Maksim Sergeyevich Grigoryev
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) is a Russia
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n football player. He currently plays for FC Rostov
FC Rostov
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. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League
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 on March 21, 2009 in a game against FC Kuban Krasnodar
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. He played two games in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup
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 for FC Spartak Moscow
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 against NK Dinamo Zagreb and Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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.

In early 2011, his contact with FC Spartak Moscow
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 expired, and he decided to switch to FC Rostov
FC Rostov
FC Rostov is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.-History:...

. According to Russian football regulations, when a player under 23 years of age who was raised in the club system transfers to a different club after his contract expires, his old club is due compensation from his new club. If the new club plays on the third level (Russian Second Division
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), the compensation is the player's previous 5 years' salary multiplied by 1, if his new club is in the Russian First Division, it's multiplied by 2 and if it's a Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
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 club, it's multiplied by 3. Grigoryev and two other Spartak alumni, Dmitri Malyaka
Dmitri Malyaka
Dmitri Sergeyevich Malyaka is a Russian football player. He currently plays for FC Rostov. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on April 10, 2011 in a game against FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-External links: -References:...

 and Yevgeni Filippov, signed with a Russian Second Division
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 team FC MITOS Novocherkassk
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 who immediately loaned them to the Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

 team FC Rostov
FC Rostov
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. Spartak lodged a complaint with the Russian Football Union, claiming this was not a fair transfer as the only reason for it was to lower the compensation that FC Rostov was due to pay Spartak. After the protest was declined on March 29, 2011, Grigoryev was registered for FC Rostov and scored a goal on his debut against FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

on April 2, 2011. FC Lokomotiv's president, Olga Smorodskaya, filed a complaint with the Russian Football Union and Premier League, claiming Grigoryev was not eligible to be registered and play for FC Rostov. Lokomotiv's protest was eventually denied.

External links

Profile on the Russian Football Premier League site Profile on the FC Spartak Moscow site Profile at transfermarkt.de
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