Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pavlenko (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Павленко; born 20 January 1985) is a Russian

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coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with

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Career

Pavlenko started his career at the age of 14 in the youth academy of

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before moving on to Academica Moscow and then the youth squad of FC Lausanne-Sport in

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. 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

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. 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

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player of the year accolade for his performances with Shinnik, and his team won promotion to the

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. After that, he has returned to Spartak and got back in the starting XI. He managed to beat a long standing Spartak midfielder

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for the starting playmaker position at the start of 2008 season. However in July Pavlenko was hospitalized with unspecified bladder problem. In March 2010 he was loaned until the end of the year to FC Rostov.

Honours

* Russian Premier League champion (

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) * Russian Cup winner (

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) *

champion (

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) *

player of the year (

)

Career statistics

Notes

External links

Aleksandr Pavlenko's personal web site

Club profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlenko, Aleksandr 1985 births Living people People from Pokrov, Ukraine Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Rostov players Russian Premier League players FC Akhmat Grozny players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Tosno players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Tom Tomsk players Men's association football midfielders FC Rodina Moscow players