Pavlyuchenko with Lokomotiv in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko | ||
Date of birth | 15 December 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Mostovskoy, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC Ural Yekaterinburg | ||
Number | 9 | ||
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) |
2000 | → Rotor-2 Volgograd | 13 | (3) |
2003–2008 | Spartak Moscow | 141 | (69) |
2008–2012 | Tottenham Hotspur | 78 | (21) |
2012–2015 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 71 | (15) |
2015–2016 | FC Kuban Krasnodar | 10 | (2) |
2016– | FC Ural Yekaterinburg | 16 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2003 | Russia U21 | 5 | (3) |
2003–2013 | Russia | 51 | (21) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:50, 15 September 2012 (UTC) |
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (Russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Ural Yekaterinburg.
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.
Pavlyuchenko was born in the village of Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai. Pavlyuchenko was raised by his father Anatoly A. V. Pavlyuchenko and his mother Lyubov Vladimirovna. Pavlyuchenko has a sister. A few days after Pavlyuchenko was born, the family moved to Karachay-Cherkessia, the city of Ust-Dzheguta. Pavlyuchenko began his football career when he joined Victory Sports School and stayed there for seven years before joining another youth club, Dynamo Stavropol.
Pavlyuchenko started his football career at Dynamo Stavropol. Under the guidance of coach Vladimir Tokarev and Vladimir Kitin, Pavlyuchenko did not stand out among the rest of the Dynamo players. But under Fyodor Gagloyev, he was first invited to join pre-season tour with the club. Pavlyuchenko made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute, in a 1-0 loss against Moscow on 5 April 1999. On 15 May 1999, Pavlyuchenko provided a double assist in a 2-1 win over Chita. In his first season, Pavlyuchenko made 31 appearance and scoring 11 goals. However, the club played was still relegated to the Second Division after the club was last place. Despite this, Pavlyuchenko was named 'Team of the top' junior division for the first version of the newspaper Sport Express.