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Odsonne Édouard (born 16 January 1998) is a French professional
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who plays as a striker for
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club Crystal Palace. Having progressed through the youth ranks of AF Bobigny, Édouard signed with
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in July 2011 before being loaned to fellow
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side
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for the 2016–17 season. The following season, he was loaned to Celtic, where he won the domestic treble, before joining them on a permanent move for a club record fee. He has also represented France at various youth levels and was a key player for the country at the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where he won both the Golden Player and Golden Boot awards.


Club career


Paris Saint-Germain


Early career

Édouard joined the
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in 2011 from amateur side AF Bobigny. His first noticeable achievement was during the 2013–14 season when he was the club's top goalscorer at U17 level; scoring 25 goals in 22 appearances in the U17 National Championship. He scored 22 goals in 14 league appearances for the U17s the following season and was part of the squad which won the Al Kass Cup, ending the competition with a return of three goals in five appearances. He also represented the club's U19, playing two
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matches, a Coupe Gambardella match and seven U19 Championship matches during which he scored seven goals. In two years, he scored more than 60 goals for the club at youth level, earning him the nicknames of "The Rocket" and "Magic Odsonne". During the 2015–16 season, Édouard played with both the U19 team and the CFA team. In January 2016, he won the 2015 Titi d'Or, an award voted for by the club's supporters for the best academy player for a particular season. The award was notably won by players such as Kingsley Coman and Jean-Kévin Augustin in previous years. PSG also made it to the Youth League final but were ultimately beaten 2–1 by Chelsea. Édouard scored three goals and registered three assists during the competition. On 27 April 2016, he signed a professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain's senior side. During the 2016–17 pre-season, Édouard was included in PSG's squad for the 2016 International Champions Cup. Having previously featured as a substitute, he came on in the 79th minute against
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and scored in his non-competitive debut, making it 4–0 in the closing minutes of the club's last International Champions Cup game. As a result of the victory, PSG were crowned International Champions Cup champions.


Loan to Toulouse

On 8 August 2016, Édouard joined
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on a season-long
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. He made his debut for the club on 14 August 2016 against
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, replacing Issiaga Sylla after 74 minutes in a 0–0 away draw. Édouard scored his first professional goal on 19 November against
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, scoring a consolation goal late in added time in a 2–1 home loss. His loan was prematurely terminated by Toulouse in April 2017 after he was interrogated by the police for an incident away from football. At the time of his loan being cancelled, Édouard had made 17 appearances and scored one goal for the club.


Celtic


2017–18 season: Loan from Paris Saint-Germain

Édouard signed for
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club
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on 31 August 2017 on a season-long loan. He scored on his debut away to Hamilton Academical on 8 September, helping Celtic to a 4–1 victory. Later that year, on 2 December, he scored his first career
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in a 5–1 win over
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at
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. He made his
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debut three days later, coming on as a substitute for compatriot Moussa Dembélé in a group stage defeat to
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. On 11 March 2018, he scored the winning goal in the 69th minute of a 3–2 win over rivals Rangers at
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, and on 29 April he added two more goals in a 5–0 win over the same opposition to seal Celtic's seventh consecutive league title. He ultimately made 29 appearances for the season and scored 11 times as Celtic completed a domestic treble.


2018–19 season

On 15 June 2018, Édouard signed a four-year contract with Celtic for a fee that the club said was the highest in their history. The amount would have had to exceed the £6 million that the club paid for Chris Sutton and
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in 2000 and 2001, respectively, with sources estimating it as over £8 million. The following month he was named on the 100-man shortlist for the 2018 Golden Boy award; he was the only footballer playing in Scotland to be nominated for the accolade. In his first game of the season, Édouard scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Alashkert in the first qualifying round of the
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. He continued his scoring run in the following round, netting twice in a 3–1 victory against Rosenborg at Celtic Park, with manager Brendan Rodgers describing him as a 'top striker' after his displays. During March 2019, he scored two goals and made one assist (goal against
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, goal and assist against Rangers) to enable Celtic to win both matches. He subsequently won the Scottish Premiership Player Of The Month, the first such award of his career. On 25 May 2019, Édouard scored twice as Celtic beat Hearts to secure the
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, the
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, and the
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and a brace against Ross County to help Celtic extend their lead in the league and win the Scottish Premiership Player Of The Month for January. Édouard was the top goalscorer with 22 goals in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership, which was curtailed due to the
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. He was later adjudged as the
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for 2019–20 (becoming the first French player to win that award) and Celtic Player of the Year.


2020–21 season

In March 2021, Édouard was awarded Scottish Premiership Player Of The Month for February 2021, after scoring seven goals in as many league matches including braces against St. Johnstone and Kilmarnock. Even though Celtic ended the 2020–21 season trophyless, Édouard however won the top scorer award in the
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in a second consecutive season and was named on the
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. He ended the season with 22 goals in 40 matches in all competitions. During his four-year stay, he played 179 matches in all competitions and scored 88 goals, winning the Scottish Premiership on three occasions and the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup twice. At the time of his departure, he was the second highest scorer in the
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(since it was launched in 2013) with 66 goals in 116 matches, behind only
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. His ratio of 0.57 was the highest on the all-time table.


Crystal Palace

On 31 August 2021, transfer deadline day, Édouard signed for
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club Crystal Palace on a four-year contract. He made his debut on 11 September in a 3–0 victory over
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, when he came off the bench for Christian Benteke in the 84th minute and scored two goals, the first of which was the fastest debutant goal in Premier League history which he scored in just 28 seconds.


Loan to Leicester City

On 30 August 2024, Édouard was loaned to fellow Premier League club
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for the 2024–25 season. He made his debut for the club as a substitute in the 1–1 draw against Everton on 21 September 2024.


International career

After his impressive performances at club level, Édouard was selected by coach Jean-Claude Guitini for the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which France went on to win, scoring 15 goals and only conceding twice. Édouard was crowned as the Golden Player and the top goalscorer after scoring eight of France's 15 goals in five matches, a record in the competition. He notably scored the match-winning
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in the
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against
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.


Personal life

Édouard was born in Kourou, French Guiana and has a sister. The family moved to Paris when he was six. His mother was a cleaner, his father is a postal worker. Both his parents are of Haitian descent. On 30 March 2017, Édouard was suspected of having shot at a passer-by with an
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from a moving car on 11 February, injuring him in the head. It was later revealed that his teammate, Mathieu Cafaro, had confessed to being the one who had fired the gun. Cafaro later recanted, however, and on 4 July Édouard was handed a four-month suspended prison sentence and a €6,000 fine for his involvement in the incident. Édouard was also ordered to pay €24,000 in damages, which was unpaid as of 2021.


Career statistics


Honours

Paris Saint-Germain U19 * Championnat National U19: 2015–16 *
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runner-up: 2015–16 Celtic *
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: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 *
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Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
*
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: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 France U17 *
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:
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Individual *
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: 2019–20 *
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:
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* Scottish Premiership Top Scorer: 2019–20, 2020–21 * Scottish Premiership Player Of The Month: March 2019, August 2019, January 2020, February 2021 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player: 2015 *UEFA European Under-17 Championship top scorer:
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*UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament:
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
* Celtic Player of the Year: 2019–20 * Titi d'Or: 2015


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at the Crystal Palace F.C. website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edouard, Odsonne 1998 births Living people People from Kourou French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French Guianan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Football Club 93 Bobigny-Bagnolet-Gagny players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Toulouse FC players Celtic F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Ligue 1 players Scottish Professional Football League players Premier League players Scottish league football top scorers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in England Black French sportspeople French sportspeople of Haitian descent French Guianan people of Haitian descent 21st-century French sportsmen