Sardar Azmoun (born 1 January 1995) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Iran national team.
Azmoun made his debut for the Iran national team in 2014 aged 19. He has been a regular with Team Melli playing in the 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
After Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun is the second-most expensive Iranian player of all-time. He is the youngest Iranian to score in a UEFA Champions League game.
Azmoun has been praised for his aerial ability, creativity, and bursts of acceleration. He has been referred to as a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic and has also been called the Iranian Messi by mainly British media.
Azmoun has also been touted to be the heir of legendary Iranian striker Ali Daei.<\/P>","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1995-1-1","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Shabab Al Ahli Club","30A86FC0880FF75E":"186cm","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Bayer 04 Leverkusen","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Bayer 04 Leverkusen,AS Roma[on loan],FC Zenit Saint Petersburg,FC Rubin Kazan,FC Rostov,FC Rostov[on loan],Sepahan S.C.,Rubin Kazan B,Sepahan U23","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Sardar Azmoun","A16D5E6475634BB126EF698FB3550B8C":"0","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"2024-7-28","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"20","C6E00DEB351621C4":"103397","4678B5349347B7EB":"79kg","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"
CLUB
<\/U>Zenit Saint Petersburg<\/STRONG>
Russian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Russian Cup: 2019–20
Russian Super Cup: 2020, 2021
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Iran U-17 West Asian Football Federation Championship: 2009
Iran U-20 AFF U-19 Youth Championship : 2012
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>AFF U-19 Youth Championship top scorer :<\/STRONG>
2012
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup top scorer:<\/STRONG>
2012
Russian Premier League Team of the Season (1):<\/STRONG>
2014–15, 2015–16
Russian Premier League Player of the Month (1):<\/STRONG>
May 2016
Rostov Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2015–16
AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2019
RFS Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2019–20, 2020–21
Russian Premier League Player of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2020–21
Russian Premier League Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
March 2019
Russian Premier League top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2020
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