From November 2002 to August 2008 he played for football club"Spartak" (Moscow). From August 2008 to February 2012 he played for the English Tottenham Hotspur. This transfer made him one of the most expensive Russian football players sold abroad in history Russian football(the amount of compensation received by Spartak is at least 17 million euros). Now he plays for FC Lokomotiv (Moscow).
Family: wife Larisa Pavlyuchenko, daughter Kristina Pavlyuchenko.
Career
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko was born on December 15, 1981 in the village of Mostovskoy; parents Anatoly Andreevich and Lyubov Vladimirovna Pavlyuchenko; The family also had a daughter and Roman’s older sister, Oksana. A few days after the birth of their son, the family moved to Karachay-Cherkessia, to the city of Ust-Dzheguta. In 1990, Roman’s father took his son to the honored coach of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Hasan Kurochinov, the head of the republican children’s and youth sports school “Pobeda”. Anatoly Pavlyuchenko told Kurochinov: “Do what you want with him, but make him a football player.” Pavlyuchenko spent 7 years on this team, playing with players who were two years older than him.
"Dynamo" Stavropol
When Pavlyuchenko was in the 9th grade, he was noticed by the leaders of a local school after the Pobeda game in Stavropol Olympic reserve. There he studied, while simultaneously playing for the youth team of the Stavropol club Dynamo. Under the guidance of coaches Vladimir Tokarev and Vladimir Kitin, Roman grew professionally, although he did not stand out among the other Dynamo players, and in 1998 he and his team became the champion of Russia in their age group. In 1999, Fedor Gagloev, head coach Dynamo's main team, invited Pavlyuchenko to the first pre-season training camp. As part of the main team, Pavlyuchenko made his debut in the 2nd round match of the first division of the Russian Championship with the Torpedo-ZIL club, where he came on as a substitute after the break, but did not save his team from defeat with a score of 0:1. In the 10th round match, Pavlyuchenko made two assists, the goals from which brought Dynamo a victory over Lokomotiv from Chita 2:1. In total, he spent only a season for the club, playing 31 matches and scoring 1 goal, in an away match with the Lokomotiv club from St. Petersburg. The club itself also performed unsuccessfully, taking penultimate place in the first division and relegated to the second division. Despite this, Pavlyuchenko entered the symbolic team of the best juniors of the first division according to the Sport-Express newspaper.
"Rotor" Volgograd
In 2000, Pavlyuchenko, having concluded a long-term contract, moved to Rotor Volgograd, with whom he signed a preliminary agreement in the summer of 1999, despite the fact that Dynamo several times refused the transfer to the team president, Rochus Schoch. His family moved to Volgograd with him; his father got a job as a driver at the club. Pavlyuchenko had offers from Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv, but preferred Rotor, and the people of Kiev even offered Rotor to buy out Pavlyuchenko’s transfer.
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“I also received a call from Dynamo Kyiv. But somehow all this was not serious. The people of Kiev offered me, a 16-year-old boy, to come to their location and prove my worth on the spot. “Rotor” acted more actively. Let’s say, in addition to the fact that I was invited to the team, my father was also hired - he became a club bus driver.”
In the first game for the club, against Uralan, Pavlyuchenko received a red card for hitting an opponent in the face, who hit Roman in the legs. On July 8, in a match with Rostselmash, Pavlyuchenko opened his scoring account for the club, scoring a total of 5 goals in 16 games during the season. The club took 11th place in the Russian Championship that year. The following season, Pavlyuchenko again scored 5 goals, and Rotor finished 10th. In 2002, Pavlyuchenko played 21 matches in the championship and scored 4 times.
World Cup 2006
Took part in 3 qualifying games at the 2006 World Cup, in a match against Luxembourg he scored his first goal for the national team. The game ended with a score of 5:1. As a result, the Russian team took third place in the group and did not qualify for the World Cup.
"Spartak" Moscow
In November 2002, Pavlyuchenko moved to Spartak Moscow, which paid 700 thousand euros for the forward’s transfer. As part of the “red-white” club, he replaced Vladimir Beschastnykh, who left for Fenerbahce. On March 15, he made his debut for Spartak in a match with Torpedo-Metallurg. In his second game he scored the first goal for Spartak, hitting the goal of Alania. In total, he scored 10 goals during the season, becoming top scorer the team that took 10th place. That same year he won the Russian Cup, in the final of which he played 87 minutes. He also played in the UEFA Cup, where he scored 1 goal. In 2004, Pavlyuchenko was again Spartak's top scorer, scoring 10 goals. In 2005, Pavlyuchenko took second place with the club in the national championship, in which he scored 11 times. In 2006, Pavlyuchenko became the top scorer of the Russian Championship with 18 goals, becoming the first Spartak player to win this title. That same year, he scored his first goal in the Champions League against Slovan, and then scored twice more against Inter and Sporting Lisbon. On August 19, 2007, Pavlyuchenko scored the first hat-trick in his career, hitting the Kuban goal three times. In total, he scored 14 goals in the 2007 championship, becoming the top scorer of the championship together with Roman Adamov. That same year he scored 5 goals in the UEFA Cup, including a hat-trick against Hacken. In 14 matches in 2008, Pavlyuchenko scored 6 goals. In total, he scored 69 goals in 141 matches for Spartak.
IN qualifying tournament At the 2008 European Championship, Pavlyuchenko was not initially included in the squad. He played only 5 games with the team, in which he scored 2 goals. Pavlyuchenko scored both of these goals against the England national team, coming on as a substitute in the second half, in the 58th minute of the match. At the same time, Roman became the third player of the national team who made a “double” in matches for the Russian national team, after coming off the bench.
Before final games In the European Championship, Roman performed inexpressively: he scored little in the Russian Championship, and then he was even transferred to the Spartak reserve and spent several training sessions with the red-white team. Pavlyuchenko himself said that he did not feel very well, especially emotionally. Guus Hiddink noted problems with Pavlyuchenko’s physical fitness. Pavel Pogrebnyak was considered the starting lineup player for the national team, but friendly match With the Serbian national team, he received a serious injury and was unable to take part in the final part of the European Championship. This allowed Pavlyuchenko to become a player in the main team of the Russian team.
In the final part of the European Championship, Pavlyuchenko scored 3 goals: against Spain (1:4), Sweden (2:0) and the Netherlands (3:1). He was also recognized as the best player of the match against Greece. At the end of the tournament, Roman entered the symbolic team of 23 best players European Championship 2008.
"Tottenham"
On August 30, 2008, Pavlyuchenko moved to the Tottenham Hotspur club, signing a 4+1 contract with a salary of 2 million euros per year. The transfer amount was 14 million pounds, which made Roman’s transfer the most expensive transfer of a football player at that time who left the Russian championship for a foreign club. In the new club, Pavlyuchenko chose game number 9. The decisive factor for Roman to move to Tottenham was personal communication with the team’s head coach, Juande Ramos, who called the forward.
He made his debut with Tottenham on September 16 in the match of the 4th round of the English Championship with the Aston Villa club, where he spent 90 minutes, and his team lost 1:2. At the same time, some sports journalists noted that Roman played this match unsuccessfully, often falling short due to his speed characteristics. Roman himself did not like the first matches for the club; he was also surprised by the training system that was used in England, especially in terms of physical activity. On September 25, in a League Cup match with Newcastle, Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal for Tottenham; his club won 2:1.
While playing for Tottenham, Pavlyuchenko received an injury, due to which he missed the Russian national team’s games with Germany and Finland. On November 13, 2008, in a League Cup match against Liverpool, Pavlyuchenko scored the first double in his foreign career, which allowed his club to win 4:2. Then there was a match with Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship, where Roman’s only goal brought victory to the Spurs. On January 2, 2009, Roman played for the first time in the FA Cup, where Spurs met with Wigan Athletic, in this match Pavlyuchenko scored two goals: one from the penalty spot, the other from outside the penalty area; Spurs eventually won 3:1.
In the 2009/2010 season, Pavlyuchenko did not take to the field for most of the matches, remaining on the bench, which did not suit the Russian forward. After this, the player’s agent Oleg Artyomov spoke with the team’s head coach, Harry Redknapp, and the team president, Daniel Levy, receiving consent to sell the player if the price suits the club. Pavlyuchenko was interested Russian clubs Lokomotiv (Moscow), Zenit (St. Petersburg), Italian Roma and Milan, German Hertha, English teams Birmingham City, West Ham United", Liverpool, Spanish Valencia, Portuguese Sporting, Turkish Galatasaray, Moscow Spartak also wanted to return Pavlyuchenko. Pavlyuchenko himself said that he has the feeling that Tottenham head coach Harry Redknapp is mocking him, not letting him into the squad and not giving him the opportunity to leave the team.
On February 21, 2010, Pavlyuchenko scored for the first time after a long break in a Premier League match for Tottenham; in the same game against Wigan, Roman scored the second goal. In the next match, against Bolton in the 1/8 of the FA Cup, he scored a double again. In the third game in a row, against Everton, Pavlyuchenko scored a goal. Roman said that he felt trust from Redknapp. On March 13, Pavlyuchenko scored two goals against Blackburn Rovers. In the next game, on March 20, he suffered a hamstring injury, which forced him to come off the bench in the FA Cup quarter-final match. But this did not stop him from scoring the match-winning goal.
On August 31, 2010, on the final day of the summer transfer window, Liverpool wanted to sign Pavlyuchenko, but he refused the offer.
On September 29, in the Champions League match against the Dutch Twente, he scored two goals from the penalty spot; Tottenham won this game with a score of 4:1. November 2 in the match group stage In the Champions League he scored a goal against Inter Milan. On December 12, he opened the scoring in the match against Chelsea; the match ended in a 1:1 draw. On February 22, Roman scored a goal against Blackpool; this goal did not affect the outcome of the meeting, and in the end Tottenham lost 1:3. On May 22, in the last round, Roman scored two goals against Birmingham.
At the beginning of the next season, Tottenham hired Emmanuel Adebayor, which led to rumors that Roman could leave the team and move to Espanyol. However, he remained on the team. Roman started the League Cup match with Stoke City from the first minutes, and in the penalty shoot-out, which resulted in his team losing with a score of 7:6, he missed his shot. After that, Pavlyuchenko completely stopped appearing in the Premier League, playing only in the Europa League, where Tottenham played as the second team, and, despite everything, he scored two goals. On December 18, 2011, the striker managed to score for the first time in the championship, in a match against Sunderland, setting the final score at 1:0.
World Cup 2010
By the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup, Roman became one of the leaders of the team. Played 7 out of 10 qualifying games and scored 5 goals. However, the Russian team again did not make it to the World Cup, losing to the Slovenian national team in the play-offs.
Lokomotiv Moscow
Euro 2012
In the qualifying games, Roman did not always make it into the starting lineup, competing with Kerzhakov, who had gained form and was playing in starting lineup Pogrebyanok. On June 4, 2011, he scored a hat-trick in the match against Armenia (Russia won 3:1). In the match with the Andorran national team, Roman scored his 4th goal in the qualifying round. Also in this match he, together with the national team, qualified for the Euro.
Personal life
He met his future wife Larisa at the age of 12, when he entered the sixth grade of secondary school No. 6 in the village of Mostovskoy. Roman and Larisa were seated at the same desk. So they sat together until the end of the ninth grade, after which Roman moved to the Stavropol Sports School for Youth and Youth. But the young people did not stop communicating, and in November 2001 they got married. On August 24, 2006, immediately after the game with Slovan, Larisa gave birth to Roman’s daughter Kristina.
Together with Roman, Sergei Serdyukov also studied at the Sports School. The wives of Roman and Sergei - Larisa and Svetlana - are twins.
Spartak player Roman Pavlyuchenko started playing football in Cherkassk, where his family moved from Krasnodar region. But basically it was just ordinary street football, until one fine moment in a friendly match in Stavropol specialists from the local Olympic reserve school took a look at him. There he studied while simultaneously performing for youth team Stavropol club "Dynamo".
Selectors from clubs began to take a closer look at the young talented forward Major League. As a result, representatives of Rotor turned out to be more persistent than others - in 2000, Pavlyuchenko moved to Volgograd. He spent 3 years there and finally got the opportunity to move to Spartak Moscow, having already played for the Russian youth team by that time.
Star Trek Footballer
On October 8, 2002, the forward signed a five-year agreement with Spartak and moved to Moscow starting next season. From 2003 to 2006, Pavlyuchenko’s football career slowly but surely climbed the mountain. And 2007 can truly be called “The Year of Pavlyuchenko.” The forward again became the top scorer of the Premier League (together with Roman Adamov), and also, as part of the Russian national team, created a historic double in qualifying match Euro 2008 against the English.
The 2008 season for Pavlyuchenko started on a positive note. He was included in the Russian national team for the European Championship. Roman became the main striker of the national team, playing in all 5 matches and scoring 3 goals.
On August 26, 2008, Roman Pavlyuchenko moved to London Tottenham, thus becoming the most expensive Russian football player V modern history. In 2012, he signed a 3.5-year contract with the Russian club Lokomotiv, and also took part in the 2012 European Championship as part of the national team.
Personal life of Roman Pavluchenko
He met his future wife Larisa at the age of 12, when he went to study in the sixth grade of secondary school No. 6 in the village of Moskovsky. Roman and Larisa were seated at the same desk. So they sat together until the end of the ninth grade, after which Roman moved to the Stavropol Sports School for Youth and Children. But the young people did not stop communicating, and in November 2001 they got married. On August 24, 2006, immediately after the game with Slovan, Larisa gave birth to Roman’s daughter Kristina.
Last November, Roman Pavlyuchenko finally turned into a useless veteran. He terminated his contract with Ararat due to an unauthorized departure on vacation (there were rumors that he did not agree with the management, although Roman himself claims the opposite); big clubs did not invite him. Fans advised Pavlyuchenko to end his career, and there were rumors in the press about his return to Dynamo Stavropol. But the striker chose a completely different vector of development. On August 31, he signed a contract with Noginsk Znamya. He commented on this move as follows: “Moving to Noginsk? Well, what a transition, just friends invited me to play. I’ll just play home matches with them, purely on a friendly basis. I will share my experience with young guys. Friends approached me to play with them on a team. I will play four home matches. It’s better for me, I’ll play football better, I’ll go with more pleasure. Moreover, this is essentially Moscow, so don’t exaggerate.”
What a team
Although Noginsk is considered one of the centers of the birth of Russian football, now a team with interesting story drowns in amateur football. In 1911, a field was built in Borodsk (as Noginsk was called until 1930) and the first team in the district was created. Since then, she has represented different cities, participated in the USSR championships, escaped bankruptcy and dropped to the lower leagues. In total, during its long history, the Noginsk club was remembered for several things:
In 1936, he reached the semi-finals of the first USSR Cup, where he lost to Dynamo Tbilisi (1:5).
In 1997, he reached the 1/16 of the Russian Cup against Spartak Moscow. And in this match it happened mass brawl, during which Oleg Romantsev wanted to take the team off the field.
In 1998, Avtomobilist (the mayor of Noginsk ordered the team to be named this way due to the sponsorship of the motor transport plant) reached play-offs for getting into the first division, but failed to pass this line.
Grigory Fedotov, Nikita Bazhenov, Renat Yanbaev began their careers at Znamya.
In the 21st century, the team suffered endlessly due to financial difficulties, lost its license, moved around different cities. But in the end, “Znamya” settled in amateur football. Now the team plays in Group A of the country's third strongest division. “Znamya” is coached by Mikhail Kobyakov, who has been working with the team since 2009
How is Pavlyuchenko doing?
The striker played in four home matches of Znamya. In these games, he spent 322 minutes on the field, scoring 4 goals (2 of them from the penalty spot). At the same time, Znamya took sixth place in the table, but significantly increased attendance and sales. If previously 500 people went to a team’s game, then under Pavlyuchenko the stadium in Noginsk began to be filled to more than 85%. In addition, in the official group the team sells
The club is restless. It seems to be in first place by a margin, 13 points ahead of Ryazan, but tension constantly arises around it. At first they almost disbanded. Then head coach Alexander Grigoryan left the team. And now - parting with the captain and main star.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
This season, Pavlyuchenko played 13 matches for Ararat and scored 9 goals. It seems worthy. However, such statistics obviously did not seem impressive enough to the club’s management to allow the forward liberties.
On November 10, news appeared that Ararat was extremely dissatisfied with 35-year-old Pavlyuchenko, who flew off on vacation ahead of time and posted photos from his vacation. Let us note that the striker missed only one match - on November 11, Ararat hosted Energomash, and will now take to the field only in April.
There was no immediate talk of terminating the contract, which was valid until May 30, 2018. According to SE, Pavlyuchenko took time off to recover due to problems with the thigh muscle. Moreover, what is important - with the permission of the club. A decision on the dispute should have been made upon the player’s return to Moscow.
Pavlyuchenko is at a loss
“Ararat has no information about Roman Pavlyuchenko’s injury,” Keropyan noted. - Therefore, after the footballer returns, a serious conversation with the general director of the club awaits.
It's not true that I left the team without asking. I have been in football for many years, and I know that a player has no right to leave the club without permission, this cannot be done. I'm friends with brains!
- How was it?
I talked with the president of Ararat, and he told me the following: “If the head coach lets you go, then I don’t mind.” Naturally, I asked the coach for permission both before and after the game. He also let me go. And the next day, when the team gathered for training, no one called me and asked - why aren’t you at class?
Five days later, the team had a meeting where the guys were told that the club wanted to break the contract with me because I left without asking. I don't understand what's going on. Maybe there was some misunderstanding. If the president and head coach had told me that they weren’t letting me go, I wouldn’t have gone anywhere! I'm not a sick person.
But this is not the only reason why they decided to break the contract with me. The second thing they told me was that I played poorly for Ararat. He scored nine goals in 11 matches, and, according to the management, this bad result, because I should have scored two or three times more! This is strange for me, I don’t understand. Well, he answered them: “If that’s what they decided, then let’s do it.” But this is not fair!
- You also had an injury. Have you recovered?
I suffered a microtear in my muscle. It still hurts. And even after the game with Khimik, the head coach told me: “Rom, I understand that you most likely will not recover by the next game.” And I also understood that I would not be able to help the team in the next match. But without asking, I would never have flown away on my own! I can't understand why they decided this.
I met with the general director today and explained that they had let me go. And he tells me: “Nobody let you go.” I don't even know what else to say. If the club decides to break the contract, then we will break it.
- Don’t you see another way out of this situation?
Don't know. I have a training session tomorrow, and under the current contract I am required to attend. Let's see what happens next. It’s unpleasant for me that everything was presented like that in the media. It’s as if I, the captain of the team, abandoned her, didn’t care about everything. I felt offended.
I had a similar situation in Ural. was coming important game with Lokomotiv, and two days before it I approached the club president Grigory Ivanov and asked him to leave, since I still couldn’t help because of the injury. And he went forward. This is a normal situation, nothing like that happened. And here they put me in such a situation that I left the club. I am the kind of person and footballer who always worries about the result. I would never act on the principle: I am Pavlyuchenko, and you are nobody! This is not in my rules, I was raised differently.
Roman PAVLYUCHENKO. Photo by Daria ISAEVA, "SE"
SANCTIONS FROM "ARARAT"
And on November 15, the management of Ararat decided to reduce incentive payments and image-related payments to Pavlyuchenko by 99 percent. It was noted that the contract with the forward would not be terminated.
“Ararat expresses concern about the unreliability of the information that was presented in an interview with the media by our club’s football player Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko,” the statement said. - “Ararat” confirms that on November 14, 2017, Roman Pavlyuchenko was invited to the club office for an explanation regarding the fact that appeared on November 8, 2017 in social networks photo and video materials of Pavlyuchenko’s vacation in the United Arab Emirates.
The club management rightly perceived this fact as unsportsmanlike behavior of the team captain in the midst of preparations for the Ararat - Energomash match. In a situation where before the game the coach had only 12 players at his disposal. Messages were sent to Roman Anatolyevich with requests to appear at the team location and take part in last game. However, Roman did not interrupt his vacation, which, as it turned out later, was planned and paid for on September 17, 2017. The footballer arrived at the club only on November 14, 2017, and thereby showed complete disrespect for his teammates and the club as a whole. We believe that in addition to the sports component, Roman Pavlyuchenko bears a huge moral responsibility and obligation to the team, since he was chosen as the team captain. In this regard, absence from the final game of the year cannot be justified.
“Ararat” officially declares that at present the employment contract with Roman Pavlyuchenko has not been terminated, and continues to be valid in full. In its activities, "Ararat" is guided by high moral and sports principles. This principle is enshrined in the employment contract with the players and administrative staff of the club, namely: club employees are required to coordinate all their speeches, statements, etc. in the media with the management and press attache of the club.
Contrary to the requirements of the employment contract, Roman made a scandalous statement discrediting the club, and therefore it was decided to reduce his incentive payments and image-related payments by 99 percent. In this case, wages will be paid in full. "Ararat" emphasizes that it acts in strict accordance with the labor legislation of the Russian Federation and the regulatory documents of the RFU and PFL.
“I will challenge the club’s decision in the RFU Chamber for Dispute Resolution,” Pavlyuchenko said in response. - I have no other choice. What should I do now, play for 100 rubles? I believe that this decision is unfounded. I read that when I left Russia, the club called me and wrote to me to come back. But this was not the case! It's even funny for me to read this. Not a single person from the club contacted me!
-Did you talk about this situation during training?
Yes, I received a notification paper that they want to reduce the payment by 99 percent. I believe that I acted according to the rules, since everything was agreed with the management. I personally did not schedule a vacation for myself. I was at training, but we didn’t discuss this. For what? I already expressed everything I think yesterday.
General Director of the All-Russian Footballers' Union (OPSF) Alexander Zotov then said that the union's lawyers are already communicating with Roman and are ready to study documents in order to compare the actions of the club and the footballer.
Roman PAVLYUCHENKO (left) and Alexander GRIGORYAN. Photo by Daria ISAEVA, "SE"
NO LONGER CAPTAIN
“Ararat players held a vote to select a new captain and vice-captain. The armband went to 31-year-old midfielder Alexey Rebko, 27-year-old midfielder Irakli Kvekveskiri was chosen as vice-captain,” the club’s press service reported yesterday, and it became clear that You shouldn’t expect a happy ending in the story with Pavlyuchenko.
DIVORCE BUT NOT THE END OF A CAREER
Today the conflict was put to an end: Ararat terminated the contract with the striker by mutual agreement of the parties.
The club management and I decided to terminate my contract by mutual consent,” Pavlyuchenko said in a statement to the Ararat press service. - I would like to apologize to the fans, teammates and everyone who created and is related to Ararat for the empty hype in the press that has unfolded around me in recent days. Everything that happened arose due to a banal misunderstanding. Now all the controversial issues have been settled, and there are no more problems between me and the club, we are parting as good friends.
The time at Ararat was special and extraordinary. It was nice to feel part of such a large and ambitious project. I am sure that Ararat will soon achieve great sporting heights, and I will always support and worry about this bright team.
I’m not going to end my career, but for now I’ll rest,” Pavlyuchenko noted. He refused the claims, so the union can put the documents on the top shelf.
Where will Pavlyuchenko end up now? Rumors rushed to send him to Ural, for which he played before, but, according to the president of the Bumblebees, Grigory Ivanov, the forward does not want to go far from Moscow, where his child goes to school, and it was for this reason that Roman left Yekaterinburg.
How Andrei Arshavin, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and other Euro 2008 stars managed to slide to the very bottom...
The most successful in the history of the Russian national football team international tournament Euro 2008 gave the world many new stars. But just a couple of years later, all these stars went out as quickly as they lit up. At the same time, most of the heroes of that Euro still continue their playing careers. We tell you where they are now and how they got to this life.
Andrey Arshavin
After the triumphant Euro 2008, where the Russians for the first time in modern history conquered bronze medals, it seemed that the team leader Andrei Arshavin was about to turn into not only a Russian, but also a world star.
From Zenit he moved to London Arsenal and at first demonstrated incredible results- just two weeks after his debut in England, Arshavin scored his first goal, and a month later he scored a poker goal against his principal rival, Liverpool. That same year, Arshavin entered the field wearing the captain's armband - no one expected such rapid growth.
However, after a bright start, a series of failures followed. Andrei has ceased to evoke sympathy among the British, both with his actions on the field and beyond. Arshavin has repeatedly stated that he does not like the climate, the people, or England as a whole. The Russian also failed to make friends with his club partners; colleagues noted the striker’s arrogance.
Photo: Ilya SMIRNOV / Komsomolskaya Pravda
In 2012, Russians were also convinced of Arshavin’s arrogance. After the disastrous Euro 2012, Andrei, who acted as captain of the Russian national team, became a catchphrase: “Your expectations are not our problems. These are your problems." After this, not only the whole of England, but also the whole of Russia took up arms against Arshavin.
This reckless phrase played a cruel joke on Arshavin, because after the Euro he had to return to Russia, where he was not particularly welcome. Over the next three years at Zenit, Arshavin scored only three goals, and in another year at Kuban, none at all.
Now Arshavin is defending the colors of the Kazakh “Kairat”, and things are going much better for him there. He scores again and is the leader of the team, but it is unlikely that a football player who not so long ago was the captain of a top club of the strongest was counting on this. football league peace.
Pavel Pogrebnyak
Tall and combative forward Pavel Pogrebnyak has been knocking around top clubs for many years, and only in 2007 was he noticed by Zenit. Pogrebnyak did not miss his chance, began to score regularly and as a result was called up to the national team. Despite the fact that the striker did not show any effective actions at Euro 2008, he was appreciated in Europe and a year later he set off to conquer Germany.
Photo: Ilya SMIRNOV / Komsomolskaya Pravda The fate of Pogrebnyak in Europe practically repeats the story of Arshavin: a successful start, followed by an incessant decline. The footballer lasted a little over two years in the German Stuttgart, but after the expiration of the contract, the club did not want to sign a new one. Moreover, in Germany there were no people willing not only to outbid the football player, but even to take him for free.
Pogrebnyak’s only option was the modest English “Reading”, which was relegated from the Premier League that same year. Although the Russian managed to score there, the team still languished in the second division, and in 2015 Pogrebnyak was forced to return ingloriously to Russia. Since then, he has been registered with Dynamo Moscow, but in three years he scored only one goal.
Roman Pavlyuchenko
The most productive Russian at Euro 2008, Roman Pavlyuchenko, was signed immediately after the tournament by Tottenham, one of the top clubs. English Premier League. Much was expected from the Russian, but the first games showed that Pavlyuchenko lacked dynamics, because the game in England is played at completely different speeds than in Russia. And the striker himself complained that the training system used by the head coach did not suit him.
Photo: globallookpress.com As a result, Pavlyuchenko sat tightly on the bench, appearing on the field only as a substitute. The Russian has more than once had the opportunity to move to another European club- in 2010, Liverpool wanted to buy the forward, and in 2011, Espanyol. Perhaps if Pavlyuchenko had made a different decision then, his career would have turned out differently, but for some reason the striker refused the offers.
With the arrival of Emmanuel Adebayor at Tottenham, Pavlyuchenko became a reserve player and soon left the team, but went not to another European club, but back to Russia. For the next five years, Pavlyuchenko’s career went downward: from Lokomotiv to Kuban, from Kuban to Ural, and from Ural to the newly formed Moscow club Ararat, which plays not even in the second, but in the third league. Just today Pavlyuchenko broke his contract with this club, but the footballer is unlikely to find options to continue his career.
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
The last of the failed “conquerors of Europe” is Lokomotiv graduate Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. They fought for him for a whole year after Euro 2008 best clubs Old World. As a result, the Russian went to the English Everton. At his new club, Bilyaletdinov quickly became the best passer, surpassing everyone in the number of assists. However, due to high competition, even these successes did not give the Russian a place in the starting lineup.
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Gradually coming to terms with his reserve status, Diniyar lost his form and interest in the game. Therefore, when Bilyaletdinov’s competitor for a place in the starting lineup, Leon Osman, was injured and the Russian had a chance to gain a foothold in the base, he was unable to use it. Critics noted Bilyaletdinov's passivity, and he soon returned to the bench.
In 2012, following the rest of the cohort of Russians, Bilyaletdinov returned to his homeland, to Spartak. However, an injury prevented him from playing at the same level - during his absence, the midfielder lost his place in the lineup and continued, as in England, to marinate on the bench.
This is where Bilyaletdinov’s career actually ended - he changed three more clubs, but did not take root anywhere. This season there was no place in Russia for the footballer, and Bilyaletdinov again went to play abroad, only not in England, but in the small Lithuanian club Trakai. There Bilyaletdinov, although he does not flatter himself with hopes for great results, but can feel like a real star.
