Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko (Russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко) (born December 15, 1981 in Stavropol) is a Russian footballer. He plays in the position of a central forward for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national football team.

Career

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 then moved to Spartak Moscow in spring 2003. Since then, Pavlyuchenko has been the most prolific goalscorer for the club. 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.

International career

In 2005, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russia national football team and since then has been consistently earning caps at national level.

Euro 2008

Pavluchenko was in the spotlight when he scored both goals in Russia's 2-1 victory 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. However, despite making the score 3-1 following David Villa's hatrick, Cesc Fàbregas made the score 4-1 to Spain in the 91st minute.

International Goals

Table incomplete:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	- -	-, -, -	Template:Country data -	-	-	-
2.	- -	-, -, -	Template:Country data -	-	-	-
3.	- -	-, -, -	Template:Country data -	-	-	-
4.	- -	-, -, -	Template:Country data -	-	-	-
5.	- -	-, -, -	England	1-1	2-1	-
6.	- -	-, -, -	England	2-1	2-1	-
7.	June 10, 2008	Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	Spain	3-1	4-1	UEFA Euro 2008

Honours

• 2003: Russian Cup
• 2006: Russian Premier League top goalscorer (18 goals in 27 matches)
• 2007: Russian Premier League joint top goalscorer (149 goals in 22 matches)