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