Roman Pavlyuchenko

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

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

Pavlyuchenko earned 51 caps for Russia, and scored 21 international goals. He was named in the Team of the Tournament at Euro 2008. In this, Russia got to the semi-finals. Russia was also in their squad for Euro 2012.

## Personal life

Pavlyuchenko has Ukrainian ancestry. He is married to Larisa and has a young daughter named Kristina. In Russia, Pavlyuchenko is a local _Duma_ (city council) deputy in Stavropol. He is a part of the United Russia party.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Dynamo Stavropol|1999|Russian First Division|31|11|3|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|34|11||
|rowspan="4"|Rotor|2000|Russian Top Division|16|5|1|1|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|17|6|
|2001|Russian Top Division|28|5|0|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|28|5|||
|2002|Russian Premier League|21|4|1|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|22|4|||
|rowspan="7"|Spartak Moscow|2003|Russian Premier League|27|10|5|3|1|2|2|1|colspan="2"|–|35|16|
|2004|Russian Premier League|26|10|2|0|colspan="2"|–|5|3|1|0|34|13|||
|2005|Russian Premier League|25|11|1|1|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|26|12|||
|2006|Russian Premier League|27|18|6|0|colspan="2"|–|10|3|1|0|44|21|||
|2007|Russian Premier League|22|14|3|0|colspan="2"|–|8|6|0|0|33|20|||
|2008|Russian Premier League|14|6|0|0|colspan="2"|–|3|1|colspan="2"|–|17|7|||
|rowspan="5"|Tottenham Hotspur|2008–09|Premier League|28|5|2|3|6|6|0|0|colspan="2"|–|36|14|
|2009–10|Premier League|16|5|6|4|2|1|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|24|10|||
|2010–11|Premier League|29|10|1|0|1|0|8|4|colspan="2"|–|39|14|||
|2011–12|Premier League|5|1|2|1|1|0|6|2|colspan="2"|–|14|4|||
|rowspan="5"|Lokomotiv Moscow|2011–12|Russian Premier League|9|2|1|0|colspan="2"|–|0|0|colspan="2"|–|10|2|
|2012–13|Russian Premier League|19|4|1|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|20|4|||
|2013–14|Russian Premier League|24|6|1|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|25|6|||
|2014–15|Russian Premier League|20|3|2|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|22|3|||
|Kuban Krasnodar|2015–16|Russian Premier League|10|2|0|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|10|2||
|Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast|2016–17|Russian Premier League|21|4|2|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|23|4||
|Ararat Moscow|2017–18|Russian Professional Football League|8|9|2|0|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|colspan="2"|–|10|8||

### International

- _Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlyuchenko goal_.

## Honours

**Spartak Moscow**

- Russian Cup: 2002–03

**Lokomotiv Moscow**

- Russian Cup: 2014–15

**Russia**

- UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008

**Individual**

- Russian Premier League top goalscorer: 2006 (18 goals in 27 matches), 2007 (14 goals in 22 matches)*
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
- Football League Cup top goalscorer: 2008–09

(* Jointly shared with Roman Adamov)

## References

- Bibliography

- Marc Bennetts, 'Football Dynamo – Modern Russia and the People's Game,' Virgin Books, (15 May 2008), 0753513196

## Other websites

- Russian Football Premier League player page
- Player Profile Tottenham Hotspur
- Player profile
- Premierleague.com profile
- Roman Pavlyuchenko at the Forbes

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Roman Pavlyuchenko
- **image**: Roman Pavlyuchenko 2017.jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: Pavlyuchenko with FC Ararat Moscow, Ararat Moscow in 2017
- **fullname**: Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko
- **height**: 1.88m
- **birth place**: Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai, Mostovskoy, Soviet Union (now Russia)
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Victory Sports School
- **youthyears2**: 1997–1998
- **youthclubs2**: FC Dynamo Stavropol, Dynamo Stavropol
- **years1**: 1998–1999
- **clubs1**: FC Dynamo Stavropol, Dynamo Stavropol
- **caps1**: 31
- **goals1**: 11
- **years2**: 2000–2002
- **clubs2**: FC Rotor Volgograd, Rotor Volgograd
- **caps2**: 65
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2000
- **clubs3**: → FC Rotor-2 Volgograd, Rotor-2 Volgograd
- **caps3**: 13
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2003–2008
- **clubs4**: FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow
- **caps4**: 141
- **goals4**: 69
- **years5**: 2008–2012
- **clubs5**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps5**: 78
- **goals5**: 20
- **years6**: 2012–2015
- **clubs6**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
- **caps6**: 71
- **goals6**: 15
- **years7**: 2015–2016
- **clubs7**: FC Kuban Krasnodar, Kuban Krasnodar
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2016–2017
- **clubs8**: FC Ural Yekaterinburg, Ural Yekaterinburg
- **caps8**: 21
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 2017
- **clubs9**: FC Ararat Moscow, Ararat Moscow
- **caps9**: 11
- **goals9**: 9
- **years10**: 2020–2022
- **clubs10**: FC Znamya Noginsk, Znamya Noginsk
- **caps10**: 48
- **goals10**: 32
- **totalcaps**: 489
- **totalgoals**: 179
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2003
- **nationalteam1**: Russia national under-21 football team, Russia U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2012
- **nationalteam2**: Russia national football team, Russia
- **nationalcaps2**: 51
- **nationalgoals2**: 21