Ghana and former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong faces a multi-game ban after he was sent off in Russia for his response to alleged racist abuse.
The Ghanaian midfielder says he was taunted by a Spartak Moscow fan while playing for FC Ufa in the opening game of the Russian Premier League season on Friday.
The game ended 2-2.
Frimpong gestured with a finger towards the Spartak stands in the 31st minute, for which he received a straight red card.
Afterwards, he said on Twitter that he had been ''racially abused for the game that I love''. He added: ''I'm going to serve a sentence for being abused ... and yet we [are] going to hold a World Cup in this country.''
Three other black players have been punished since 2013 for insulting gestures in reaction to racist abuse in the Russian league.