Wilfried Zaha

**Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha** (born 10 November 1992) is a footballer. He currently plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He also plays for the Ivorian national team.

## Biography

Zaha was born in the Ivory Coast, but grew up in England from the age of four. He made his debut for the England national team. He made only two appearances for England, the latter of which came in 2013. He made a decision of playing to his birth country (Ivory Coast).

Zaha moved into the Crystal Palace first team from their academy. During his time at Selhurst Park he scored 18 goals in all competitions. He later transferred to Manchester United for an initial fee of £10 million. Zaha went to loan at Palace.

In December 2021, Dark Real Estate Affair concerns a company founded by Wilfried Zaha and a scam has more than 20,000 pounds embezzled.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Crystal Palace|2009–10|Championship|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|1|0|||
|2010–11|Championship|41|1|1|0|2|0|—|—|44|1|||||
|2011–12|Championship|41|6|0|0|7|3|—|—|48|9|||||
|2012–13|Championship|43|6|2|0|2|0|—|3|2|50|8||||
|rowspan="3"|Manchester United|2013–14|Premier League|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|4|0|
|2014–15|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|—|—|0|0||||||
|Cardiff City (loan)|2013–14|Premier League|12|0|1|0|—|—|—|13|0|||||
|rowspan="11"|Crystal Palace|2014–15|Premier League|31|4|3|0|1|0|—|—|35|4|||
|2015–16|Premier League|34|2|6|2|3|1|—|—|43|5|||||
|2016–17|Premier League|35|7|0|0|2|0|—|—|37|7|||||
|2017–18|Premier League|29|9|0|0|0|0|—|—|29|9|||||
|2018–19|Premier League|34|10|2|0|0|0|—|—|36|10|||||
|2019–20|Premier League|38|4|0|0|1|0|—|—|39|4|||||
|2020–21|Premier League|30|11|1|0|0|0|—|—|31|11|||||
|2021–22|Premier League|33|14|3|1|1|0|—|—|37|15|||||
|2022–23|Premier League|27|7|1|0|0|0|—|—|28|7|||||
|Galatasaray|2023–24|Süper Lig|27|9|3|0|—|9|1|0|0|38|10|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|England|2012|1|0|
|2013|1|0|||
|rowspan="8"|Ivory Coast|2017|8|2|
|2018|1|0|||
|2019|8|3|||
|2020|1|0|||
|2021|3|0|||
|2022|10|0|||
|2023|2|0|||

- _As of match played 19 November 2022. Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zaha goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 January 2017|Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|2||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||||||
|24 March 2017|Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia|6||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||||||
|1 July 2019|30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt|14||3–1|4–1|2019 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||||||
|8 July 2019|Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt|15||1–0|1–0|2019 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||||||
|13 October 2019|Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France|17||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||||||

## Honours

**Crystal Palace**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2013
- FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16
**Manchester United**
- FA Community Shield: 2013

**Galatasaray**
- Turkish Super Cup: 2023

**Individual**
- Football League Young Player of the Month: October 2012
- Football League Young Player of the Year: 2013
- PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Championship
- Crystal Palace Player of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Premier League Player of the Month: April 2018
- Premier League Goal of the Month: February 2022

## Other websites

- Profile  at the Crystal Palace F.C. website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wilfried Zaha
- **image**: Wilfried Zaha 17-12-2016 1.jpg
- **caption**: Zaha playing for Crystal Palace in 2016
- **fullname**: Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha
- **birth place**: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Galatasaray
- **clubnumber**: 14
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **years1**: 2010–2013
- **clubs1**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps1**: 110
- **goals1**: 12
- **years2**: 2013–2015
- **clubs2**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps2**: 2
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2013
- **clubs3**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps3**: 16
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2014
- **clubs4**: → Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City (loan)
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2014–2015
- **clubs5**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps5**: 16
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2015–2023
- **clubs6**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps6**: 291
- **goals6**: 68
- **years7**: 2023–
- **clubs7**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2011
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2017–
- **nationalteam4**: Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast
- **nationalcaps4**: 33
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **club-update**: 21:10, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:19, 17 October 2023 (UTC)