Maksim Sergeyevich Grigoryev (; born 6 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer.

Club career

Spartak

Grigoryev made his debut in the

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on 21 March 2009 in a game against Kuban Krasnodar. He played two games in the

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for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

against

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and

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Rostov

In early 2011, his contract with

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expired, and he decided to switch to

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. According to Russian football regulations at the time, when a player under 23 years of age who was raised in the club system transferred to a different club after his contract expired, his old club was due compensation from his new club. If the new club plays on the third level (

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), the compensation is the player's previous 5 years' salary multiplied by 1, if his new club is in the

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, it is multiplied by 2 and if it is a

club, it is multiplied by 3. Grigoryev and two other Spartak alumni,

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and Yevgeni Filippov, signed with a

team MITOS Novocherkassk who immediately loaned them to the

team

. Spartak lodged a complaint with the

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, claiming this was not a fair transfer as the only reason for it was to lower the compensation that Rostov was due to pay Spartak. After the protest was declined on 29 March 2011, Grigoryev was registered for Rostov and scored a goal on his debut against

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on 2 April 2011. 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 Rostov. Lokomotiv's protest was eventually denied.

Lokomotiv

In January 2012, Grigoryev signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with

Rostov (third spell)

Grigoryev left Rostov by mutual consent on 17 July 2017.

International career

Grigoryev made his debut for Russia under-21 football team against Poland under-21 team on 6 September 2011. He was called up by

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to the

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for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

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and against

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in October 2012. He made his debut for the main squad in a friendly against the

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on 14 November 2012.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Profile on the FC Spartak Moscow site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grigoryev, Maksim 1990 births Footballers from Lipetsk Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Russia men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Orenburg players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Avangard Kursk players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen