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Roman Pavlyuchenko

Personal information
Full name	Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko
Date of birth	15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 28)
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 career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Dynamo Stavropol	31	(21)
2000–2002	Rotor Volgograd	65	(14)
2003–2008	Spartak Moscow	158	(75)
2008–	Tottenham Hotspur	32	(5)
National team‡
2003–	Russia	31	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:43, 23 December 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

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.

[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 2009-10 season Pavlyuchenko has been fourth choice striker for Tottenham with Harry Redknapp preferring Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Jermaine Defoe to the Russian. His first starting appearance being against Doncaster Rovers in the League Cup where he scored in a 5-1 win.Pavlyuchenko has since struggled to force himself into the starting line up, which has lead to indications he may leave the club in the near future

[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

[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 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