| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maissa El Hadji Fall | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Linguère, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Haka | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Camaiore | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Colligiana | 23 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Ponsacco | 16 | (4) |
| 2017 | Lavagnese | 9 | (1) |
| 2018 | Montecatini | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Real Forte Querceta | 14 | (0) |
| 2019 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Lealtad | 40 | (7) |
| 2021–2023 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 51 | (3) |
| 2023– | Haka | 40 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 | |||
Maissa El-Hadji Fall (born 6 March 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Haka. [1] [2]
Fall was born in Linguère, Senegal, and moved to Dakar at an early age, living mostly with his grandparents. He started playing football in a local club, and aged 18 he moved to Italy where his family was already living. He also trialed with Hellas Verona, but the official transfer collapsed due to financial claim from his Senegalese club. [3]
Fall started his senior career playing in Italian Serie D for Camaiore, Colligiana, Ponsacco, Lavagnese, Montecatini and Real Forte Querceta between 2014 and 2018. In the early 2019, he had a brief stint in France when he signed with Andrézieux-Bouthéon in National 2.
He joined Spanish side CD Lealtad in the summer 2019. They finished as the 2019–20 Tercera División Group 2 winners, and eventually were promoted to Segunda División B.
Since summer 2021, he played two seasons for Sandecja Nowy Sącz in Polish second-tier I liga. In November 2022, during a penalty shoot-out in a Polish Cup match against Śląsk Wrocław, the Slask supporters were yelling racist insults to him. He informed the referee of this but the referee commanded him to shoot a penalty nevertheless. However, the captain of Sandecja told the referee that out of the solidarity, the team refused to continue the penalty shoot-out and left to locker room. Sandecja were ordered to lose the match. [3] Fall left Poland when Sandecja were relegated after the 2022–23 season.
In the 2023 summer transfer window, Fall moved to Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka on a short contract. [4] [5] After the season in early November 2023, his contract with Haka was extended for the 2024 season. [6]
Born in Senegal, Fall has a dual citizenship of Senegal and Italy. He is married and a father of a daughter.
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colligiana | 2015–16 | Serie D | 23 | 3 | – | – | – | 23 | 3 | |||
| Ponsacco | 2016–17 | Serie D | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | |||
| Lavagnese | 2017–18 | Serie D | 9 | 1 | – | – | 1 [b] | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Montecatini | 2017–18 | Serie D | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Real Forte Querceta | 2018–19 | Serie D | 14 | 0 | – | – | 3 [b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 2018–19 | National 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | National 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 7 | ||
| Lealtad | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 7 | ||
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 2021–22 | I liga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | I liga | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 55 | 3 | ||
| Haka | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 [c] | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
| Total | 40 | 10 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 47 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 195 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 211 | 28 | ||
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