Valeri Skorodumov
Valeri Valerievich Skorodumov is a Russian football official and a former player.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Biolog-Novokubansk on 10 April 2014 in a game against FC Gazprom transgaz Stavropol Ryzdvyany.On 19 June 2025, FC Torpedo Moscow co-owner Leonid Sobolev and Skorodumov were arrested on suspicion of attempting to bribe referee Maksim Perezva. They are suspected of offering Perezva 6,000,000 rubles for giving Torpedo advantage in three games from March 2025 to May 2025 in which he was expected to be the referee, Perezva reported their offer to the police. The investigators searched their offices and homes, confiscating communication devices and documents. Formal charges were expected to be filed on 21 June 2025.
On 10 July 2025, Russian Football Union excluded Torpedo from the Premier League and banned Skorodumov from football activity for 10 years.