Mourtada Fall
Personal information
Full name Sérigné Mourtada Fall[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Odisha
Number 15
Youth career
Moghreb Tétouan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Moghreb Tétouan
2013 Al-Arabi
2013–2014 Al-Salmiya
2014–2015 Moghreb Tétouan 27 (1)
2015–2017 Wydad Casablanca 40 (2)
2017–2018 Moghreb Tétouan 17 (1)
2018–2020 Goa 40 (9)
2020–2023 Mumbai City 59 (8)
2023– Odisha 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Sérigné Mourtada Fall (born 26 December 1987) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Odisha.

Career

Regarded as a goalscoring defender, Fall became the highest scoring defender in the history of Indian Super League in 2021.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Moghreb Tetuán
2007–08 Botola 1010
2008–09
2009–10 111111
2010–11 11110121
2011–12 260260
2012–13 4040
Total 53200542
Al-Arabi 2012–13 Kuwait Premier League
Al-Salmiya 2013–14 Kuwait Premier League
Moghreb Tetuán 2014–15 Botola 2718[lower-alpha 2]1352
Wydad Casablanca 2015–16 Botola 2926[lower-alpha 3]0352
2016–17 Botola 110107[lower-alpha 3]0190
Total 40210130542
Moghreb Tetuán 2017–18 Botola 17100171
Goa 2018–19 Indian Super League 21430244
2019–20 Indian Super League 19500195
Total 40930439
Mumbai City 2020–21 Indian Super League 224224
2021–22 Indian Super League 193306[lower-alpha 4]0283
2022–23 Indian Super League 18100181
Total 5983060688
Odisha 2023–24 Indian Super League 534[lower-alpha 5]497
Career total 241267031527931
  1. Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, Super Cup, Durand Cup
  2. One appearance in FIFA Club World Cup, seven appearances and one goal in CAF Champions League
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  4. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours

Moghreb Tétouan

Goa

Mumbai City

References

  1. Mourtada Fall at Global Sports Archive
  2. "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
  3. "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.
  4. 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)
  5. 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.
  6. "Match Report: Air Force Club 1-2 Mumbai City". Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. "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.
  8. Mourtada Fall at Soccerway
  9. Mourtada Fall at FootballDatabase.eu
  10. "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.
  11. 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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