Ilya Azyavin

Astrakhan-born, Ilya Azyavin worked his way through the Kuban Krasnodar academy system before stepping out on his own, moving through Urozhay Krasnodar and on to Volgar Astrakhan, where he won the PFL Group "South" title in the 2019/20 season. A season in Moldova followed, at Codru Lozova, before he returned to Russia in 2021 to join Shinnik Yaroslavl, helping the club to the Russian Second League Group 2 title in his first year there.

A loan spell at Chelyabinsk for the 2022/23 season gave him regular football away from Yaroslavl, and he went on to finish as top scorer of the "Golden" group in the 2023/24 season. In June 2024 he signed for Arsenal Tula, playing in the First League and making 26 appearances for the first team, while also turning out for the club's second side in the Second League.

Azyavin returned to Shinnik Yaroslavl in July 2026, signing a two-year contract that runs to the end of June 2028. Every move of his career so far has come as a free transfer, a path built on development at smaller clubs rather than fees changing hands. He has not been capped by Russia at senior or youth level.