Wilfried Zaha

ويلفريد زاها

Ivorian footballer, born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1992 and raised in England. A Crystal Palace academy winger who was Alex Ferguson's last signing for Manchester United in 2013, then returned to Palace and became the club's record Premier League goalscorer; he later played for Galatasaray and Charlotte FC. He won two friendly caps for England before switching to the Ivory Coast national team in 2017.

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West Africa & Sahel · al-Andalus & Europe
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    Summary

    Wilfried Zaha — full name Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha — is an Ivorian footballer, born in Abidjan in 1992 and raised in England. 1 A Crystal Palace academy winger, he was Alex Ferguson's last signing for Manchester United in 2013, then returned to Palace and became the club's record Premier League goalscorer before moving to Galatasaray and Charlotte FC. 1 No source consulted makes any statement of his religion, so his data record records his faith as unknown. 12

    Club career

    Zaha made his senior debut for Crystal Palace in 2010 and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 2013, scoring 18 goals in 143 appearances in his first spell. 1 He joined Manchester United for £10 million, won the Community Shield on his debut, but made only four appearances and spent a loan spell at Cardiff City before returning to Palace in 2014. 1 Over the next nine seasons he scored 72 goals in 315 appearances, becoming the club's tenth-highest scorer of all time and its highest ever in the Premier League, before leaving in 2023. 1

    International career

    Born in Ivory Coast and raised in England, Zaha made his England debut in 2012 and appeared in two non-competitive matches. 1 He later switched his allegiance to Ivory Coast, the country of his birth, and has represented them since 2017. 1

    Faith in the sources

    None of the sources read makes any statement of his religion. The English, French and Arabic articles were each read in full and none mentions religion in its text or categories; Wikidata carries no religion value for him at all. 1342 His public statements about faith in profile coverage are general and name no affiliation, and none is inferred here; on complete absence in the consulted sources, his record states his faith as unknown. 1

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    Sources

    1. Wilfried Zaha — English Wikipedia
    2. Wilfried Zaha — Wikidata Q713711
    3. Wilfried Zaha — French Wikipedia
    4. Wilfried Zaha — Arabic Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Wilfried Zaha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/wilfried-zaha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.

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