Sergey_Pryadkin

Sergey Pryadkin

Sergey Gennadyevich Pryadkin (Russian: Серге́й Генна́дьевич Пря́дкин; August 17, 1961, Astrakhan, RSFSR, USSR)[1] is a Russian football functionary,[2] vice president and member of the bureau of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, president of the Russian Premier League (2007-2021),[3][4][5] member of the Board of Directors of the European Professional Football Association leagues, member of the UEFA Professional Football Strategic Council, member of the UEFA Player Status and Agency Activities Committee. Acting President of the Russian Football Union (December 19, 2018 — February 21, 2019).[6]

Former employee of the KGB, FAPSI, and FSB of Russia, reserve colonel.[7]

Incidents

In the summer of 2011, the union of football players and coaches, headed by Vladimir Leonchenko and Nikolai Grammatikov, initiated proceedings regarding a conflict of interest in the work of Sergei Pryadkin in the posts of General Director of the RFU, head of the commission for agency activities of the RFU and President of the Russian Premier League on the one hand and his leadership of the company involved, in particular, agency activities.[8]

On December 28, Ukrainian football player Yevhen Levchenko announced that he was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to consider a case of conflict of interest in the work of RFPL President Sergey Pryadkin. Also, giving an interview to the Sports.ru portal, Levchenko said that with the help and under the patronage of Sergei Pryadkin and his younger brother Andrey, 400,000 US dollars were “laundered” during Levchenko’s transfer to Saturn Ramenskoye in the summer of 2009.[9][10][11]


References

  1. "Management — GiRRuS GmbH". 2009-08-11. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. "Прядкин покинул пост главы РПЛ". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.



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