{"id":40771,"date":"2020-10-24T10:18:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=40771"},"modified":"2020-10-24T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:18:55","slug":"2010-afc-u-16-championship-where-are-they-now-sardar-azmoun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/10\/24\/2010-afc-u-16-championship-where-are-they-now-sardar-azmoun\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 AFC U-16 Championship: Where are they now? [Sardar Azmoun]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, The Asian Football Confederation’s youth tournaments offer the perfect platform for some of Asia’s finest young talent to showcase their skills from an early age.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 24 marks 10 years to the day since the AFC U-16 Championship kicked off in Uzbekistan, where a number of today’s biggest stars turned out for their countries as they took the early steps in what have turned out to be fruitful careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A decade on since that tournament, which was won by DPR Korea after they defeated the hosts in the final,\u00a0the-AFC.com<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0takes a look at how some of those involved have progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran)<\/strong>
Caps 51: Goals: 33
Current club: Zenit Saint Petersburg; Former clubs: Sepahan, Rubin Kazan, Rostov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holders Islamic Republic of Iran also boasted a future star within their ranks as a 15-year-old Sardar Azmoun was part of a squad that ultimately failed to live up to the standards set in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azmoun was on the scoresheet in a 5-1 opening-day win over Oman, although the wheels came off in the next two matches as the Iranians exited following a defeat to DPR Korea and a draw with Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By 2013, at the age of just 17, Azmoun was on the move to Russia where he forged his reputation with both Rubin Kazan and Rostov while by 2014 he was a fully fledged international. He has since scored 33 goals in 51 games for his country and is widely considered Team Melli’s star man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the club scene, 2019 proved a major breakthrough year as the forward moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he has gone on to win back-to-back Russian Premier League titles and finished as the league’s top scorer in the 2019-20 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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