Sardar Azmoun

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Sardar Azmoun

Azmoun in 2013 with Iran national under-20 football team
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995[1]
Place of birthGonbad, Iran[2]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubRubin Kazan
Number14
Youth career
2004–2008Oghab Gonbad
2008–2009Shamoushak
2009–2011Etka Gorgan
2011–2013Sepahan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–Rubin Kazan6(1)
National team‡
2009–2011Iran U176(7)
2011–Iran U2017(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2013

Sardar Azmoun (Persian: سردار آزمون‎, born 1 January 1995 in Gonbad) is an Iranian[3] footballer who plays for Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League[4] and Iran national under-20 football team.[5] Azmoun is an ethnic Turkmen of Iran.[6]

Club career

Early years

He began his career at Oghab Gonbad.[7] After some years, he joined Shamoushak Gorgan, before joining Etka Gorgan which was playing in Division 1 in Iran at the time.[8]

Sepahan

At the age of 15, he joined Sepahan.[7] He never got to play a single competitive minute with Sepahan, and transferred to Rubin Kazan at the age of 17.[7]

Rubin Kazan

In January 2013 he received an offer from the Russian team Rubin Kazan to join them, meanwhile he had contract offers from two Iranian teams, Persepolis and Esteghlal and also a bid from Inter Milan, but he rejected all the offers to work with Kurban Berdyev in the Russian Premier League.[7] In his first season at the club, he made 8 appearances for his club reserve team scoring 2 and receiving one yellow card. He was also picked for the 18 man match day squad on a number of occasions but failed to make his senior debut.

On 25 July 2013, he made his debut for the senior team in a UEFA Europa League match against Jagodina, coming on as a 73rd minute substitute as Rubin won 1–0.[9] He is the youngest ever Iranian footballer to play in a European match. On 29 August, he scored his first goal in just his second senior appearance for Rubin in a 3-0 Europa League win against Molde, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. He made his league debut with a goal and an assist on 6 October 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute in a 5–1 win over Anzhi Makhachkala.

International career

At national level he became top scorer of 2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, scoring 7 goals in six games. On 5 October 2013, Azmoun was called up to the Iranian national football team against Thailand.[10][11] Three days later, Azmoun played for Iran under-20 team during 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification in Kerman. In match against Lebanon, Azmoun scored two goals, assists one and catch a penalty kick.

Personal life

He is the son of Khalil Azmoun, former Iranian national team volleyball player and coach of some Iranian volleyball teams such as Golgohar Sirjan and Javaheri Gonbad. Khalil Azmoun is known as "The Emperor" in his hometown of Gonbad because of his glorious career as player and coach. [12] Freely knows Turkmen and Persian languages. He is fond of riding on horseback.[13]

Statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2013[14]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rubin Kazan 2013–14 5110210082
Total 5110210082
Career total 5110210082

International goals

Under-17

Azmoun playing for Rubin Kazan

Under-20

Honours

Club

Sepahan

National

Iran U-17
  • West Asian Football Federation Championship (1): 2009

References

  1. ↑ transfermarkt
  2. ↑ turkmenili
  3. ↑ "Rubin Kazan Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Azmoun to join Rubin Kazan". Retrieved December 6, 2012. 
  5. ↑ AFC
  6. ↑ Курбан Бердыев: «Вы задаете вопросов больше, чем следователь вчера…» Часть 2-я
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Radio Farda
  8. ↑ IRNA
  9. ↑ Rubin - Jagodina
  10. ↑ Queiroz announced Team Melli players for Thailand match
  11. ↑ Azmoun invited to the Iran national team
  12. ↑ 'سردار آزمون'، بازیکن تیم ملی فوتبال جوانان ایران در پایان تورنمنت جام دوستی روسیه با هفت گل زده عنوان برترین گلزن این مسابقات را از آن خود کرد (Persian)
  13. ↑ ДАР СЕРДАРА. ИРАНСКИЙ ТУРКМЕН — НАДЕЖДА КАЗАНСКОГО ФУТБОЛА
  14. ↑ Soccerway profile

External links

FC Rubin Kazan – current squad
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