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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.

CLUB Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 Russian Cup: 2019–20 Russian Super Cup: 2020, 2021 INTERNATIONAL Iran U-17 West Asian Football Federation Championship: 2009 Iran U-20 AFF U-19 Youth Championship : 2012 INDIVIDUAL AFF U-19 Youth Championship top scorer : 2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup top scorer: 2012 Russian Premier League Team of the Season (1): 2014–15, 2015–16 Russian Premier League Player of the Month (1): May 2016 Rostov Player of the Season: 2015–16 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019 RFS Team of the Season: 2019–20, 2020–21 Russian Premier League Player of the Season: 2020–21 Russian Premier League Player of the Month: March 2019 Russian Premier League top goalscorer: 2019–20 IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year: 2020