Wilfried Zaha
Ivorian footballer (born 1992)
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- Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Ivory Coast national team.
- He scored 18 goals in 143 appearances in just over three seasons with the club, and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 2013.
- Having made just four appearances in his only season in Manchester and enduring a brief loan spell at Cardiff City, Zaha returned to Crystal Palace in 2014.
- Born in the Ivory Coast, Zaha grew up in England.
- After not playing for England for four years, he switched to play for Ivory Coast in 2016, and represented the nation at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2025.
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WikipediaDazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Ivory Coast national team.
A product of Crystal Palace's youth academy, Zaha made his senior debut for the then Championship, now Premier League, side in 2010. He scored 18 goals in 143 appearances in just over three seasons with the club, and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 2013. He subsequently joined Manchester United for £10 million, becoming Sir Alex Ferguson's last signing for the club, and won the Community Shield on his debut.
Having made just four appearances in his only season in Manchester and enduring a brief loan spell at Cardiff City, Zaha returned to Crystal Palace in 2014. He went on to score 72 goals in 315 appearances for the club over the next nine seasons, becoming the club's tenth-highest all-time goalscorer, and their highest ever goalscorer in the Premier League, helping to establish the club in the top-flight before his departure in 2023.
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