Aleksandr Pavlenko

Infobox Football biography
playername = Aleksandr Pavlenko


fullname = Александр Евгеньевич Павленко
dateofbirth = January 20, 1985
cityofbirth = Ordzhonikidze
countryofbirth = Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
height = height|m=1.75
position = Attacking midfielder
currentclub = Spartak Moscow
clubnumber = 8
contractend =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–
2007
clubs = Spartak Moscow
→Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan)
caps(goals) = 87 (8)
38 (7)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 6 May 2008
ntupdate =

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pavlenko ( _ru. Александр Евгеньевич Павленко; born 20 January 1985 in Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) is a Russian football midfielder who currently plays for Spartak Moscow.

Pavlenko started his career at the age of 14 in the youth academy of Dynamo Moscow before moving on to Academica Moscow and then the youth squad of FC Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland. In 2001, at the age of 16, he signed with Spartak Moscow and made his first team debut the same year. In 2002, he became a first team regular gaining his first opportunity to play in the UEFA Champions League.

He lost his regular place in the lineup in 2005 after injuries limited his playing time and consequently was loaned to Shinnik in 2007. He won Russian First Division player of the year accolade for his performances with Shinnik, and his team won promotion to the Premier League. After that, he has returned to Spartak and is back in the starting XI. He managed to beat a long standing Spartak midfielder Egor Titov for the starting playmaker position at the start of 2008 season. However in July Pavlenko was hospitalized with unspecified bladder problem.

Honours

* Russian Premier League champion (2001)
* Russian Cup winner (2003)
* Russian First Division champion (2007)
* Russian First Division player of the year (2007)

External links

* [http://pavlenko.fcspartak.ru/ Aleksandr Pavlenko's personal web site] ru icon
* [http://eng.spartak.com/usr/club/player_stat.asp?id=114 Club profile]