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.Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko delves into Russian politics with Vladimir Putin Daily Telegraph, 14 October 2008; Accessed 26 February 2009

 Career statistics 

 Club 

+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeOtherIncludes Russian Super CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDynamo Stavropol1999Russian First Division311130–––3411Rotor2000Russian Top Division16511–––1762001Russian Top Division28500–––2852002Russian Premier League21410–––224Total6514210000006715Spartak Moscow2003Russian Premier League2710531221–35162004Russian Premier League261020–531034132005Russian Premier League251111–––26122006Russian Premier League271860–1031044212007Russian Premier League221430–860033202008Russian Premier League14600–31–177Total141691741228142018989Tottenham Hotspur2008–09Premier League285236600–36142009–10Premier League1656421––24102010–11Premier League2910101084–39142011–12Premier League51211062–144Total78211181071460011342Lokomotiv Moscow2011–12Russian Premier League9210–00–1022012–13Russian Premier League19410–––2042013–14Russian Premier League24610–––2562014–15Russian Premier League20320–––223Total7215500000007715Kuban Krasnodar2015–16Russian Premier League10200–––102Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast2016–17Russian Premier League21420–––234Ararat Moscow2017–18Russian Professional Football League8920–––108Career total4361454213119422020523187

 International 

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

+List of international goals scored by Roman PavlyuchenkoGoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition

 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

Category:1981 births
Category:Living people

Category:Russian footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players
Category:UEFA Euro 2012 players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Russian politicians
Category:People from Stavropol Krai