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.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCrystal Palace2009–10Championship100000——102010–11Championship4111020——4412011–12Championship4160073——4892012–13Championship4362020—32508Total1261330113—3214318Manchester United2013–14Premier League2000100010402014–15Premier League00—00——00Total200010001040Cardiff City (loan)2013–14Premier League12010———130Crystal Palace2014–15Premier League3143010——3542015–16Premier League3426231——4352016–17Premier League3570020——3772017–18Premier League2990000——2992018–19Premier League34102000——36102019–20Premier League3840010——3942020–21Premier League30111000——31112021–22Premier League33143110——37152022–23Premier League2771000——287Total2916816381——31572Crystal Palace total41781193194—3245890Galatasaray2023–24Süper Lig27930—91003810Career total458902332049142514100

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsEngland201210201310Total20Ivory Coast2017822018102019832020102021302022100202320Total335Career total355

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

+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 January 2017Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates22–03–0Friendly224 March 2017Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia62–02–0Friendly31 July 201930 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt143–14–12019 Africa Cup of Nations48 July 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt151–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations513 October 2019Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France173–13–1Friendly

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

 References 

Other websites

Profile  at the Crystal Palace F.C. website

Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ivorian footballers
Category:English footballers
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players
Category:Manchester United F.C. players
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Premier League players
Category:Black British sportspeople
Category:Sportspeople from Abidjan