Our Senegalese Sarr
Ismaïla Sarr became the club’s third signing of the 2024/25 summer transfer window after joining on a five-year deal from Olympique de Marseille.
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out on loan
Mid
Midfielder
Date of Birth
25.02.9825 February 1998
Country
Joined Team
01.08.2401 August 2024
All time
Palace career
35
Appearances
9
Goals
Awards & Honours
EFL Goal of the Season
2022/23, Watford (v West Bromwich Albion)
Player of the Season
Watford, 2020/21
Players' Player of the Season
Watford, 2020/21
UEFA Europa League Goal of the Season
2018/19, Rennes (v Jablonec)
Crystal Palace Player of the Month
December 2024
The 26-year-old attacker possesses plenty of experience of English football, having spent four years at Watford – recording 34 goals and 22 assists in 131 games – prior to joining Marseille, whom he helped reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League last season.
Sarr's career began in French football with Metz, before moving to Rennes and leading the club into Europe, as well as winning their first Coupe de France in almost half a century.
At international level, he has been a mainstay of the Senegal national side, earning 64 caps, scoring 13 goals and winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021.
His career has also been defined by his eye for the spectacular, having won Goal of the Season awards in both the Football League and the Europa League.
Player Statistics2024/25
Goals9
Appearances35
01 / 04
Player StatisticsCareer
Goals20
Appearances87
Sarr highlights
View All Videos- 98:29
The Full 90: Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town | Palace TV+
- 11:04
Extended Highlights: Crystal Palace 1-0 Ipswich Town | Palace TV+
- 02:40
Match Action: Crystal Palace 1-0 Ipswich Town
- 02:58
Goal of the month contenders | February 2025
- 08:26
All the Angles: Ismaïla Sarr v Aston Villa | Goal #2
- 105:49
The Full 90: Crystal Palace v Aston Villa | Palace TV+
- 18:18
Extended Highlights: Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa | Palace TV+
- 02:56
Match Action: Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa
- 08:47
'TEAM RATES' | Palace players rate themselves
- 02:03
Sarr wins Net88 December's Player of the Month
- 101:12
The Full 90: Crystal Palace v Arsenal | PalaceTV+
- 14:24
Extened Highlights: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal | PalaceTV+
- 02:34
Match Action: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal
- 16:09
Extended Highlights: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Crystal Palace | Palace TV+
- 03:08
Match Action: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Crystal Palace
- Glasner on goalkeeper selection & Palace’s ‘fantastic situation’
- Who won your close Player of the Match vote versus Ipswich?
- Sarr: I did it for JP Mateta!
