Abdoulaye Fall (born 18 May 1989) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

, Fall joined

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's youth setup in October 2007, after a successful trial, from local

US Gorée Union Sportive Gorée is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Demba Diop. Achievements * Senegal Premier League: 3 ::1978, 1981, 1984. *Senegal FA Cup: 4 ::1 ...

. On 9 March of the following year he was selected on the bench for the

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match against

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, but remained unused in the 2–2 home draw. In August 2008 Fall moved to La Vitréenne FC in France's CFA. After appearing regularly for the side he signed a two-year deal with

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on 7 July 2011. After failing to gain a work permit, he moved to Spain and joined

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

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. Fall appeared in 23 matches (21 starts, 1980 minutes of action) and scored two goals during the campaign, as his side were eventually relegated. On 27 July 2012 he signed for

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

, also in the third level, after a trial period. Fall was an ever-present figure for the ''Yellow Submarine'', and signed a new four-year deal on 21 February 2013. On 29 January of the following year he was loaned to

SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Czec ...

until June. Fall played his first match as a professional on 22 February, starting in a 5–1 home routing over

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for the

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championship; he contributed with three further appearances (all starts) before returning to Cádiz in June. On 13 August he rescinded with the latter, and moved to fellow league team

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.Fall rescinde con el Cádiz y se marcha a la Balona (Fall rescindes with Cádiz and goes to ''Balona'')
Diario de Cádiz, 13 August 2014

Honours

Nejmeh *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, Abdoulaye 1989 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders US Gorée players S.L. Benfica footballers Championnat National 2 players La Vitréenne FC players Segunda División B players CD Badajoz players Cádiz CF players Real Balompédica Linense footballers UCAM Murcia CF players CD Alcoyano footballers Extremadura UD footballers UE Cornellà players SCR Peña Deportiva players Lleida Esportiu footballers Czech First League players SK Sigma Olomouc players Nejmeh SC players Lebanese Premier League players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon