Maissa Fall

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Maissa Fall
Personal information
Full name Maissa El Hadji Fall
Date of birth (1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

Born in Senegal, Fall has a dual citizenship of Senegal and Italy. He is married and a father of a daughter.

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colligiana 2015–16 Serie D 233233
Ponsacco 2016–17 Serie D164164
Lavagnese 2017–18 Serie D911 [b] 0101
Montecatini2017–18Serie D2020
Real Forte Querceta 2018–19 Serie D1403 [b] 0170
Andrézieux-Bouthéon 2018–19 National 2 2020
2019–20 National 20000
Total2000417
Lealtad 2019–20 Tercera División 16300163
2020–21 Segunda División B 24410254
Total40710417
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 2021–22 I liga 28110291
2022–23 I liga23230262
Total51340553
Haka 2023 Veikkausliiga 112000000112
2024 Veikkausliiga298403 [c] 0368
Total40104030479
Career total1952790007021128

Honours

Lealtad

References