MOSCOW, Oct 27, Alena Sulizova. Ex-football player of the Russian national team Roman Pavlyuchenko can be called a significant striker for national football, said the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin. On Thursday, Pavlyuchenko announced that he had decided to end his professional career. “Yes, Pavlyuchenko can be called significant. Did he play for the national team? .Pavlyuchenko is 40 years old. As part of the Moscow «Spartak» he became a three-time silver medalist of the championship of Russia and the owner of the Cup of the country. The striker also played for the capital's Lokomotiv, Krasnodar's Kuban, Yekaterinburg's Ural and London's Tottenham. Together with the Russian team, he became the bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship.
