He was a part of Russian squad in the Euro 96 and World Cup 2002 finals.
He was also one of the top players on the Russian squad which took won the 1992 World Junior Championships.
Sweden was unable to compete with the young Russian squad and were defeated 0-2.
The Russian squad was disappointed in the team finals, where they finished second to the U.S. after leading for the first half of the competition.
As one man, the Russian squads rose firing their weapons and ran up the hill.
There, he would become the center of controversy after being rejected by the Russian squad for disciplinary reasons.
In 2009 he was part of the Russian squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.
The Russian squad had slipped around the Union men, and they were now less than 15 yards from the front entrance.
But it was Pavlyuchenko who publicised as the face of the Russian squad before the championships.
Their force was small, but superior to the Russian squad.