Bio

Sardar Azmoun (born 1 January 1995) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Roma on loan from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Iran national team as a forward. 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. As of March 2020, he has scored 32 goals in 50 games. After Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun is the second most expensive Iranian player of all-time. He is both the youngest Iranian to score in a Champions League game, as well as the Iranian record-holder for the most goals scored in UEFA Champions League games, having scored 4 goals in the two seasons he has taken part in the tournament.