Luxembourg, 13/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Court of Justice has produced a ruling in the Simutenkov case which it indicates that the EC Federation of Russia partnership agreement which entered into force on 1 December 1997, allows Russian professional footballers regularly employed by an EU club to obtain a licence for Community licences.
The former player for Club Deportivo Tenerife, Igor Simutenkov wanted his non-Community licence, granted by the Spanish football association to be...