Ameth Fall (born 4 April 1991) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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Club career

Cesena

Born in

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, the capital of Senegal, Fall started his European career in Italy for

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

. He was the member of the ''Primavera'' (under-20) reserve squad during the 2009–10

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. In the summer of 2010, Fall was sent on loan to the

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, with Bellaria, where he went on to score 3 goals in 14 league matches during the ''andata'' of the

2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two ...

season. In January 2011, he returned to Cesena, and was loaned to

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, as part of the negotiation that saw Samuele Buda move the opposite direction. Lecco also obtained the option to purchase the player outright at the conclusion of the season. After 3 goals in 8 league appearances for the club during the second half of the 2010-11 campaign, Lecco opted to purchase Fall outright in July 2011.

Lecco

After officially signing outright for Lecco in July 2011, Fall initially failed to break into the team's starting lineup, though he regularly appeared as a substitute. His first start for the club came on 9 October 2011 in a 2–2 home draw with

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. He scored his first goal for the club 6 November 2011 in a 2–1 home win against Santarcangelo. He concluded the

2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into ...

with 4 goals in 32 league appearances (15 starts), though Lecco was relegated from the professional league in June 2012 due to financial irregularities and thus, Fall was automatically released.

Catania

On 31 August 2012 Fall was acquired by

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club

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on a free transfer. He was co-currently loaned out to former club Bellaria on the same day. Upon his return to his former club, Fall debuted on 23 September 2012 in a 1–1 home draw against

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. His first goals of the 2012–13 season came on 21 October 2012, when he bagged a brace against

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in a 3–1 home victory. Fall also scored two additional braces in a 2–1 victory over

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on 11 November 2012 and a week later on 18 November 2012 in a 4–4 away draw versus

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. After beginning the season brightly, Fall went on an 8-match scoring drought between November and February, before succumbing to a season-ending injury after just 11 minutes during a 2–2 draw with

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on 3 February 2013 . He returned to action in the final match of the season prior to the expiration of his loan deal on 30 June 2013. On 6 August 2013, Catania officially announced the temporary transfer of the attacker to

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in the

on a season-long loan deal. Fall was simultaneously joined by teammate Francesco Nicastro, who transferred to the fourth division side on a permanent deal.

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, Ameth 1991 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers Footballers from Dakar Men's association football forwards AC Cesena players AC Bellaria Igea Marina players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Catania FC players Rimini FC 1912 players ASD Barletta 1922 players SSD Ischia Calcio players Fidelis Andria 2018 players Como 1907 players SC Caronnese SSD players SSD Sanremese Calcio players ASD Città di Varese players ASD Cjarlins Muzane players ASD Roma City FC players SSD Tivoli Calcio 1919 players Serie C players Serie D players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen