Roman Pavlyuchenko

Football player infobox
playername = Roman Pavlyuchenko


fullname = Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko
height = Height|m=1.88
nickname = Roma, Romachka, Buratino
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|12|15
cityofbirth = Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
currentclub = Tottenham Hotspur
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998–1999
2000–2002
2003–2008
2008–
clubs = Dynamo Stavropol
Rotor Volgograd
Spartak Moscow
Tottenham Hotspur
caps(goals) = 031 0(1)
065 (14)
147 (77)
004 0(0)
nationalyears = 1999
2001–2003
2003–
nationalteam = Russia U-19
Russia U-21
Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(0)
012 0(5)
024 (10)
pcupdate = 30 September, 2008
ntupdate = 10 September, 2008

Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko ( _ru. Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко) (born December 15, 1981 in Mostovskoy) is a Russian footballer. He plays centre forward for the English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Russian national team.

Club 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 a respectable 14 goals in 65 games for Volgograd with his appearances being limited.

partak Moscow

Pavlyuchenko moved to Spartak Moscow in spring 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.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 30 August 2008, Pavlyuchenko officially signed for Tottenham Hotspur [cite news |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/pavlyuchenkodealagreed300808.html|title=Pavlyuchenko deal agreed|publisher=Tottenham Hotspur|date=2008-08-30|accessdate=2008-08-30] for a reported fee of £14 million. [cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7589929.stm | title = Spurs seal £14m Pavlyuchenko deal | date = 2008-09-01 | work = BBC Sport Online | accessdate = 2008-09-01] He received the #9 shirt after Dimitar Berbatov signed for Manchester United. He made his Tottenham debut on 15 September 2008 against Aston Villa, [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7601910.stm | title=Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa | author=Whyatt, Chris | date=2008-09-15 | accessdate=2008-09-24 | publisher=BBC Sport] and scored his first goal on 24 September 2008, in the League Cup 3rd round win against Newcastle United. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/7626827.stm | title=Newcastle 1-2 Tottenham | author=Whyatt, Chris | publisher=BBC Sport | date=2008-09-24 | accessdate=2008-09-24]

International career

In 2005, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russian national team and since then has been consistently earning caps at the national level. As of August 2008 he has made 24 appearances for the national team and scored ten goals.

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. He was named in Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad for Euro 2008.

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. He was declared Man of the Match after the 1–0 game with Greece, 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. After the tournament ended, he was named in the 23-man Team of the Tournament.

Career statistics

International goals

Ig match
n =1
d=2005-10-08
st1=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Luxembourg
sc=3–1
fr=5–1
comp=2006 FIFA World Cup qualificationIg match
n =2
d=2007-08-22
st1=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Poland
sc=2–0
fr=2–2
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n =3
d=2007-10-17
st=Luzhniki Stadium| ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=England
sc=1–1
fr=2–1
comp=UEFA Euro 2008 QualifyingIg match
n = 4
d=2007-10-17
st=Luzhniki Stadium| ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=England
sc=2–1
fr=2–1
comp=UEFA Euro 2008 QualifyingIg match
n =5
d=2008-05-28
st=Wacker Arena| ci1=Burghausen | co=Germany
o=Serbia
sc=2–1
fr=2–1
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n =6
d=2008-06-03
st=Wacker Arena| ci1=Burghausen | co=Germany
o=Lithuania
sc=3–1
fr=4–1
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n = 7
d=2008-06-10
st=Tivoli-Neu| ci=Innsbruck| co=Austria
o=Spain
sc=3–1
fr=4–1
comp=UEFA Euro 2008Ig match
n = 8
d=2008-06-18
st=Tivoli-Neu | ci=Innsbruck | co=Austria
o=Sweden
sc=1–0
fr=2–0
comp=UEFA Euro 2008Ig match
n = 9
d=2008-06-21
st=St. Jakob-Park | ci=Basel | co=Switzerland
o=Netherlands
sc=1–0
fr=3–1
comp=UEFA Euro 2008Ig match
n = 10
d=2008-09-10
st=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Wales
sc=1–0
fr=2–1
comp=2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Pavlyuchenko is married to Larisa and has a young daughter named Kristina.

Honours

* 2003: Russian Cup
* 2006: Russian Premier League top goalscorer (18 goals in 27 matches) [cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/07/04/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-spurs-target-roman-pavlyuchenko-115875-20631626/ |title=10 things you need to know about Spurs target Roman Pavlyuchenko |accessdate=2008-08-26]
* 2007: Russian Premier League joint top goalscorer (14 goals in 22 matches)
*Euro 2008 Team of the tournament

References

External links

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* [http://www.rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=1&act=players&id=1010&year=2006 Player page at Premier League website] ru icon

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=