Sardar Azmoun

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.

Sardar Azmoun
File:Sardar Azmoun 2019-08-30.jpg
Azmoun with Zenit in 2019
Personal information
Full nameSardar Azmoun[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthGonbad-e Kavus, Iran[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number9
Youth career
2004–2008Oghab Gonbad
2008–2009Shamoushak Gorgan
2009–2010Etka Gorgan
2010–2013Sepahan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013Sepahan0(0)
2013–2016Rubin Kazan27(5)
2015–2016Rostov (loan)35(12)
2016–2017Rostov27(7)
2017–2019Rubin Kazan40(9)
2019–2022Zenit Saint Petersburg79(52)
2022–Bayer Leverkusen0(0)
National team
2009–2011Iran U176(7)
2011–2014Iran U2019(19)
2015Iran U234(4)
2014–Iran60(39)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

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 3 December 2021[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sepahan 2011–12 Persian Gulf Pro League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Persian Gulf Pro League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rubin Kazan 2012–13 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Russian Premier League 14 4 1 0 2[b] 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 2014–15 Russian Premier League 11 3 0 0 1[c] 1 12 4
2015–16 Russian Premier League 24 9 0 0 24 9
2016–17 Russian Premier League 27 7 0 0 14[d] 5 41 12
Total 62 19 0 0 14 5 1 1 77 25
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[b] 3 16 12
2019–20 Russian Premier League 28 17 3 0 6[e] 2 1[c] 2 38 21
2020–21 Russian Premier League 24 19 0 0 4[e] 0 1[c] 0 29 19
2021–22 Russian Premier League 15 7 0 0 4[e] 1 1[c] 1 20 9
Total 79 52 3 0 18 6 3 3 103 61
Career total 208 85 11 2 34 12 4 4 257 103
  1. Includes Russian Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  4. Ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 November 2021[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
Total 60 39
As of match played 16 November 2021.[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   Korea Republic 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 4–0
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 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 2–0
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   Korea Republic 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 2–1
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 2–1
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 2–0
28 24 January 2019 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates   China PR 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 2–0
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

Youth level

Under-17
Under-20
Under-23

Honours

Sepahan

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Iran U17

Iran U20

Individual

Sardar Azmoun Media

References

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  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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 S. Azmoun at Soccerway
  4. Sardar Azmoun at National-Football-Teams.com
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  6. (in ru) 20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019. https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2019-05-04-20-igrokov-zenita-vpervye-stali-chempionami-rossii.htm. 
  7. Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions. Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020. https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25060.html. 
  8. Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit. Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020. https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25197.html. 
  9. (in ru) "Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России. Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020. https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25304.html. 
  10. (in ru) «Зенит» обыграл «Локомотив» в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России. Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021. https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26834.html. 
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  17. "Сердар Азмун стал лучшим игроком марта по версии пользователей "ВКонтакте"!" (in русский). Russian Premier League. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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