_(cropped).jpg) Édouard warming up forToulouse in 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Odsonne Édouard[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (age 27)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kourou,French Guiana, France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Leicester City (on loan fromCrystal Palace) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2011 | AF Bobigny | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 15 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | →Toulouse (loan) | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Celtic (loan) | 22 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Celtic | 94 | (57) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Crystal Palace | 95 | (18) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | →Leicester City (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | France U17 | 12 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U18 | 9 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | France U19 | 13 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | France U21 | 14 | (17) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Odsonne Édouard (born 16 January 1998) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forPremier League clubLeicester City, on loan fromCrystal Palace.
Having progressed through the youth ranks of AF Bobigny, Édouard signed withParis Saint-Germain in July 2011 before being loaned to fellowLigue 1 sideToulouse for the 2016–17 season. The following season, he was loaned to Celtic, where he won thedomestic 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 the2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where he won both the Golden Player and Golden Boot awards.
Édouard joined theParis Saint-Germain Academy in 2011 from amateur side AF Bobigny.[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7] He also represented the club's U19, playing twoUEFA Youth League matches, aCoupe 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".[8]
During the 2015–16 season, Édouard played with both the U19 team and theCFA 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.[9] The award was notably won by players such asKingsley Coman andJean-Kévin Augustin in previous years. PSG also made it to the Youth League final but were ultimately beaten 2–1 byChelsea. Édouard scored three goals and registered threeassists during the competition.[10]
On 27 April 2016, he signed a professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain's senior side.[3][4][10] During the2016–17 pre-season, Édouard was included in PSG's squad for the2016 International Champions Cup.[11] Having previously featured as asubstitute, he came on in the 79th minute againstLeicester and scored in his non-competitive debut, making it 4–0 in the closing minutes of the club's last International Champions Cup game.[12][13] As a result of the victory, PSG were crowned International Champions Cup champions.[14]
On 8 August 2016, Édouard joinedToulouse on a season-longloan.[15][16][17][18] He made his debut for the club on 14 August 2016 againstMarseille, replacingIssiaga Sylla after 74 minutes in a 0–0 away draw.[19] Édouard scored his first professional goal on 19 November againstMetz, scoring a consolation goal late in added time in a 2–1 home loss.[20] His loan was prematurely terminated by Toulouse in April 2017 after he was interrogated by the police for an incident away from football.[21] At the time of his loan being cancelled, Édouard had made 17 appearances and scored one goal for the club.
Édouard signed forScottish Premiership clubCeltic on 31 August 2017 on a season-long loan.[22] He scored on his debut away toHamilton Academical on 8 September, helping Celtic to a 4–1 victory.[23] Later that year, on 2 December, he scored his first careerhat-trick in a 5–1 win overMotherwell atCeltic Park.[24] He made hisUEFA Champions League debut three days later, coming on as a substitute for compatriotMoussa Dembélé in a group stage defeat toAnderlecht.[25] On 11 March 2018, he scored the winning goal in the 69th minute of a 3–2 win over rivalsRangers atIbrox Stadium, 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.[26][27] He ultimately made 29 appearances for the season and scored 11 times as Celtic completed a domestic treble.[25]
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.[28] The amount would have had to exceed the £6 million that the club paid forChris Sutton andJohn Hartson in 2000 and 2001, respectively, with sources estimating it as over £8 million.[29] The following month he was named on the 100-man shortlist for the2018 Golden Boy award; he was the only footballer playing in Scotland to be nominated for the accolade.[30] In his first game of the season, Édouard scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win overAlashkert in thefirst qualifying round of the2018–19 UEFA Champions League.[31] He continued his scoring run in thefollowing round, netting twice in a 3–1 victory againstRosenborg at Celtic Park, with managerBrendan Rodgers describing him as a 'top striker' after his displays.[32][33]
During March 2019, he scored two goals and made one assist (goal againstDundee, goal and assist against Rangers) to enable Celtic to win both matches. He subsequently won theScottish Premiership Player Of The Month, the first such award of his career.[34] On 25 May 2019, Édouard scored twice as Celtic beatHearts to secure theScottish Cup and a historic "treble treble",[35] that is, winning theScottish Premiership, theScottish League Cup, and theScottish Cup in three consecutive years.[36]
In September 2019, Édouard was named the Scottish Premiership Player Of The Month for August 2019, after he netted in the 7–0 win overSt Johnstone and 5–2 victory over Motherwell.[37][38] In November he suffered from a minor injury, described as a "niggle" by manager Neil Lennon,[39] who later said Édouard should be fit to play in the League Cup final.[40] In January 2020, he scored three goals in three league games, a goal againstKilmarnock and a brace againstRoss County to help Celtic extend their lead in the league and win theScottish Premiership Player Of The Month for January.[41][42]
Édouard was the top goalscorer with 22 goals in the2019–20 Scottish Premiership,[43] which was curtailed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[44] He was later adjudged as theSFWA Footballer of the Year for2019–20 (becoming the first French player to win that award)[45][46] andCeltic Player of the Year.[47]
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In March 2021, Édouard was awardedScottish Premiership Player Of The Month for February 2021, after scoring seven goals in as many league matches includingbraces against St. Johnstone and Kilmarnock.[48][49] Even though Celtic ended the2020–21 season trophyless, Édouard however won the top scorer award in the2020–21 Scottish Premiership in a second consecutive season[50] and was named on thePFA team of the year.[51][52] He ended the season with 22 goals in 40 matches in all competitions.[53]
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.[54][53] At the time of his departure, he was the second highest scorer in theScottish Premiership (since it was launched in 2013) with 66 goals in 116 matches, behind onlyLeigh Griffiths. His ratio of 0.57 was the highest on theall-time table.
On 31 August 2021, transfer deadline day, Édouard signed forPremier League clubCrystal Palace on a four-year contract.[54] He made his debut on 11 September in a 3–0 victory overTottenham Hotspur, when he came off the bench forChristian 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.[55][56]
On 30 August 2024, Édouard was loaned to fellow Premier League clubLeicester City for the 2024–25 season.[57] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in the 1-1 draw againstEverton on 21 September 2024.[58]
After his impressive performances at club level, Édouard was selected by coach Jean-Claude Guitini for the2015 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.[59][60][61][62] He notably scored the match-winninghat-trick in thefinal againstGermany.[63]
Édouard was born inKourou, French Guiana and has a sister.[2] The family moved to Paris when he was six. His mother was a cleaner, his father is a postal worker.[64] Both his parents are of Haitian descent.[65]
On 30 March 2017, Édouard was suspected of having shot at a passer-by with anairsoft gun from a moving car on 11 February, injuring him in the head.[66] It was later revealed that his teammate,Mathieu Cafaro, had confessed to being the one who had fired the gun.[67] Cafaro later recanted, however, and on 4 July Édouard was handed a four-month suspended prison sentence[68] 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.[69]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toulouse (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
| Celtic (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| Celtic | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13[d] | 5 | 52 | 23 |
| 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13[e] | 6 | 47 | 29 | |
| 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[f] | 4 | 40 | 22 | |
| 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6[g] | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Total | 132 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 196 | 89 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2021–22 | Premier League | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Premier League | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 33 | 8 | ||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 95 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 103 | 21 | |||
| Leicester City (loan) | 2024–25 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 231 | 85 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 305 | 110 | ||
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