Baye Djiby Fall

Baye Djiby Fall (born 20 April 1985) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League. Fall has previously played professional for top-flight clubs in Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Norway and Belgium. In Norway he was the top goalscorer in Tippeligaen with his 16 goals for Molde.

Career

Born in Thiès, Senegal, Fall moved to France at the age of 18,<ref name="occean"/> where he joined Auxerre's academy. After spells at the French club AS Vitré, Danish club Randers FC and Emirati club Al Ain FC he joined Odense Boldklub in January 2008 where he was named the best player in the Danish Superliga.<ref name="parool">Template:Cite web</ref> After 18 goals in 33 matches for OB<ref name="molde"/> the Senegalese top striker moved to Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow.

After playing 11 matches for Lokomotiv Moscow without scoring any goals, he was loaned out to Norwegian club Molde on 25 January 2010. Molde's head coach Kjell Jonevret said that even though Fall was bigger and stronger, and a different kind of player then Mame Biram Diouf, he was considered a replacement for the player who was transferred to Manchester United. Fall's loan-deal lasted until 30 August 2010, with an option to buy.<ref name="molde">Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2010, Molde extended the loan-deal to the end of the 2010-season and Fall went on to become top scorer of Tippeligaen (the Norwegian top division) for the 2010 season,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> despite a lower half finish for Molde. Fall became the first Molde-player since Odd Berg in 1976 with this achievement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fall was later loaned out to his old club OB, and in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, he scored with his final move in the 93rd minute to dump Fulham out of the competition following a 2–2 draw.

In January 2012, Fall joined the Belgium club Lokeren.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August 2012, he was signed as a replacement for Olivier Occéan in the German club Greuther Fürth, who had been promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. Germany became the eighth country Fall had been playing football in the last eight years.<ref name="occean">Template:Cite news</ref> Fall played two matches without scoring a goal during his first season in Germany, and after the season Greuther Fúrth was trying to sell Fall to another club.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He returned to his old club Randers on the last day of the transfer window.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Irtysh Pavlodar

In February 2016, Fall went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> signing for them on 3 March 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After initially announcing the release of Fall on 1 July 2016,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> FC Irtysh Pavlodar announced on 6 July 2016 that due to a ban imposed on them registering new players Fall would continue playing for the club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cincinnati

On 13 February 2017, Fall signed for United Soccer League side FC Cincinnati.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He scored four goals in FC Cincinnati's home opener on 15 April 2017.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiv Moscow	2009	Russian Premier League	11	0	1	0	–		–		12	0
	2010		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2011–12		4	0	0	0	0	0	–		4	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	16	0
Molde (loan)	2010	Tippeligaen	28	16	2	1	4	2	–		34	19
OB (loan)	2011–12	Danish Superliga	10	2	0	0	6	4	–		16	6
Lokeren	2011–12	Belgian Pro League	6	5	2	0	–		–		8	5
	2012–13		2	0	0	0	–		1	0	3	0
	Total		8	5	2	0	-	-	1	0	11	5
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2012–13	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	2013–14	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
Randers	2013–14	Danish Superliga	12	1	0	0	–		–		12	1
	2014–15		25	9	2	0	–		–		27	9
	Total		37	10	2	0	-	-	-	-	39	10
Karşıyaka	2015–16	TFF First League	14	1	2	1	–		–		16	2
Irtysh Pavlodar	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	25	2	3	1	–		–		28	3
FC Cincinnati	2017	United Soccer League	6	6	0	0	–		–		6	6
Career total			145	42	12	3	10	6	1	0	168	51

International

Senegal national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	2	0
Total	2	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 1 March 2009<ref name="NFT Stats">Template:NFT player</ref>

External links

• Official Danish career statistics Template:Da icon
• Baye Djiby Fall at Footballdatabase