Roman Pavlyuchenko is a Russian footballer who plays as a center forward for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russian national team. He was born in 1981 in the village of Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai and began his youth career with Victory Sports School before joining Dynamo Stavropol. Pavlyuchenko has played professionally for Dynamo Stavropol, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Tottenham Hotspur, and currently Lokomotiv Moscow. He is married with a daughter and serves as a local deputy in Stavropol for United Russia.