This is a list of notable footballers who have played for
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon, Borough of Croydon, South London, England, who compete in the Premier League, the highest level of English ...
Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role have also been included for their contributions; for example,
Attilio Lombardo
Attilio Lombardo (; born 6 January 1966) is an Italian retired football player turned manager; he is currently the assistant manager for the Italy national team.
Throughout his career he was usually deployed as a wide midfielder, or as an of ...
and
Don Rogers.
This page also lists recipients of the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year, and players who have been named in the PFA Team of the Year, while playing for the club.
Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.
Current squad
Players
Taylor, Peter.jpg, Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
Arts
* Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
* Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing
Politic ...
was the first Palace player to score for England, and the second player to represent England whilst in Division Three.
Ianwright.jpg, Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. He works as a pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport.
Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal ...
scored 117 goals in 277 appearances, the club's record post-war goalscorer.
Geoff Thomas.jpg, Geoff Thomas Geoff or Geoffrey Thomas may refer to:
* Geoffrey Thomas (academic) (born 1941), president of Kellogg College, Oxford
* Geoffrey Thomas (businessman) (born 1959), Australian businessman
* Geoff Thomas (footballer, born 1948) (1948–2013), Welsh fo ...
won nine caps for England and captained Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building
* ...
to the FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
final in 1990.
Statistics correct as of match played 7 January 2023
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Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
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Gary Stebbing – 1983
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Gary Stebbing – 1984
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Dave Lindsay – 1985
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Richard Shaw – 1986
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John Salako
John Akin Salako (born 11 February 1969) is an English football coach, former professional player, and sports television pundit.
Born in Nigeria, Salako played as a midfielder from 1986 until 2005. He played in the Premier League for Crystal Pal ...
– 1987
*
John Salako
John Akin Salako (born 11 February 1969) is an English football coach, former professional player, and sports television pundit.
Born in Nigeria, Salako played as a midfielder from 1986 until 2005. He played in the Premier League for Crystal Pal ...
– 1988
* David Stevens – 1989
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Simon Osborn
Simon Edward Osborn (born 19 January 1972) is an English former football player and football manager. A midfielder, he played 395 league and cup games in a 17-year career in the English Football League.
He began his career with Crystal Palace, ...
– 1990
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Dean Gordon – 1991
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Mark Hawthorne – 1992
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George Ndah – 1993
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Brian Launders – 1994
* ''No award from 1995–2001''
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Julian Gray
Julian Raymond Marvin Gray (born 21 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Walsall.
He previously played in the Football League and Premier League for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Birmingham C ...
– 2002
*
Wayne Routledge
Wayne Neville Anthony Routledge (born 7 January 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.
Routledge began his career in London with Crystal Pala ...
– 2003
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Wayne Routledge
Wayne Neville Anthony Routledge (born 7 January 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.
Routledge began his career in London with Crystal Pala ...
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2004
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Tom Soares
Thomas James Soares (born 10 July 1986) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Marlow F.C., Marlow. He has previously played for Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, ...
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2005
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Ben Watson
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Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, × ...
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2006
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Gary Borrowdale –
2007
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Sean Scannell
Sean Scannell (born 17 September 1990) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Isthmian League Premier Division club Hornchurch F.C., Hornchurch.
Scannell began his career with Crystal Pa ...
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2008
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Nathaniel Clyne –
2009
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Nathaniel Clyne –
2010
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Wilfried Zaha –
2011
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Wilfried Zaha –
2012
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Jon Williams –
2013
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Joel Ward Joel Ward may refer to:
* Joel Ward (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer
* Joel Ward (ice hockey)
Joel Randal Ward (born December 2, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey Leag ...
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2014
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Development Player of the Year
The Young Player of the Year award was renamed Development Player of the Year in 2015.
* Sullay Kaikai - 2014-15 Crystal Palace F.C. season, 2015
* Hiram Boateng - 2015-16 Crystal Palace F.C. season, 2016
* Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 2017-18 Crystal Palace F.C. season, 2018
PFA Team of the Year
''The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Crystal Palace:''
* Derek Jeffries – Football League Third Division, Third Division 1974–75 in English football, 1975 (Third Tier)
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Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
Arts
* Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
* Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing
Politic ...
– Football League Third Division, Third Division 1974–75 in English football, 1975 (Third Tier)
* Ian Evans (footballer), Ian Evans – Football League Third Division, Third Division 1975–76 in English football, 1976 (Third Tier)
* Derek Jeffries – Football League Third Division, Third Division 1975–76 in English football, 1976 (Third Tier)
*
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
Arts
* Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
* Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing
Politic ...
– Football League Third Division, Third Division 1975–76 in English football, 1976 (Third Tier)
* Ian Evans (footballer), Ian Evans – Football League Third Division, Third Division 1976–77 in English football, 1977 (Third Tier)
* Kenny Sansom – Football League Third Division, Third Division 1976–77 in English football, 1977 (Third Tier)
* Kenny Sansom – Football League Second Division, Second Division 1977–78 in English football, 1978 (Second Tier)
* Kenny Sansom – Football League Second Division, Second Division 1978–79 in English football, 1979 (Second Tier)
* Kenny Sansom – Football League First Division, First Division 1979–80 in English football, 1980 (First Tier)
* Mark Bright – Football League Second Division, Second Division 1987–88 in English football, 1988 (Second Tier)
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Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. He works as a pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport.
Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal ...
– Football League Second Division, Second Division 1988–89 in English football, 1989 (Second Tier)
* Nigel Martyn – Football League First Division, First Division 1993–94 in English football, 1994 (Second Tier)
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Dean Gordon – Football League First Division, First Division 1995–96 in English football, 1996 (Second Tier)
* Dougie Freedman – Football League First Division, First Division 2001–02 in English football, 2002 (Second Tier)
* Andrew Johnson (English footballer), Andrew Johnson – Football League First Division, First Division 2003–04 in English football, 2004 (Second Tier)
* Andrew Johnson (English footballer), Andrew Johnson – Premier League 2004–05 in English football, 2005 (First Tier)
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Nathaniel Clyne – Football League Championship, Championship 2011–12 in English football, 2012 (Second Tier)
* Glenn Murray – Football League Championship, Championship 2012–13 in English football, 2013 (Second Tier)
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Wilfried Zaha – Football League Championship, Championship 2012–13 in English football, 2013 (Second Tier)
* Yannick Bolasie – Football League Championship, Championship 2012–13 in English football, 2013 (Second Tier)
References
List of Palace Player Appearances – official siteList of Palace Golascorers – official site
{{Lists of football players in England
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