
At Rostov he became the first Iranian to score in a Champions League group stage since Ali Karimi in 2005, by which point the nickname Iranian Messi had already stuck. Zenit then brought four straight Russian titles, a shared golden boot in 2019-20 and the league's player of the season award for 2020-21, and he sits on 57 goals in 91 caps for Iran after spells at Leverkusen and Roma. Career record: 91 caps and 57 goals for Iran; club career at FC Rostov, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
| 2011–2013 | Sepahan |
| 2013–2015 | Rubin Kazan |
| 2015–2017 | FC Rostov |
| 2017–2019 | Rubin Kazan |
| 2019–2022 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2022–2024 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2023–2024 | AS Roma |
| 2024–today | Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club |
| Iran | 91 caps, 57 goals |
Iran legends whose careers overlapped Azmoun's
One rank above: Hossein Kalani at #13.
One rank below: Alireza Jahanbakhsh at #15.
Iran's editorial top five: Ali Daei · Ali Karimi · Ali Parvin · Khodadad Azizi · Parviz Ghelichkhani.