Sardor Rashidov

Sardor Ikhtiyorovich Rashidov was born on 14 June 1991 in Jizzakh. He began at Sogdiana Jizzakh (2007–2008) and played for Bunyodkor from 2009, a product of its academy and a key player from 2012. With the club he won the Uzbek League (2010, 2011, 2013), the Uzbek Cup (2010, 2012, 2013) and the 2014 Super Cup, and reached the AFC Champions League semi-final in 2012.

In 2015–2017 he played for El Jaish in Qatar (48 games, 23 goals) and in 2017 for Al Jazira in the UAE. He returned to Lokomotiv Tashkent in 2018 and won the Uzbekistan Super League with them. He later played for Nacional in Portugal (2019), Qatar SC (2019–2020) and Umm Salal (2022–2023) in Qatar, Pakhtakor (2021, 2022, 2023–2024), Navbahor (2024–2025), and clubs in Dubai and Nepal.

He has played for Uzbekistan since 2013, debuting in October 2013 in a 2015 Asian Cup qualifier against Vietnam and scoring in a 3–1 win. At the 2015 Asian Cup he scored twice in the decisive group match against Saudi Arabia (3–1), and he was also in the 2019 Asian Cup squad. As of 31 January 2026 he has 50 caps and 13 goals. In 2015 he finished second in the Uzbekistan Player of the Year poll.