Saloum Faal (born 10 October 1994) is a Gambian professional footballer currently playing for FC Futura in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

Saloum Faal
Personal information
Full name Saloum Faal
Date of birth (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Futura
Number 15[1]
Youth career
Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Gambia Ports Authority
2013–2014 Casa Sports
2015 FC Jazz
2017 Etelä-Espoon Pallo 10 (4)
2018 FC Kiffen 08 11 (0)
2018–2020 IF Gnistan 42 (4)
2021 VJS 8 (0)
2022– FC Futura 25 (2)
International career
2012–2013 Gambia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2023

In Finland Faal has also represented FC Jazz, Etelä-Espoon Pallo, FC Kiffen 08, IF Gnistan and Vantaan Jalkapalloseura.[2][3] He has previously also played for Gambia Ports Authority and Casa Sports in Africa.[4]

Faal has capped three times for the Gambia national football team. He made his international debut at age 17, against Algeria on June 15, 2012.

References

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  1. ^ "FC Futura 2023 mens team" (in Finnish).
  2. ^ "Finnish club FC Jazz sign Saloum Faal". Gambia Sports. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Taavi Laurits ja Saloum Faal IF Gnistaniin" (in Finnish). Gnistan. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ All Africa
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