Samba Daly "Pape" Fall (born 17 January 1999) is a Senegalese professional

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(BAL). A 1.98 m tall

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, he has played for the Senegal national team. Fall is a two-time Nationale 1 Finals MVP (2022 and 2023) and a one-time season MVP winner (2023).

Club career

Fall began his career with. He moved from DUC to. He was nominated for the league's MVP award in 2019. Fall signed with AS Douanes in 2021. He guided Douanes to the 2022 title and was named Finals MVP after his play against DUC; following the team's title they qualified for the

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. On 22 May 2023, in the Sahara Conference, Fall scored 23 points, six rebounds and five assists against Ferroviário da Beira. Fall and Douanes went on to become the runners-up, becoming the first Senegalese team to reach the BAL final. a feat that he repeated in the following 2023 season, this time after beating

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in the finals. In October 2023, Fall was named the Ligue 1 MVP (or "King of the Season") for a first time in his career. Fall joined the French club Joeuf-Homécourt Basket for the 2022–23 season. In May 2024, returned to Douanes for the

2024 BAL season The 2024 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 4, was the 4th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season began on 9 March 2024 and ended with the final on 1 June 2024, which was played in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda for a fourth c ...

National team career

Fall made his debut with the Senegal national team in August 2023 during the Pre-Qualifying Tournaments for the 2024 Olympics.{{Cite web , title=Samba Dali Fall - Player Profile , url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/312688/Samba-Dali-Fall , access-date=2023-10-29 , website=FIBA.basketball , language=en

References

Senegalese men's basketball players 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen 1999 births Senegalese expatriate basketball people in France AS Douanes basketball players Living people Shooting guards Small forwards DUC Dakar players ASC Ville de Dakar players