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Sardar Azmoun
Sardar Azmoun is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for UAE Pro League club Shabab Al Ahli.
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sports · Iranian footballer (born 1995) · association football player · also Sardar Azmoun, Sardar Azmoon, Azmoun
Born 1 January 1995 · Q5298679
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2026· 11 entries
Tehran Times: Sardar Azmoun linked with Esteghlal
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The Australian: Iran seizes footballer Sardar Azmoun’s assets to ‘sow fear’
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Public attention spiked: 2,549 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 362, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 4,913 Wikipedia readers in one day, 13.6× the usual 362, with 1 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 7,798 Wikipedia readers in one day, 21.6× the usual 362, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Where is Sardar Azmoun? Why Iran's best player is not at World Cup” (Yahoo! Sports).
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Yahoo! Sports: Where is Sardar Azmoun? Why Iran's best player is not at World Cup
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Outlookindia: Iran Judiciary Threatens To Seize Assets Of National Team Striker Sardar Azmoun – Report
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Yahoo! Sports: Reports: Iran soccer star Sardar Azmoun threatened with asset seizure by state
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Yardbarker: Iran At FIFA World Cup 2026: Striker Sardar Azmoun Expelled From National Team - Report
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On 7 January 2026, Azmoun publicly supported the 2025–2026 Iranian protests on his Instagram, stating: "As an athlete, I always stand by the people of the country.
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2025· 8 entries
Won award: AFC Champions League Two top goalscorer (2024–25).
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Won: UAE Pro League with Shabab Al Ahli (2024–25).
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Won: UAE President's Cup with Shabab Al Ahli (2024–25).
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Won: Qatar–UAE Challenge Shield with Shabab Al Ahli (2025).
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Won award: UAE Golden Ball (2025).
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Won award: Toopa Top Goal Scorer Awards (2025).
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en.mehrnews: Iran's Sardar Azmoun among 2024 world's best int'l scorers
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Azmoun got a tattoo of the line "From the blood of the homeland's youth, tulips have bloomed" ( Persian: از خون جوانان وطن لاله دمیده) (Romanized: Az khoon-e javanan-e vatan laleh damideh) This verse is taken from a famo
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2024· 3 entries
en.mehrnews: Sardar Azmoun formally joins UAE's Shabab Al Ahli
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Won: UAE Super Cup with Shabab Al Ahli (2024).
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Played for Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club (2024) — 23 appearances, 12 goals.
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2023· 3 entries
Won award: AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament (2023).
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Won: CAFA Nations Cup with Iran (2023).
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Played for AS Roma (2023–2024) — 23 appearances, 3 goals.
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2022· 4 entries
Won the Russian Premier League with Zenit St Petersburg (2021-2022).
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Won: Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2021–22).
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Azmoun's spot on the World Cup squad was a point of major friction
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Played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2022–2024) — 32 appearances, 5 goals.
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2021· 7 entries
Won the Russian Premier League with Zenit St Petersburg (2020-2021).
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Won award: Russian Football Union First-class Player (2020–21).
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Won: Russian Super Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2021).
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Won: Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2020–21).
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Won award: Russian Premier League Player of the Season (2020–21).
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year (2021).
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Azmoun bought a second Australian horse for $70,000, a Palentino colt also to be trained by Payne
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2020· 9 entries
Won the Russian Cup with Zenit St Petersburg (2019-2020).
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Won the Russian Premier League with Zenit St Petersburg (2019-2020).
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Won award: Russian Premier League top goalscorer (2019–20).
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Won: Russian Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2019–20).
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Won: Russian Super Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2020).
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Won: Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2019–20).
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Won award: Russian Football Union First-class Player (2019–20).
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year (2020).
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Bought the Australian thoroughbred horse Serlik for $500,000; Serlik is trained by Australian jockey Michelle Payne
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2019· 5 entries
Won the Russian Premier League with Zenit St Petersburg (2018-2019).
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Won: Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2018–19).
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Won award: AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament (2019).
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Won award: Russian Premier League Player of the Month (March 2019).
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Played for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (2019–2022) — 79 appearances, 52 goals.
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2017· 2 entries
Played for Rubin Kazan (2017–2019) — 40 appearances, 9 goals.
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Joined FK Rubin Kazan in 2017.
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2016· 2 entries
Joined FK Rostov in 2016.
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Played for FC Rostov (2016–2017) — 27 appearances, 7 goals.
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2015· 2 entries
Joined FK Rostov in 2015.
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Played for FC Rostov (2015–2016) — 35 appearances, 12 goals.
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2014· 1 entry
Played for Iran men's national football team (2014) — 91 appearances, 57 goals.
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2013· 2 entries
Joined FK Rubin Kazan in 2013.
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Played for Rubin Kazan (2013–2015) — 27 appearances, 5 goals.
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2012· 3 entries
Won award: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup top goalscorer (2012).
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Won: AFF U-19 Youth Championship with Iran U20 (2012).
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Won award: AFF U-19 Youth Championship top goalscorer (2012).
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2011· 2 entries
Played for Iran national under-20 football team (2011–2014) — 18 appearances, 19 goals.
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Played for Sepahan F.C. (2011–2013) — 0 appearances, 0 goals.
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2010· 1 entry
Joined Sepahan in 2010.
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2009· 2 entries
Won: WAFF U-15 Championship with Iran U17 (2009).
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Played for Iran national under-17 football team (2009–2011) — 6 appearances, 7 goals.
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1995· 1 entry
Born 1995-01-01.
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