Ismaila Sarr's Wife Fatou Sy: Wedding, Age and Children

Ismaïla Sarr's wife is Fatou Sy, a Senegalese woman from Dakar who married the Crystal Palace and Senegal forward in October 2017, when they were both teenagers. Since the wedding she has been known as Mme Sarr, which is why this page and many fans call her "Fatou Sarr", and in April 2025 she gave birth to the couple's twins, a few days before Sarr scored twice in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

As of November 2026, Ismaïla Sarr is 28, plays for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, and scored four goals for Senegal at the 2026 World Cup in the summer. In this article, OhMyFootball goes through what is actually known about his wife, with dates and sources. We have also removed the invented details (her height, weight, a precise birth year and "facts" about her schooling) that this page and many other websites used to repeat.

Who is Ismaila Sarr's wife?

Ismaïla Sarr is married to Fatou Sy. The Senegalese news site Leral reported on Saturday 28 October 2017 that Sarr had married "a certain Fatou Sy" that day. At the time, Sarr was 19 and had just joined Rennes in France after one season at Metz.

In June 2018, a round-up of the Senegal players' wives and partners published by the Senegalese news site IGFM (crediting the Dakar daily L'Obs) and republished by Seneweb, described Fatou Sy as a 19-year-old student from the Parcelles Assainies district of Dakar who had become "Mme Sarr" the previous October. The article said she was known as the young love of the "Lions" striker and that theirs was a long love story that ended in marriage.

Earlier versions of this article said they did not know when the couple married and that Sarr only revealed his wife through his Instagram bio. Both claims were wrong: the wedding was reported in the Senegalese press at the time.

Ismaïla Sarr in a navy kaftan and Fatou Sy in an orange patterned dress posing together indoors

Who is Fatou Sy?

Fatou Sy is a private person who is known to the public because of her husband. She is Senegalese and grew up in Dakar. She has not built a public career of her own, and what she does for a living has not been made public.

She has spoken to the press at least once. In a 2018 interview with the Senegalese site Limametti, quoted in that round-up, she said that being the wife of a famous footballer is not easy, that staying alone when he travels is hard, and that seeing him play and defend Senegal's colours makes her proud. She described Ismaïla as a simple, calm and respectful husband who especially supported her in her studies, and said that the couple communicate a lot to get on well, whatever people say about footballers' wives.

Fatou Sy taking a mirror selfie on a garden swing seat, in a black knitted jumper, jeans and black boots

How old is Fatou Sy?

Her exact date of birth has never been made public. The IGFM profile gave her age as 19 in June 2018, so she was born in 1998 or 1999 and is about 27 or 28 in November 2026, roughly the same age as her husband, who was born on 25 February 1998.

In December 2023, the Senegalese site Diaspora 221 reported that Sarr had organised a party for Fatou Sy's birthday, with moments from it shared on social media.

How did Ismaila Sarr and Fatou Sy meet?

The couple have not told the story of how they met. What the Senegalese press reported in 2018 is that Fatou had been Sarr's sweetheart since they were young. Sarr grew up in Saint-Louis and trained at the Génération Foot academy near Dakar before moving to Metz in 2016.

Ismaila Sarr and Fatou Sy's children

The Guardian reported in May 2025 that Fatou had given birth to twins a few days before the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on 26 April 2025. Sarr played anyway and scored twice in Crystal Palace's 3-0 win at Wembley. According to the paper, Oliver Glasner, Palace's manager at the time, said the birth had been a surprise and that nobody at the club had known.

The twins' names have not been made public, and the couple keep their children out of the spotlight. Fatou Sy describes herself on Instagram as a wife and mum, but beyond the twins reported in 2025 we could not find a reliable report of how many children the couple have, so we prefer not to guess.

In this video from Crystal Palace's official channel, published in May 2025, Sarr watches back and talks through his two goals against Aston Villa in that semi-final, the match he played just days after becoming a father of twins.

Does Fatou Sy support him at matches?

Yes, and she has said so in public. After Senegal's 3-0 win over Kenya at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, in which Sarr scored the opening goal, Senegalese sites quoted Fatou Sy as saying that her husband had promised to score a goal for her and had kept his word.

Her Instagram also shows her in the stands at his clubs, including a May 2024 photo posted with the hashtag #orangevelodrome, taken in the seats of the Orange Vélodrome, Marseille's stadium, during his season at Olympique de Marseille.

Who is Ismaila Sarr?

Ismaïla Sarr was born on 25 February 1998 in Saint-Louis, in the north of Senegal, which makes him 28 as of November 2026. He is a fast winger who can also play as a forward. According to English Wikipedia, he also holds French citizenship through his mother, but he has always played for Senegal.

His career so far:

2009 to 2016: Génération Foot, the Senegalese academy that also produced Sadio Mané.
July 2016: Metz, where he made his Ligue 1 debut and scored his first league goal in February 2017.
July 2017: Rennes, for a fee reported at between 17 and 20 million euros. He scored the decisive penalty in the 2019 Coupe de France final shoot-out against Paris Saint-Germain.
August 2019: Watford, for a club-record fee reported at around 30 million euros. He was the club's Player of the Season in 2020/21, when Watford won promotion back to the Premier League.
July 2023: Olympique de Marseille, for an undisclosed fee. Marseille reached the Europa League semi-finals in 2023/24.
August 2024: Crystal Palace, on a five-year contract, for a fee reported at around £12.5 million. He took the number 7 shirt left by Michael Olise.

At Palace, Sarr has won the FA Cup in May 2025 (1-0 against Manchester City in the final), the 2025 Community Shield, and the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League, beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final in Leipzig on 27 May 2026. UEFA named him the Conference League Player of the Season after he finished as the competition's top scorer with nine goals, and his teammates voted him Palace's Players' Player of the Season.

Ismaila Sarr and Senegal

Sarr made his Senegal debut in September 2016 and, according to English Wikipedia, had 88 caps and 23 goals as of 1 July 2026. His major tournaments:

2018 World Cup: started all three group games in Russia.
2019 Africa Cup of Nations: runner-up, after a 1-0 defeat to Algeria in the final.
2021 Africa Cup of Nations (played in Cameroon in early 2022): winner, Senegal's first continental title. He scored in the quarter-final against Equatorial Guinea.
2022 World Cup: scored against Ecuador as Senegal reached the last 16.
2025 Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after extra time in the final in Rabat on 18 January 2026, with Sarr coming on as a substitute. On 17 March 2026, the CAF Appeal Board ruled that Senegal had forfeited the match by walking off the pitch in stoppage time and awarded Morocco a 3-0 win and the title. Senegal filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 25 March 2026. CAS heard the case on 8 October 2026 and said a decision was expected by the end of November 2026.
2026 World Cup: Senegal finished third in Group I behind France and Norway. Sarr scored twice in a 3-2 defeat to Norway and once in a 5-0 win over Iraq. Senegal went through as one of the best third-placed teams, then lost 3-2 after extra time to Belgium in the round of 32 in Seattle on 1 July 2026, with Sarr scoring Senegal's second goal.

FIFA's official highlights of Norway 3-2 Senegal at the 2026 World Cup include both of Sarr's goals in that game.

After the elimination, Sarr thanked Senegal's supporters on Instagram and called for unity.

Ismaila Sarr in 2026: club news and injury

Oliver Glasner left Crystal Palace at the end of the 2025/26 season, and the club appointed Pierre Sage, formerly of Lens, as manager in June 2026. Sarr has had a quiet start to the 2026/27 season: according to Foot Africa, he had played only 122 minutes by late October 2026, and a groin injury kept him out of the trip to Tottenham on 31 October. Sage said at the time that Sarr was not yet able to play, and no return date was given.

In August 2026, after Palace turned down an opening offer from Galatasaray, Sage told reporters "We will keep him". In October 2026, several outlets reported that the club were negotiating a contract extension with him. His current deal, signed in 2024, runs until June 2029.

If you follow the partners of his Senegal teammates, read about Kalidou Koulibaly's wife Charline Oudenot and Idrissa Gueye's wife Pauline Gueye. From the 2025 FA Cup-winning Palace side, there is also Eberechi Eze's wife Naima Corbin.

What is Ismaila Sarr's net worth?

There is no reliable figure for Ismaïla Sarr's net worth. Crystal Palace, like other Premier League clubs, do not publish players' salaries, and the numbers you see on net-worth websites are estimates. Earlier versions of this page gave a net worth and a weekly wage at Watford; we have removed them because no club or reputable outlet confirmed them.

What is public is the size of his transfers: reported fees of between 17 and 20 million euros (Rennes), around 30 million euros (Watford) and around £12.5 million (Crystal Palace). Fatou Sy's own income and wealth are not public either.

Ismaïla Sarr in a white robe and cap and Fatou Sy in a black abaya and red-and-white headscarf, standing beside a camel in the desert

Fatou Sy Instagram

Fatou Sy's Instagram handle is @faty__masarr (with two underscores). Her display name is "Mrs ismaila sarr" with a ring emoji, and when we checked in November 2026 her bio read "Wife" and "mum". The account was then public, with about 32,000 followers and fewer than 20 posts, mostly fashion photos and pictures from matches.

Ismaïla Sarr is on Instagram as @ismaila_sarr_18, with about 1.3 million followers in November 2026. His bio starts with "Ma Sarr" and a ring emoji, the same words his wife uses in her handle.

Quick facts about Fatou Sy

Name: Fatou Sy, known since her marriage as Mme Sarr, hence the "Fatou Sarr" used online.
Husband: Ismaïla Sarr, Crystal Palace and Senegal forward.
Wedding: Saturday 28 October 2017, in Senegal, as reported by Leral.
Age: about 27 or 28 in November 2026 (she was 19 in June 2018).
From: the Parcelles Assainies district of Dakar, Senegal.
Children: twins born in April 2025; their names are private.
Instagram: @faty__masarr.

Frequently asked questions about Ismaila Sarr's wife

Is Ismaila Sarr married?

Yes. Ismaïla Sarr married Fatou Sy in Senegal in October 2017, and no separation has ever been reported.

Who is Fatou Sarr?

"Fatou Sarr" is the name many people use for Fatou Sy, Ismaïla Sarr's wife. Since their 2017 wedding she has been known as "Mme Sarr", and her Instagram name is "Mrs ismaila sarr", which is why both names are used online.

Does Ismaila Sarr have a girlfriend?

As far as is publicly known, the only partner Ismaïla Sarr has had in public is his wife, Fatou Sy, whom Senegalese media described as his childhood sweetheart. No other relationship has been reported.

Does Ismaila Sarr have children?

Yes. His wife gave birth to twins in April 2025, a few days before he scored twice in the FA Cup semi-final, according to The Guardian. The children's names have not been made public.

Who is Ismaila Sarr's family?

Ismaïla Sarr comes from Saint-Louis in Senegal. His own family is his wife Fatou Sy and their children, including the twins born in 2025. His parents have stayed out of the public eye, apart from English Wikipedia's mention that he holds French citizenship through his mother.

What is Ismaila Sarr's net worth?

His net worth is not publicly known, and Crystal Palace do not publish his salary. Any precise figure online is an estimate.

We could not find any report that they are related. Bouna Sarr is a different Senegal international, a full-back who played for Marseille and Bayern Munich; Sarr is a very common surname in Senegal.