Moustapha Fall (born 23 February 1992) is a French professional basketball player for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), Fall plays at the center position.

Professional career

Fall played in the French League from 2011 to 2017. In the 2015–16 season, he played for

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where he led the French league in blocked shots. He signed with Élan Chalon for the 2016–17 season. This season, Chalon won the Pro A which was Fall's first national title. In addition, Fall played in the FIBA Europe Cup Final with Chalon, where his team lost to Nanterre 92. He was named Top Performer of the Final by the FIBA Europe Cup. Prior to the start of the French season, Fall participated in the 2016

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in Las Vegas with the

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. On 13 July 2017 Fall signed with Turkish club Sakarya BB. On 26 July 2018 Fall signed with

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of the Russian VTB United League. On 21 July 2019 Fall signed a contract with the

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of the

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. In October 2020, Fall was named to the All-Basketball Champions League Second Team. In June 2021, Fall signed with

of Greece. On 28 February 2022 he extended his contract with the team until 2025.

Awards and accomplishments

Club career

Monaco * French Second League Champion: (2015) Élan Chalon *

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Champion: (2017) ASVEL *

Champion: (2021) * French Cup Winner: (2021) Olympiacos * EuroLeague Final Four: (2022) * Greek League Champion: (2022) * 2× Greek Cup Winner: (2022, 2023) *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

Winner: (2022)

Individual

* All-BCL Second Team: (

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) * All-BCL Defensive Team: (

) * French Cup Final MVP: (2021) * All-LNB Pro A Team: (2021) *2×

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: (

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) * All-GBL Defensive Team: (

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) *

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's LNB Pro B Defensive Player of the Year : (2015) *

's BSL Defensive Player of the Year: (2020) *

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rebounding leader: (2017) *

blocks leader: (2017) *

blocks leader: (2016) * LNB Pro B blocks leader: (2015) * FEC Finals MVP: (2017) * All-FEC Team: (2017) * FEC Best Defender: (2017) * FEC blocks leader: (2017) * BSL blocks leader: (2020) *

MVP: (2022) *

Finals Top Scorer: (2022)

References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

TBLStat.net ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, Moustapha 1992 births Living people AS Monaco Basket players ASVEL Basket players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Paris Centers (basketball) Élan Chalon players French expatriate basketball people in Monaco French expatriate basketball people in Russia French expatriate basketball people in Turkey French men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of France Olympique Antibes basketball players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players Poitiers Basket 86 players Sakarya BB players Türk Telekom B.K. players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for France Black French sportspeople French people of Guadeloupean descent