Moustapha Fall (born 23 February 1992) is a French professional

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player for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), Fall plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Fall played in the French League from 2011 to 2017. In the 2015–16 season, he played for

Olympique Antibes Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French seco ...

where he led the French league in blocked shots. He signed with Élan Chalon for the 2016–17 season. This season, Chalon won the Pro A which was Fall's first national title. In addition, Fall played in the

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in natio ...

Final with Chalon, where his team lost to

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays ...

. He was named Top Performer of the Final by the FIBA Europe Cup. Prior to the start of the French season, Fall participated in the 2016 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas with the Los Angeles Lakers. On 13 July 2017 Fall signed with Turkish club

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. On 26 July 2018 Fall signed with

Lokomotiv Kuban PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League. The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...

of the Russian

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

. On 21 July 2019 Fall signed a contract with the

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of the

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. In October 2020, Fall was named to the All-Basketball Champions League Second Team. In June 2021, Fall signed with

of Greece. On 28 February 2022 he extended his contract with the team until 2025.

Awards and accomplishments

Club career

Monaco * French Second League Champion: (2015) Élan Chalon * French League Champion: (2017) ASVEL * French League Champion: (2021) *

French Cup The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and professiona ...

Winner: (2021) Olympiacos *

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: (2022) * Greek League Champion: (2022) * 2×

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

Winner: (2022, 2023) *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek association football one-match competition which w ...

Winner: (2022)

Individual

* All-BCL Second Team: (

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) * All-BCL Defensive Team: (

) * French Cup Final MVP: (2021) * All-LNB Pro A Team: (2021) *2× LNB Pro A Best Defender: (

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) * All-GBL Defensive Team: (

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) *

Eurobasket.com Eurobasket.com also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provide coverages of every professional and semi-professional leagues around the world. Although primarily focusing on European basketball, th ...

LNB Pro B The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular season ...

Defensive Player of the Year : (2015) *

's BSL Defensive Player of the Year: (2020) * LNB Pro A rebounding leader: (2017) * LNB Pro A blocks leader: (2017) * LNB Pro A blocks leader: (2016) *

blocks leader: (2015) * FEC Finals MVP: (2017) * All-FEC Team: (2017) * FEC Best Defender: (2017) * FEC blocks leader: (2017) * BSL blocks leader: (2020) *

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

: (2022) *

Finals Top Scorer: (2022)

References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

TBLStat.net ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, Moustapha 1992 births Living people AS Monaco Basket players ASVEL Basket players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Paris Centers (basketball) Élan Chalon players French expatriate basketball people in Monaco French expatriate basketball people in Russia French expatriate basketball people in Turkey French men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of France Olympique Antibes basketball players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players Poitiers Basket 86 players Sakarya BB players Türk Telekom B.K. players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for France Black French sportspeople French people of Guadeloupean descent