Roman Pavlyuchenko Biography and Wallpapers

Roman Pavlyuchenko Biography

Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko (born December 15, 1981 in Mostovskoy) is a Russian Association football. He plays centre forward for the English club Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and the Russia national football team.

Club career

Pavlyuchenko made his first team debut for FC Dynamo Stavropol in 1999. He moved to FC 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.

Spartak 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 F.C. for a reported fee of £14 million. He received the 9 shirt after Dimitar Berbatov signed for Manchester United. He made his Tottenham debut on 15 September 2008 against Aston Villa, and scored his first goal on 24 September 2008, in the Football League Cup 3rd round win against Newcastle United.

International career

In 2005, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russia national football team and since then has been consistently earning caps at the national level. As of 2008 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 national football team. He was named in Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad for UEFA 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 national football team to send Russia through at Sweden's expense. He was declared Man of the Match after the 1–0 game with Greece national football team, 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.

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