Roman Pavlyuchenko

Roman Pavlyuchenko
Pavlyuchenko with Ararat Moscow in 2017
Personal information
Full name Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko
Date of birth (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Mostovskoy, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1990–1997 Victory Sports School
1997–1998 Dynamo Stavropol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Dynamo Stavropol 31 (11)
2000–2002 Rotor Volgograd 65 (14)
2000Rotor-2 Volgograd 13 (3)
2003–2008 Spartak Moscow 141 (69)
2008–2012 Tottenham Hotspur 78 (21)
2012–2015 Lokomotiv Moscow 71 (15)
2015–2016 Kuban Krasnodar 10 (2)
2016–2017 Ural Yekaterinburg 21 (4)
2017 Ararat Moscow 11 (9)
2020–2022 Znamya Noginsk 48 (32)
Total 489 (179)
International career
2001–2003 Russia U21 12 (5)
2003–2012[3] Russia 51 (21)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Russia
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (Russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker.

He started his career at Dynamo Stavropol, and Rotor Volgograd, before transferring to Spartak Moscow in 2003. His performances there earned him a £13.7 million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League in 2008, where he spent three full seasons before returning to Russia to play for Lokomotiv Moscow. After another full 3 seasons he moved in July 2015, to Kuban Krasnodar.

A full international for a decade following his debut in 2003, Pavlyuchenko earned 51 caps for Russia, and scored 21 international goals. He was named in the Team of the Tournament at Euro 2008, with Russia reaching the semi-finals, and was also in their squad for Euro 2012.

  1. ^ "Profile". Spartak Moscow. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Russia's Pavlyuchenko Retires from International Football". RIANovosti. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.