Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saloum Faal | ||
Date of birth | 10 October 1994 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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