Sardar Azmoun ( born 1 January 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg 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 October 2020, he has scored 33 goals in 51 games.