Sergey Aydarov

Sergey Aydarov made his way into professional football from Irkutsk, where he started out with the local Aeroport side before moving into the Spartak Moscow academy system. His senior path began at Rostov, where he spent several seasons with the youth and reserve squads, including a run in the UEFA Youth League, and was part of a Rostov youth group that won the Russian Youth Championship.

Aydarov joined Rodina Moscow on a free transfer and grew into one of the club's key figures as it climbed the football pyramid. He continued as a starter through the following campaign in that division. A loan spell took him to Shinnik Yaroslavl, where he made six First League appearances before returning to Rodina at the end of the year.

Back in Moscow, Aydarov was part of the Rodina squad that won the First League and secured the club's promotion to the Russian Premier League, a result that marked the second promotion of his time at the club.