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Roman Pavlyuchenko
Personal information
Full name	Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko
Date of birth	15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Mostovskoy, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	9
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–1999 2000–2002 2003–2008 2008–	Dynamo Stavropol Rotor Volgograd Spartak Moscow Tottenham Hotspur	031 0(1) 065 (14) 141 (69) 030 0(5)
National team2
2003–	Russia	031 (15)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 29 August 2009 (UTC+1). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:18, 10 October 2009 (UTC+1). * Appearances (Goals)

Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko (Russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981 in Mostovskoy) is a Russian footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League and for the Russian national team.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Spartak Moscow 1.3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 International career 2.1 Euro 2008 3 Career statistics 3.1 International goals 4 Personal life 5 Honours 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Pavlyuchenko made his first team debut for Dynamo Stavropol in 1999. He moved to Rotor Volgograd in 2000 where he stayed for three years. He scored 14 goals in 65 games for Volgograd, with his appearances being limited.

[edit] Spartak Moscow

Pavlyuchenko moved to Spartak Moscow in the spring of 2003. During his time at Spartak, Pavlyuchenko was the club's most prolific goalscorer, scoring 77 goals in 147 games. His goalscoring, together with his loyalty to the rhombik (the club's emblem), earned him much respect and appreciation from the "Army of Red-White Fans".

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

On 1 September 2008, Pavlyuchenko officially signed for Tottenham Hotspur^[2] for a reported fee of £14 million.^[3] He received the #9 shirt after Dimitar Berbatov signed for Manchester United. Initially, he struggled to adjust to the new environment at the English capital. After the arrival of new coach Harry Redknapp, he began to score on a more regular basis. Pavlyuchenko made his debut for the Spurs on 15 September against Aston Villa.^[4] He scored his first goal on 24 September 2008, in the 2–1 League Cup 3rd round win against Newcastle United.^[5] Pavlyuchenko went on to score his first league goal for the club in the 2-0 victory against Bolton Wanderers on 26 October 2008.^[6] In the FA Cup third round, Pavlyuchenko scored two goals and was named man of the match against Wigan Athletic to put them through to the fourth round. The match ended 3–1. He also scored once in both legs of the Carling Cup semi-final including a crucial goal to send Tottenham through three minutes from full time against Burnley in the second leg.^[7] He also scored the first goal in the FA Cup match against Manchester United, which Tottenham lost 2-1, with a glancing header passing Manchester United's Ben Foster. He has scored in every English domestic cup competition game he has played in, except for the 2009 Football League Cup Final. In the 2009/2010 season Pavlyuchenko has been 4th choice striker for Tottenham with his first starting appearance being against Doncaster Rovers FC where he scored in a 5-1 win. He made his second start against Everton FC in the carling cup at white hart lane, but failed to make an impression.

[edit] International career

In 2003, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russian national team and since 2005 has been consistently earning caps at the national level.

[edit] Euro 2008

Pavlyuchenko was in the spotlight when he scored both goals in Russia's 2–1 victory in a crucial Euro 2008 qualification match against England.^[8] He was named in Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2008.^[9]

He scored a late consolation goal in Russia's loss to Spain in their opening match of the campaign and the first goal in Russia's third match of the tournament against Sweden to send Russia through at Sweden's expense.^[10][11] He was declared man of the match after the 1–0 game with Greece,^[12] although he did not score in the game, and then scored the first goal of the match in Russia's 3–1 quarter final victory over the Netherlands.^[13] After the tournament ended, he was named in the 23-man Team of the Tournament.^[14]

[edit] Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	League		Domestic Cups		Europe		Total
		Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur	09-10	2	0	1	1	-	-	3	1
	08-09[15]	28	5	8	9	0	0	36	14
Club Total		30	5	9	10	0	0	39	15
Spartak Moscow	2008	14	6	0	0	3	1	17	7
	2007	22	14	3	0	7	6	32	20
	2006	27	18	7	0	10	3	44	21
	2005	25	11	1	1	-	-	26	12
	2004	26	10	3	0	5	3	34	13
	2003	27	10	6	3	2	1	35	14
Club Total		141	69	20	4	27	14	188	87
Rotor Volgograd	2002	21	4	1	0	-	-	21	4
	2001	28	5	0	0	-	-	28	5
	2000	16	5	1	1	-	-	17	6
Club Total		65	14	2	1	-	-	67	15
Dynamo Stavropol	1999	31	1	6	8	4	7	41	16
Club Total		41	16	-	-	-	-	41	16
Career Totals		267	89	41	15	27	14	325	134

^{Correct as of 29 August 2009}

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2005-10-08	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Luxembourg	3 – 1	5 – 1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2007-08-22	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Poland	2 – 0	2 – 2	Friendly match
3	2007-10-17	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	England	1 – 1	2 – 1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
4	2007-10-17	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	England	2 – 1	2 – 1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
5	2008-05-28	Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany	Serbia	2 – 1	2 – 1	Friendly match
6	2008-06-03	Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany	Lithuania	3 – 1	4 – 1	Friendly match
7	2008-06-10	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	Spain	3 – 1	4 – 1	UEFA Euro 2008
8	2008-06-18	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	Sweden	1 – 0	2 – 0	UEFA Euro 2008
9	2008-06-21	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Netherlands	1 – 0	3 – 1	UEFA Euro 2008
10	2008-09-10	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Wales	1 – 0	2 – 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	2009-03-28	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Azerbaijan	1 – 0	2 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	2009-08-12	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Argentina	2 – 3	2 – 3	Friendly match
13	2009-09-05	Petrovsky Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia	Liechtenstein	2 – 0	3 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	2009-09-05	Petrovsky Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia	Liechtenstein	3 – 0	3 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	2009-09-09	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	3 – 1	3 – 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Personal life

Pavlyuchenko is married to Larisa and has a young daughter named Kristina. In Russia, Pavlyuchenko is a local Duma (city council) deputy in Stavropol, representing the ruling Vladimir Putin-led United Russia party,^[16] although "because of my profession it won't be easy for me to take part directly in the workings of the city council - but I am ready to help with advice and with a concrete contribution to the development possibilities for exercise and sport".^[17]

[edit] Honours

Spartak Moscow

• 2003: Russian Cup
• 2006: Russian Premier League's top goalscorer (18 goals in 27 matches)^[18]
• 2007: Russian Premier League's joint top goalscorer (14 goals in 22 matches)

Tottenham Hotspur

• 2009: Carling Cup Runner-Up
• Barclays Asia Trophy: 2009

International

• Euro 2008 Team of the tournament

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Roman Pavlyuchenko FIFA competition record
• Player page at Premier League website (Russian)
• Tottenham Hotspur Player Profile
• Roman Pavlyuchenko career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Russian Premier League top scorers 1992: Kasumov | 1993: Panchenko | 1994: Simutenkov | 1995: Veretennikov | 1996: Maslov | 1997: Veretennikov | 1998: Veretennikov | 1999: Demetradze | 2000: Loskov | 2001: Vyazmikin | 2002: Gusev / Kirichenko | 2003: Loskov | 2004: Kerzhakov | 2005: Kirichenko | 2006: Pavlyuchenko | 2007: Pavlyuchenko / Adamov | 2008: Vágner Love

v • d • e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists 1 Akinfeev • 2 V. Berezutski • 3 Yanbayev • 4 Ignashevich • 5 A. Berezutski • 6 Adamov • 7 Torbinski • 8 Kolodin • 9 Saenko • 10 Arshavin • 11 Semak • 12 Gabulov • 13 Ivanov • 14 Shirokov • 15 Bilyaletdinov • 16 Malafeev • 17 Zyryanov • 18 Zhirkov • 19 Pavlyuchenko • 20 Semshov • 21 Sychev • 22 Anyukov • 23 Bystrov • Coach: Hiddink

v • d • e Tottenham Hotspur F.C. – current squad 1 Gomes · 2 Hutton · 3 Bale · 5 Bentley · 6 Huddlestone · 7 Lennon · 8 Jenas · 9 Pavlyuchenko · 10 Keane (c) · 12 Palacios · 13 Walker · 14 Modrić · 15 Crouch · 16 Naughton · 17 Giovani · 18 Defoe · 19 Bassong · 20 Dawson · 21 Kranjčar · 22 Ćorluka · 23 Cudicini · 26 King · 27 Alnwick · 30 Dervite · 32 Assou-Ekotto · 35 Button · 39 Woodgate · Manager: Redknapp

Persondata
NAME	Pavlyuchenko, Roman Anatolevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pavlyuchenko, Roman
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1981-12-15
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH