Saloum Faal

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Saloum Faal
Personal information
Full name Saloum Faal
Date of birth (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Futura
Number 15 [1]
Youth career
Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Gambia Ports Authority
2013–2014 Casa Sports
2015 FC Jazz
2017 Etelä-Espoon Pallo 10 (4)
2018 FC Kiffen 08 11 (0)
2018–2020 IF Gnistan 42 (4)
2021 VJS 8 (0)
2022– FC Futura 25 (2)
International career
2012–2013 Gambia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2023

Saloum Faal (born 10 October 1994) is a Gambian professional footballer currently playing for FC Futura in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

In Finland Faal has also represented FC Jazz, Etelä-Espoon Pallo, FC Kiffen 08, IF Gnistan and Vantaan Jalkapalloseura. [2] [3] He has previously also played for Gambia Ports Authority and Casa Sports in Africa. [4]

Faal has capped three times for the Gambia national football team. He made his international debut at age 17, against Algeria on June 15, 2012.

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References

  1. "FC Futura 2023 mens team" (in Finnish).
  2. "Finnish club FC Jazz sign Saloum Faal". Gambia Sports. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. "Taavi Laurits ja Saloum Faal IF Gnistaniin" (in Finnish). Gnistan. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. All Africa