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Boubacar Fall
Boubacar Fall (born 3 February 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Having begun his career at Guédiawaye in his native Senegal, Fall joined French club Saint-Étienne on a professional deal on 5 January 2021, following the termination of Stéphane Ruffier's contract at the club. Seven months later on 5 August, Fall extended his contract with Saint-Étienne until June 2025. On 30 December 2022, he made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Caen. In March 2023, Fall suffered a meniscus injury for which he had to undergo surgery; Saint-Étienne announced that he would be expected to spend six months on the sidelines. International career With the Senegal U20s, Fall was designated as the best goalkeeper in the 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament, a competition won by Senegal. He went on to win the 2020 Arab Cup U-20 with the same team. Honours Senegal U20 * WAFU U-20 Tournament: 2019 * Arab Cup U-20: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiaroye-sur-Mer
Thiaroye (or Tiaroye) is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque. Since the administrative reform in 1996, Thiaroye has been divided into independent communes, Thiaroye-Gare, Thiaroye-sur-Mer and Thiaroye-Kao (or ''Djiddah Thiaroye Kao''), with Guinaw-Rail Nord, Guinaw-Rail Sud (both to the west), and Tivaouane-Diacksao (to the east) split off and separating Thiaroye-sur-Mer from the other two inland communes. History The village of Thiaroye was founded sometime around 1800, and as the city of Dakar, created by the French, expanded in the 20th century, Thiaroye was slowly merged into the larger city. Thiaroye is most known for, and its name has become emblematic of, a single incident in 1944: the Thiaroye Massacre by French forces. On 1 December 1944, at the barracks of Thiaroye, African soldiers clashed with the French state. The uprising involved nearly 1280 African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |