In a friendly match between the national teams of Iran and Qatar, the Iranian team won a convincing victory with a score of 4:0. One of the goals was scored by Serdar Azmoun, a forward of Turkmen origin who plays for the Iranian national team.
This goal was Azmoun's 47th in the national team jersey. Thus, he approached the record holder for the number of goals for the national team, Karim Bagheri, who has 50 goals. The leader in this indicator remains Ali Daei with 109 goals.
Let us remind that in the summer of 2023 Azmoun moved to the Italian “Roma” from “Bayer” on loan. The forward's contract also includes a buyout option for 12 million euros. This Serie A season, the striker took part in 3 matches, in which he was not effective.
Earlier, Turkmenportal wrote that Azmoun’s goal helped the Iranian team win the Jordan team in a friendly match.
Let us remind that the Turkmenistan national football team was included in group “E” of the second round of the qualifying tournament for the 2026 World Cup, where it will play with the teams of Iran, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong.
On November 17, Mergen Orazov’s team will host the Uzbekistan national team in Ashgabat, and on November 21 they will leave for Hong Kong.