The club underwent name changes due to sponsorship and quickly became competitive in the Soviet women's football championship.
[8] In the inaugural 1992 edition of the Russian Women's Football Championship, Grigorieva scored 22 goals for champions Spartak-Interros.
[10] However, an anterior cruciate ligament injury brought about her return to Russia, where she accepted an offer to join CSK VVS Samara.
[5] With CSK, Grigorieva and her team mates trained full-time while nominally employed as ensigns in the Russian Ground Forces.
[10] In summer 2004 Grigorieva joined FC Energy Voronezh[13] and she represented the club in the 2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup.
[15] She had helped Russia qualify for their first FIFA Women's World Cup by scoring in the qualification playoff win over Finland.
[17] In Russia's 5–0 Group C win over Japan at the final tournament, a notably unselfish display from Grigorieva saw her pass up goal-scoring opportunities for herself while serving three assists to team mates.