Maksim Gruznov (russian: Максим Грузнов) (born 21 April 1974 in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

) is a retired

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

striker. Gruznov became the

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

top goalscorer in 1993/94 and then repeated his success in

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

and

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seasons. Gruznov is the

all-time top scorer with 304 goals. He was also the appearance leader before

Stanislav Kitto Stanislav Kitto (born 30 November 1972) is a former professional footballer, who last played in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Trans Narva. He played the position of midfielder. His former clubs include FC TVMK Tallinn and FK Rīga FK Rīga ...

beat it.

Honours

Club

* FC Lantana Tallinn ** Estonian Top Division: 1995–96, 1996–97 **

Estonian SuperCup The Estonian Supercup ( et, Eesti Superkarikas) is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga season and the holders of the Estonian Cup. If the Meistriliiga champions also won the Estoni ...

: 1997–98 * FC Trans Narva **

Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti Karikas) is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifyi ...

: 2000–01 **

: 2007, 2008

Individual

* Meistriliiga top scorer: 1993–94, 2001, 2006

References

External links

Player profile on www.fctrans.ee
1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Narva FC Lantana Tallinn players Estonian people of Russian descent Association football forwards JK Sillamäe Kalev players FC TVMK players JK Narva Trans players Estonian footballers Meistriliiga players {{estonia-footy-bio-stub