-21 2020-12-04 14 4
21/22 Leg injury 2021-09-07 2021-10-13 37 6
21/22 Hamstring muscle injury 2022-04-02 2022-08-10 131 14
22/23 unknown injury 2022-11-15 2022-11-19 5 1
23/24 unknown injury 2023-09-24 2023-10-04 11 3
23/24 unknown injury 2023-11-06 2024-01-15 71 5
24/25 Achilles tendon surgery 2025-01-26 2025-10-01 249 31
Current€3.50m
Peak€7.00m
Low€25k
Δ since start+€3.48m
€25k€1.77m€3.51m€5.26m€7.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #30420 #7 10 0 former national player
Team #23138 #7 8 0 former national player
Team #21668 #2 10 0 former national player
Team #11945 #2 20 1 former national player
Team #3448 #4 26 2 recent national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Artem Dzyuba 2 4 0
Claudinho 2 1 0
Magomed Ozdoev 2 0 0
Aleksey Sutormin 2 0 0
Malcom 2 0 0
Yaroslav Rakitskyi 2 0 0
Sardar Azmoun 2 3 0
Danil Krugovoy 2 0 0
Bryan Linssen 2 3 0
Navarone Foor 2 0 0
Dejan Lovren 2 0 0
Ivan Sergeev 2 2 0
Dmitriy Efremov 2 0 0
Dmitriy Chistyakov 2 0 0
Alexander Büttner 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
16/17 ePojisteni.cz Li AC Sparta Prague 3 27
15/16 Synot Liga FK Jablonec 3 29
20/21 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 3 25

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 ePojisteni.cz Li AC Sparta Prague 9 27
18/19 Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem 7 33
19/20 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 4 20

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
15/16 2016-06-30 Jablonec CSKA Moscow Return from loan €600k
15/16 2015-07-01 CSKA Moscow Jablonec Loan €300k
14/15 2015-06-30 Dukla Prague CSKA Moscow Return from loan €300k
14/15 2014-07-01 CSKA Moscow Dukla Prague Loan €100k

Last 50 matches for Zenit St. Petersburg The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-05-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 Akhmat Grozny INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-05-18 RU1 FK Rostov 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-05-10 RU1 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-05-04 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-04-26 RU1 Dinamo Moskva 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-04-20 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Khimki INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-04-13 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 4–1 FK Krasnodar INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-04-05 RU1 Lokomotiv Moskva 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-03-30 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 4–0 Rubin Kazan INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-03-16 RU1 Spartak Moskva 2–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-03-08 RU1 Fakel Voronezh 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2025-03-01 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 CSKA Moskva INJURED Achilles tendon surgery
2024-12-07 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–2 Akron Tolyatti Available
2024-12-01 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–3 Krylia Sovetov Available
2024-11-23 RU1 FK Orenburg 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-11-10 RU1 Akhmat Grozny 1–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-11-02 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Dinamo Makhachkala Available
2024-10-27 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Lokomotiv Moskva Available
2024-10-18 RU1 Akron Tolyatti 0–5 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-10-05 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Orenburg Available
2024-09-28 RU1 FK Krasnodar 2–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-09-21 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 Fakel Voronezh Available
2024-09-14 RU1 CSKA Moskva 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-31 RU1 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 Spartak Moskva Available
2024-08-18 RU1 FK Khimki 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-10 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 Dinamo Moskva Available
2024-08-03 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 5–0 FK Rostov Available
2024-07-27 RU1 Rubin Kazan 0–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-07-20 RU1 Krylia Sovetov 0–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-05-25 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Rostov Available
2024-05-19 RU1 Akhmat Grozny 1–5 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-05-11 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–1 CSKA Moskva Available
2024-05-06 RU1 Fakel Voronezh 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-28 RU1 Dinamo Moskva 1–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 Rubin Kazan Available
2024-04-21 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Orenburg Available
2024-04-13 RU1 FK Krasnodar 1–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-07 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 Baltika Kaliningrad Available
2024-03-30 RU1 Krylia Sovetov 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-03-09 RU1 FK Ural 1–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-03-02 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 Spartak Moskva Available
2023-12-09 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod INJURED unknown injury
2023-12-03 RU1 Lokomotiv Moskva 3–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED unknown injury
2023-11-25 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 FK Sochi INJURED unknown injury
2023-11-11 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 FK Krasnodar INJURED unknown injury
2023-11-04 RU1 Baltika Kaliningrad 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2023-10-28 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Akhmat Grozny Available
2023-10-22 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 Krylia Sovetov Available
2023-10-07 RU1 FK Sochi 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available

Teams faced most often by Vyacheslav Karavaev's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FK Krasnodar 8 5 3 0 20 12 +8 63%
Spartak Moskva 8 5 3 0 9 3 +6 63%
Lokomotiv Moskva 8 2 4 2 12 7 +5 25%
FK Ufa 8 3 3 2 10 3 +7 38%
Rubin Kazan 8 5 0 3 18 8 +10 63%
Akhmat Grozny 8 2 6 0 10 5 +5 25%
Arsenal Tula 8 6 1 1 14 7 +7 75%
FK Rostov 8 6 1 1 22 7 +15 75%
FK Ural 8 7 1 0 31 7 +24 88%
Dinamo Moskva 8 6 0 2 15 3 +12 75%
CSKA Moskva 8 5 2 1 18 8 +10 63%
FK Sochi 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 100%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 Senior debut season
13/14 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
23/24 31 0 2 0 0 0
22/23 30 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 24 0 2 0 0 0
20/21 31 723 3 0 0 0.37
19/20 36 1,949 4 0 0 0.18
18/19 45 2,936 3 0 0 0.09
16/17 38 1,517 5 0 0 0.3
15/16 40 826 3 0 0 0.33
14/15 29 0 2 0 0 0
13/14 29 1,622 0 0 1 0.06
10/11 1 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Synot Liga
88 apps
6 G
9 A
Premier Liga
123 apps
4 G
14 A
Eredivisie
49 apps
2 G
8 A
Europa League
9 apps
1 G
1 A
Derde Div. Sun.
1 apps
1 G
0 A
U19 M-Liga (- 2023)
37 apps
1 G
0 A
Russian Cup
26 apps
0 G
2 A
Champions League
15 apps
0 G
2 A
Europa League Qualifying
11 apps
0 G
2 A
Juniorska liga
4 apps
0 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Vyacheslav Karavaev

Who is Vyacheslav Karavaev?

Vyacheslav Karavaev is a Russia professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Zenit St. Petersburg.

How old is Vyacheslav Karavaev?

Vyacheslav Karavaev is 31 years old. He was born on May 20, 1995 in Moskau.

What position does Vyacheslav Karavaev play?

Vyacheslav Karavaev plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Vyacheslav Karavaev play for?

Vyacheslav Karavaev currently plays for Zenit St. Petersburg.

How many career goals has Vyacheslav Karavaev scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Vyacheslav Karavaev has scored 15 goals in 394 appearances.

What is Vyacheslav Karavaev's market value?

Vyacheslav Karavaev's most recent reported market value is €3.50m.