Muhammadu Faal

Muhammadu Faal

Faal with Enfield Town in September 2021
Personal information
Full name	Muhammadu Mustapha Faal [1]
Date of birth	(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Hackney, England
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Maidstone United (on loan from Havant & Waterlooville)
Youth career
	Ryan
2013–2015	Boreham Wood
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	L'Aquila	8	(0)
2017	→ San Gregorio (loan)
2017	Waltham Forest	1	(0)
2017–2018	Dulwich Hamlet	17	(4)
2018	→ Kingstonian (loan)	8	(7)
2018	Kingstonian	9	(2)
2018–2020	Enfield Town	23	(20)
2020–2021	Bolton Wanderers	2	(0)
2020–2021	→ Barnet (loan)	20	(0)
2021–2022	Enfield Town	43	(35)
2022–	Havant & Waterlooville	66	(28)
2024–	→ Maidstone United (loan)	7	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Muhammadu Mustapha Faal (born 1 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Maidstone United on loan from Havant & Waterlooville.

Career

Faal began his career in the youth team at Chingford-based Ryan before completing a scholarship at Boreham Wood from 2013 to 2015. ^[3] He then joined Italian club L'Aquila in the 2015–16 season. ^[4] He played eight times in Lega Pro and Serie D, ^[5] and also played in the Promozione on loan at San Gregorio, before returning to England and joining Waltham Forest at the start of the 2017–18 season. After only one game, he joined Dulwich Hamlet, ^[6] where he played 25 times in all competitions ^[7] and scored six times. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Faal joined Kingstonian on loan in March 2018 ^[11] where he scored seven times in eight games. ^[12] The loan was made permanent at the end of the season.

Faal joined Enfield Town in December 2018. After only five appearances in the remainder of the 2018–19 season, he went on trial at Dumbarton ^[13] before returning to North London and scoring 24 goals in 25 games in all competitions in the first half of the 2019–20 season before joining Bolton Wanderers on an 18-month contract on 6 January 2020. ^{[14] [15]} He made his debut on 11 January in a 0–2 defeat against Rochdale, coming on as a substitute for Sonny Graham in the 66th minute. ^[16] After spending the first few months of the 2020–21 season injured, Faal joined Barnet on a season-long loan on 6 November 2020, with an option to make the deal permanent in January. ^{[17] [18]} On 19 May 2021, Bolton announced that he would be released at the end of his contract. ^[19] Faal re-joined Enfield Town in August 2021. ^[20] His first game came on 14 August where he scored twice in a 4–2 win against Carshalton Athletic. ^[21]

On 2 August 2022, Faal joined National League South club Havant & Waterloovile following the expiration of his contract with Enfield Town. ^[22] In January 2024, he joined Maidstone United on loan for the remainder of the season. ^[23]

Personal life

Faal is the cousin of England international Joe Gomez. ^[24] He is eligible to play for Gambia. ^[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 March 2024

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
L'Aquila	2015–16 [5]	Lega Pro Girone B	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2016–17 [5]	Serie D Girone G	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Waltham Forest	2017–18 [6]	Essex Senior League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Dulwich Hamlet	2017–18 [7]	Isthmian League Premier Division	17	4	2	0	—		6 [lower-alpha 1]	2	25	6
Kingstonian (loan)	2017–18 [12]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	7	0	0	—		0	0	8	7
Kingstonian	2018–19 [12]	Isthmian League Premier Division	9	2	1	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 2]	1	14	3
Enfield Town	2018–19 [26]	Isthmian League Premier Division	5	3	0	0	—		0	0	5	3
	2019–20 [27]	Isthmian League Premier Division	18	17	2	3	—		5 [lower-alpha 3]	4	25	24
	Total		23	20	2	3	0	0	5	4	30	27
Bolton Wanderers	2019–20 [28]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2020–21 [29]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Barnet (loan)	2020–21 [29] [30]	National League	20	0 [lower-alpha 4]	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	22	0
Enfield Town	2021–22 [32]	Isthmian League Premier Division	43	35	4	2	—		4 [lower-alpha 5]	2	51	39
Havant & Waterlooville	2022–23 [30]	National League South	43	21	3	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	47	22
	2023–24 [30]	National League South	23	7	1	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	25	8
	Total		66	28	4	2	—		2	0	72	30
Maidstone United (loan)	2023–24 [30]	National League South	7	4	—		—		—		7	4
Career total			204	100	14	7	0	0	22	9	240	116

1. Two appearances in FA Trophy, four appearances and two goals in Alan Turvey Trophy.
2. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Alan Turvey Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Surrey Senior Cup.
3. Appearances in the FA Trophy.
4. The goal scored on 2 December 2020, originally attributed to Faal and still listed as such by some sources, was actually scored by Wesley Fonguck. ^[31]
5. Three appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Isthmian League Premier Division playoffs.

References

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