Roman Pavlyuchenko

Roman Pavlyuchenko
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Personal information
Full name Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko
Date of birth 15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 29)
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 65 (14)
2003–2008 Spartak Moscow 141 (89)
2008– Tottenham Hotspur 46 (10)
National team‡
2003– Russia 36 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:28, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatolevich and the family name is Pavlyuchenko.

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 English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.

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Club career

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.

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".

Tottenham Hotspur

In September 2008, Pavlyuchenko signed for Tottenham Hotspur[2] for a reported fee of £14 million.[3] 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] 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 was fourth choice striker for Tottenham with Harry Redknapp preferring Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe to the Russian.Although not given much of an opportunity from manager Harry Redknapp, Pavlyuchenko has been a fan favourite at White Hart Lane with support on internet forums as well as social sites such as Facebook, with supporter groups gaining popularity such as [1]. Pavlyuchenko came on as a substitute on 21 February against Wigan and scored a close range finish to make the score 2–0, his first league goal of the season. He also added a second during injury time to make it 3–0. He made only his second start of the season on 24 February and scored twice in the FA Cup 5th Round replay against Bolton Wanderers, which Tottenham won 4–0. Manager Harry Redknapp has since gone on to say that the Russian striker has taken his opportunity and may well see further first team action. [7] Pavlyuchenko continued his good form with another goal against Everton on the 28 February, and another two goals against Blackburn Rovers on 13 March. He also scored a goal in the quarter-final replay against Fulham at White Hart Lane on 24 March. On 17 August, he scored a very important goal against BSC Young Boys in the Champions League, despite being behind 3-0 at one point, a goal from Sebastian Bassong pulled it back to 3-1, before Pavlyuchenko made it 3-2. In the second leg Tottenham won 4-0 at home, meaning that they would progress into the Champions League group stages to play: Internazionale, Werder Bremen and FC Twente in what is there first ever Champions League campaign.

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.

Euro 2008

Roman 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]

Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 10-11 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
09-10 16 5 8 5 - - 24 10
08-09[15] 28 5 8 9 0 0 36 14
Club Total 45 10 16 14 1 1 62 25
Spartak Moscow 2008 14 6 0 0 3 1 17 7
2007 22 14 3 0 7 6 32 20
2006 27 18 7 0 10 3 44 21
2005 25 11 1 1 - - 26 12
2004 26 15 3 0 5 3 34 13
2003 27 15 6 3 2 1 35 14
Club Total 141 89 20 4 27 14 188 107
Rotor Volgograd 2002 21 4 1 0 - - 21 4
2001 28 5 0 0 - - 28 5
2000 16 5 1 1 - - 17 6
Club Total 65 14 2 1 - - 67 15
Dynamo Stavropol 1999 31 21 - - - - 31 21
Club Total 31 21 - - - - 31 21
Career Totals 274 134 38 19 27 14 339 167
Statistics correct as of matches played 13 March 2010

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 qualification
4 2007-10-17 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  England 2 – 1 2 – 1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
5 2008-05-28 Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany  Serbia 2 – 1 2 – 1 Friendly match
6 2008-06-04 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 0 – 1 1 – 3 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, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Liechtenstein 2 – 0 3 – 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 2009-09-05 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Liechtenstein 3 – 0 3 – 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 2009-09-09 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1 – 3 1 – 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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]

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Tottenham Hotspur

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Spartak Moscow Profile". http://eng.spartak.com/usr/club/player.asp?id=115&mid=1539. 
  2. ↑ "Pavlyuchenko deal agreed". tottenhamhotspur.com. 30 August 2008. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/pavlyuchenkodealagreed300808.html. 
  3. ↑ "Spurs seal £14m Pavlyuchenko deal". BBC Sport. 01 September 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7589929.stm. 
  4. ↑ Whyatt, Chris (15 September 2008). "Tottenham 1–2 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7601910.stm. 
  5. ↑ Whyatt, Chris (24 September 2008). "Newcastle 1–2 Tottenham". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/7626827.stm. 
  6. ↑ Barder, Russel (26 October 2008). "Tottenham 2–0 Bolton". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7674169.stm. 
  7. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_5978286,00.html
  8. ↑ "Russia 2–1 England". BBC Sport. 2007-10-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7047720.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  9. ↑ "Hiddink names final Russia squad". BBC Sport. 2008-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7418334.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  10. ↑ "Spain 4–1 Russia". BBC Sport. 2008-06-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363430.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  11. ↑ "Russia 2–0 Sweden & Greece 1–2 Spain". BBC Sport. 2008-06-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363486.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  12. ↑ "Greece 0–1 Russia". BBC Sport. 2008-06-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363441.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  13. ↑ "Netherlands 1–3 Russia (aet)". BBC Sport. 2008-06-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363505.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  14. ↑ "Uefa's Euro 2008 Team of the tournament". mirror.co.uk. 2008-07-01. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport-old/football/2008/07/01/uefa-s-euro-2008-team-of-the-tournament-115875-20627534/. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
  15. ↑ Roman Pavlyuchenko statistics at Soccerbase.com
  16. ↑ Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko delves into Russian politics with Vladimir Putin, Daily Telegraph, London, 14 October 2008.Accessed 26 February 2009
  17. ↑ Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko wins seat in Russian council election.Accessed 25 February 2009.
  18. ↑ "10 things you need to know about Spurs target Roman Pavlyuchenko". http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/07/04/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-spurs-target-roman-pavlyuchenko-115875-20631626/. 

Bibliography

External links

Russian Premier League top scorers
1992: Kasumov | 1993: Panchenko | 1994: Simutenkov | 1995: Veretennikov | 1996: Maslov | 1997: Veretennikov | 1998: Veretennikov | 1999: Demetradze | 2000: Loskov | 2001: Vyazmikin | 2002: Gusev / Kirichenko | 2003: Loskov | 2004: Kerzhakov | 2005: Kirichenko | 2006: Pavlyuchenko | 2007: Pavlyuchenko / Adamov | 2008: Vágner Love | 2009: Welliton | 2010: Welliton
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
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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. – current squad

1 Gomes · 2 Hutton · 3 Bale · 4 Kaboul · 5 Bentley · 6 Huddlestone · 7 Lennon · 8 Jenas · 9 Pavlyuchenko · 10 Keane · 11 van der Vaart · 12 Palacios · 13 Gallas · 14 Modrić · 15 Crouch · 17 Giovani · 18 Defoe · 19 Bassong · 20 Dawson · 21 Kranjčar · 22 Ćorluka · 23 Cudicini · 24 O'Hara · 26 King (c) · 30 Sandro · 32 Assou-Ekotto · 37 Pletikosa · 39 Woodgate · Manager: Redknapp