Youssoupha Fall
No. 19 – FC Barcelona | |
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Position | Center |
League | Liga ACB EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Dakar, Senegal | January 12, 1995
Nationality | Senegalese / French |
Listed height | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) |
Listed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014–2018 | Le Mans Sarthe |
2016–2017 | → Poitiers 86 |
2018–2021 | Baskonia |
2018–2019 | → SIG Strasbourg |
2021–2024 | ASVEL Basket |
2024-present | FC Barcelona |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Youssoupha Birima Fall (born January 12, 1995) is a Senegalese-French professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Career
[edit]Fall attended the Seeds Academy in Thiès, Senegal,[1] before joining the youth ranks of French team Le Mans Sarthe Basket in 2012. He made his debut on Le Mans’ men's team during the 2014–15 season.[2] In 2015, he was named to the "Cinq All Star Espoirs", the all-first team of the French development league,[3] after averaging 12.6 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per contest during the 2014-15 campaign.[4]
An early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, he later withdrew his name from the list.[5] He was sent on loan to LNB Pro B side Poitiers Baskets 86 for the 2016–17 season.[6]
On July 17, 2018, he signed a four-year deal with Kirolbet Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[7] On August 9, 2018, Baskonia loaned him to SIG Strasbourg for the 2018–19 season.[8] On August 15, 2021, Fall officially parted ways with the Basque club. He signed with ASVEL Basket on loan one day later.[9]
On July 31, 2024, Fall was announced as a new FC Barcelona player, signing a one year deal with the Catalans.[10]
National team
[edit]Fall was invited to play both for Senegal[11] and for France,[12] but has not been active in national team competition thus far. In September 2022, he expressed his will to represent Senegal's national team.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
[edit]* | Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019–20 | Baskonia | 28* | 6 | 13.5 | .615 | — | .452 | 4.8 | .1 | .2 | .6 | 5.8 | 7.3 |
2020–21 | 32 | 16 | 11.7 | .628 | — | .757 | 3.2 | .5 | .5 | .7 | 7.0 | 8.1 | |
2021–22 | ASVEL | 28 | 9 | 12.6 | .705 | — | .725 | 3.6 | .1 | .3 | .1 | 5.8 | 7.6 |
2022–23 | 34 | 27 | 19.9 | .685 | — | .697 | 6.1 | .3 | .3 | .3 | 9.3 | 12.5 | |
2023–24 | 31 | 29 | 19.7 | .613 | — | .592 | 6.6 | .3 | .3 | .6 | 8.8 | 12.8 | |
Career | 153 | 87 | 15.7 | .647 | — | .646 | 4.9 | .3 | .3 | .5 | 7.5 | 9.8 |
Personal life
[edit]Fall was granted French citizenship in March 2017.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Basket : Pro A : 5 Sénégalais engagés pour la saison 2015-2016". Lequotidien.sn. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ "Youssoupha Fall - Le Mans – Joueurs - Pro A – LNB.fr". Lnb.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ "LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKET". Lnbespoirs.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ "LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKET". Lnbespoirs.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ "Basket. Youssoupha Fall (MSB) prêté à Poitiers (Pro B)". Le Maine Libre (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ "Baskonia gets big with Fall". EuroLeague.net. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Baskonia sends Youssoupha Fall on loan to SIG Strasbourg". Sportando. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "De la taille dans la raquette !". ASVEL. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Youssoupha Fall joins the team". fcbarcelona.com. 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Equipe Nationale - Youssoupha Fall va enfin jouer pour le Sénégal !". wiwsport.com (in French). 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Équipe de France : bras de fer avec le Sénégal autour du cas Youssoupha Fall". L'Équipe (in French). 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "ITW Youssoupha Fall : « L'ASVEL croit en moi, je m'y installe sur la continuité »". Basket Europe (in French). 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ Direction, La. "MSB.FR - Youssoupha est français". Msb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-09.
External links
[edit]- 1995 births
- Living people
- ASVEL Basket players
- Basketball players from Dakar
- Centers (basketball)
- French men's basketball players
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
- Liga ACB players
- Poitiers Basket 86 players
- Saski Baskonia players
- Senegalese emigrants to France
- Senegalese expatriate basketball people in France
- Senegalese expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Senegalese men's basketball players
- SIG Strasbourg players