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Mourtada Fall
Personal information
Full name Sérigné Mourtada Fall[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Moghreb Tétouan 144 (5)
2012–2013 Al-Arabi ? (?)
2013–2014 Al-Salmiya ? (?)
2014–2015 Moghreb Tétouan 32 (0)
2015–2017 Wydad Casablanca 39 (2)
2017–2018 Moghreb Tétouan 13 (0)
2018–2020 Goa 40 (9)
2020– Mumbai City 41 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC).

Sérigné Mourtada Fall (born 26 December 1987) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender and is the captain of Indian Super League club Mumbai City.[2][3]

Career

Regarded as a goalscoring defender, Fall became the highest scoring defender in the history of Indian Super League in 2021.[4] Under his captaincy, the club began its 2021–22 season campaign with a 3–0 win on 22 November against FC Goa. Mumbai City finished the season on fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Ahead of the 2022 AFC Champions League kick-off, the club went to Abu Dhabi for training and defeated Emirati giants Al Ain 2–1 in a friendly match.[5][6] He appeared in and captained the club's AFC Champions League debut match on 8 April against Saudi Arabian Al Shabab in a 3–0 defeat. In the next match on 11 April, Fall led Mumbai City registered their first win at the AFC Champions League, becoming the first Indian team to win a game in the competition, beating Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 at the King Fahd International Stadium.[7][8]

Honours

Moghreb Tétouan

FC Goa

Mumbai City

References

  1. ^ Mourtada Fall at Global Sports Archive
  2. ^ "Sportstar Aces Awards 2022: Mumbai City FC wins the Club of the Year award". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Mumbai City FC Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "ISL 2020–21 News: Mourtada Fall becomes highest scoring defender in ISL history". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ FPJ Web Desk, 03:30 PM IST (27 March 2022). "Mumbai City FC defeat leaders of UAE Pro League Al Ain in friendly ahead of AFC Champions League". www.freepressjournal.in. The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Guha, Sayantan (6 April 2022). "All you need to know about Mumbai City FC's AFC Champions League 2022 campaign". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Match Report: Air Force Club 1-2 Mumbai City". Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Mumbai City FC display strong character to grind out historic AFC Champions League win". www.firstpost.com. Firstpost. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Mumbai City FC reign in double glory, crowned ISL champion". Deccan Chronicle. 14 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. ^ Narayan, Aaditya (19 September 2022). "Durand Cup 2022 review: The perfect curtain-raiser to the Indian football season". www.espn.in. Kolkata: ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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