Ismaïla Sarr
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Sarr in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ismaïla Sarr | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Louis, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Metz | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Rennes | 59 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Watford | 128 | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Marseille | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Crystal Palace | 57 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Senegal U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Senegal | 81 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ismaïla Sarr (born 25 February 1998) is a Senegalese-French professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Senegal national team.
A youth academy graduate of Senegalese club Génération Foot, Sarr made his senior debut for Ligue 1 club Metz in 2016. He subsequently spent two seasons at Rennes, winning the Coupe de France in 2019 and scoring the winning penalty in the final, before moving to Premier League club Watford, where he was named Player of the Season in 2021. He departed in 2023 and spent a season back in France with Marseille, before returning to England with Crystal Palace, where he won the FA Cup in 2025 in his first season.
Sarr made his senior debut for Senegal in 2016, and went on to represent his side at the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as at the 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, winning the 2021 and 2025 tournaments.