Roman Pavlyuchenko

In his second season, Pavlyuchenko made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals while the club finished 10th in the league.

In his third season, Pavlyuchenko made 21 appearances and scored 4 times.

Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker.

This also became the first player in the history of Spartak, who was tournament top scorer after the creation of the Russian Federation in 1992.

The club was also close to winning the league but lost out to CSKA Moscow having the same points but with an inferior goal difference.

In his fifth season, Pavlyuchenko became a top scorer with 14 goals along with Roman Adamov.

With Spartak Moscow he qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Pavlyuchenko was the hero when he scored the winning goal and provided an assist for Mozart in a 2–1 win over Slovan Liberec in the second leg of Champions League Qualification following a first leg 0–0 draw.

That win would secure the club Champions League status as Spartak Moscow would play in the group stage and were drawn against Sporting Clube de Portugal, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

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 appearances 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.

Pavlyuchenko moved to Rotor Volgograd in 2000, although the move was made in the summer of 1999, despite president Rochus Shohu rejecting the offer.

In his first match, Pavlyuchenko made his debut for the club against Elista where he received a red card after he punched an opponent player in the face.

On 8 July 2000, Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal against Rostov where in his first season, he made 16 appearances and scored 5 goals.

He started his career at Dynamo Stavropol, and Rotor Volgograd, before transferring to Spartak Moscow in 2003.

A full international for a decade following his debut in 2003, Pavlyuchenko earned 51 caps for Russia, and scored 21 international goals.

Pavlyuchenko moved to Spartak Moscow in the spring of 2003 for €700,000 where the deal between the two clubs was agreed.

He was a replacement for Vladimir Beschastnykh, who left for Turkish side Fenerbahçe S.K. On 15 March 2003, Pavlyuchenko made his debut for the club against Moscow.

The next game on 22 March 2003, Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss against Alania Vladikavkaz.

In his first season, Pavlyuchenko scored 10, making him the best scorer in the team.

Also, Pavlyuchenko scored in the second leg on 15 October 2003 in a 1–1 draw against Esbjerg of the UEFA Cup which he made his debut in the competition on 24 September 2003.

In his second season, Pavlyuchenko made 26 appearances and scored 10 goals which once again he was the most effective player on the team, which took eighth place in the league.

In his third season, Pavlyuchenko made 25 appearances and scored 11.

In his fourth season, Pavlyuchenko was the top scorer in the league with 18 goals and the first player to do so at Spartak Moscow.

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.

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.

Also the club placed in 10th place and achieved winning the Russian Cup in a 1–0 win with Pavlyuchenko played for 87 minutes before being substituted.

The club finished 11th in the league.

After another full 3 seasons he moved in July 2015, to Kuban Krasnodar.