Sardar Azmoun

Sardar Azmoun
	Azmoun with Iran at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Sardar Azmoun[1]
Date of birth	1 January 1995
Place of birth	Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Roma; (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
Number	17
Youth career
2004–2008	Oghab Gonbad
2008–2009	Shamoushak Gorgan
2009–2010	Etka Gorgan
2010–2013	Sepahan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2016	Rubin Kazan
2015–2016	→ Rostov (loan)
2016–2017	Rostov
2017–2019	Rubin Kazan
2019–2022	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2022–	Bayer Leverkusen
2023–	→ Roma (loan)
National team‡
2009–2011	Iran U17
2011–2014	Iran U20
2015	Iran U23
2014–	Iran
Honours
Representing Iran
CAFA Nations Cup
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
WAFF U-15 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2023

Sardar Azmoun (Persian: سردار آزمون; born 1 January 1995) is an Iranian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Iran national team.

Azmoun played his first game for the Iran national team in 2014 when he was 19. He played in the 2015, 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Azmoun is the second-most expensive Iranian player of all-time behind Alireza Jahanbakhsh. He is the youngest Iranian to score in a Champions League game and he is the highest Iranian scorer in the UEFA Champions League, scoring four goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2023[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup[lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rubin Kazan	2013–14	Russian Premier League	14	4	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	—		17	5
	2014–15	Russian Premier League	13	1	2	1	—		—		15	2
	Total		27	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	32	7
Rostov (loan)	2014–15	Russian Premier League	11	3	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 3]	1	12	4
	2015–16	Russian Premier League	24	9	0	0	—		—		24	9
	Total		35	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	36	13
Rostov	2016–17	Russian Premier League	27	7	0	0	14[lower-alpha 4]	5	—		41	12
Rubin Kazan	2017–18	Russian Premier League	26	5	2	0	—		—		28	5
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	14	4	3	1	—		—		17	5
	Total		40	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	45	10
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2018–19	Russian Premier League	12	9	0	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	3	—		16	12
	2019–20		28	17	3	0	6[lower-alpha 5]	2	1[lower-alpha 3]	2	38	21
	2020–21		24	19	0	0	4[lower-alpha 5]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	29	19
	2021–22		15	7	0	0	5[lower-alpha 5]	2	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	21	10
	Total		79	52	3	0	19	7	3	3	104	62
Bayer Leverkusen	2021–22	Bundesliga	9	1	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		11	1
	2022–23	Bundesliga	23	4	1	0	9[lower-alpha 6]	0	—		33	4
	Total		32	5	1	0	11	0	0	0	44	5
Roma	2023–24	Serie A	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
Career total			244	90	12	2	46	13	4	4	306	109

Includes Russian Cup, DFB Pokal
Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Appearance in Russian Super Cup
Ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 17 October 2023[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iran
	2014	3	1
	2015	11	7
	2016	8	8
	2017	8	6
	2018	10	2
	2019	10	8
	2020	1	1
	2021	9	6
	2022	8	2
	2023	5	6
Total		73	47

As of match played 17 October 2023.[3]

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Azmoun goal.

List of international goals scored by Sardar Azmoun
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 2014	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	South Korea	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	4 January 2015	WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia	Iraq	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	15 January 2015	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Qatar	1–0	1–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup
4	23 January 2015	Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Australia	Iraq	1–0	3–3 (6–7 p)	2015 AFC Asian Cup
5	16 June 2015	Sport Toplumy Stadium, Daşoguz, Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	1–0	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	3 September 2015	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Guam	3–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	3 September 2015	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Guam	4–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	8 September 2015	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India	India	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	24 March 2016	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	India	2–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	29 March 2016	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Oman	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	29 March 2016	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Oman	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	2 June 2016	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	1–0	3–1	Friendly
13				2–1
14				3–1
15	7 June 2016	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Kyrgyzstan	5–0	6–0	Friendly
16	11 October 2016	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	South Korea	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	4 June 2017	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	1–0	2–1	Friendly
18	4 June 2017	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–1	2–1	Friendly
19	12 June 2017	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	5 September 2017	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Syria	1–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	5 September 2017	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Syria	2–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	10 October 2017	Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia	Russia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
23	27 March 2018	UCP Arena, Graz, Austria	Algeria	1–0	2–1	Friendly
24	31 December 2018	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	2–1	2–1	Friendly
25	7 January 2019	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Yemen	4–0	5–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
26	12 January 2019	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	1–0	2–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
27	12 January 2019	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	2–0	2–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
28	24 January 2019	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	China	2–0	3–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
29	10 September 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
30	10 October 2019	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Cambodia	2–0	14–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
31				5–0
32				7–0
33	8 October 2020	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–1	Friendly
34	30 March 2021	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Syria	2–0	3–0	Friendly
35	7 June 2021	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
36	7 June 2021	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	2–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
37	15 June 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Iraq	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
38	11 November 2021	Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon	Lebanon	1–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
39	16 November 2021	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Syria	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
40	29 March 2022	Imam Reza Stadium, Mashhad, Iran	Lebanon	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
41	27 September 2022	Motion invest Arena, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria	Senegal	1–1	1–1	Friendly
42	13 June 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Afghanistan	1–0	6–1	2023 CAFA Nations Cup
43	16 June 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	4–1	5–1	2023 CAFA Nations Cup
44	16 June 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	5–1	5–1	2023 CAFA Nations Cup
45	20 June 2023	Milliy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	2023 CAFA Nations Cup
46	13 October 2023	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	1–0	3–1	2023 Jordan International Tournament
47	17 October 2023	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Qatar	3–0	4–0	2023 Jordan International Tournament

Youth level

Under-17

International U-17 goals
1	12 January 2010	Tehran, Iran	Turkey	4–3	Win	Friendly
2	12 January 2010	Tehran, Iran	Turkey	4–3	Win	Friendly
3	12 January 2010	Tehran, Iran	Turkey	4–3	Win	Friendly
4	15 January 2010	Tehran, Iran	Japan	2–0	Win	Friendly
5	15 January 2010	Tehran, Iran	Japan	2–0	Win	Friendly
6	16 October 2010	Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	Win	Friendly
7	24 October 2010	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Oman	5–1	Win	2010 AFC U-16 Championship

Under-20

International U-20 goals
1	4 November 2011	Tehran, Iran	Turkmenistan	4–0	Win	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
2	4 November 2011	Tehran, Iran	Turkmenistan	4–0	Win	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3	8 November 2011	Tehran, Iran	Uzbekistan	2–0	Win	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
4	21 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Lithuania	3–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
5	23 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Tajikistan	5–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
6	23 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Tajikistan	5–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
7	23 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Tajikistan	5–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
8	25 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Latvia	1–1	Draw	2012 CIS Cup
9	27 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Moldova	3–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
10	29 January 2012	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Lithuania	4–0	Win	2012 CIS Cup
11	29 January 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–1	Win	2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
12	29 January 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Uzbekistan	2–1	Win	2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
13	29 January 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Australia	4–1	Win	2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
14	29 January 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Australia	4–1	Win	2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
15	17 October 2012	Tehran, Iran	Italy	2–4	Loss	Friendly
16	17 October 2012	Tehran, Iran	Italy	2–4	Loss	Friendly
17	7 November 2012	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Kuwait	6–0	Win	2012 AFC U-19 Championship
18	10 October 2013	Kerman, Iran	Lebanon	6–1	Win	2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
19	10 October 2013	Kerman, Iran	Lebanon	6–1	Win	2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Under-23

International U-20 goals
1	23 March 2015	Tehran, Iran	Nepal	5–0	Win	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2	27 March 2015	Tehran, Iran	Palestine	3–0	Win	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
3	29 March 2015	Tehran, Iran	Afghanistan	6–0	Win	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
4	29 March 2015	Tehran, Iran	Afghanistan	6–0	Win	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Russian Premier League: 2018–19,[5][6] 2019–20,[7] 2020–21, 2021–22[8]
Russian Cup: 2019–20[9]
Russian Super Cup: 2020,[10] 2021[11]

Iran U17

WAFF U-15 Championship: 2009[12]

Iran U20

AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2012

Iran

CAFA Nations Cup: 2023

Jordan International Tournament: 2023

Individual

CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2012[13]
AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019[14]
Russian Football Union No. 1 Players: 2019–20, 2020–21[15][16]
Russian Premier League Player of the Season: 2020–21
Russian Premier League Player of the Month: March 2019[17]
Russian Premier League top goalscorer: 2019–20
IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year: 2020[18]

References

"Sardar Azmoun". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
"2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
S. Azmoun at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
Sardar Azmoun at National-Football-Teams.com
"Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
"20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
"Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
"«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
"Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
"اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم". Retrieved 6 June 2016.
"Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2012". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
"AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
"Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших футболиста сезона-2019/20" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
"Исполком РФС утвердил список 33 лучших футболистов сезона 2020/2021" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
"Сердар Азмун стал лучшим игроком марта по версии пользователей "ВКонтакте"!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
"AFC MEN TEAM 2020". IFFHS. 16 December 2020.

Other websites

Sardar Azmoun on Instagram
Serdar Azmoun
Sardar Azmoun – UEFA competition record (archive)
Interview with RubinTV

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[4] Includes Russian Cup, DFB Pokal

[UEL-5] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[RSC-6] Appearance in Russian Super Cup

[7] Ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

[UCL-8] Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

[9] Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League

[GSA-1] "Sardar Azmoun". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[2] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[SW-3] S. Azmoun at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[10] Sardar Azmoun at National-Football-Teams.com

[11] "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.

[12] "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.

[13] "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.

[14] "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.

[15] "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.

[16] ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.

[17] ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.

[18] "اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم". Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[19] "Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2012". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[20] "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[21] "Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших футболиста сезона-2019/20" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[22] "Исполком РФС утвердил список 33 лучших футболистов сезона 2020/2021" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[23] "Сердар Азмун стал лучшим игроком марта по версии пользователей "ВКонтакте"!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[24] "AFC MEN TEAM 2020". IFFHS. 16 December 2020.