Korka Fall Explained

Korka Fall
Birth Date:19 February 1990
Birth Place:Mbour, Senegal
Height:1.70 m[1]
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Grenoble
Clubnumber:25
Clubs1:Dorades Mbour
Clubs2:Zaragoza CFF
Clubs3:Aigles de la Médina
Clubs4:Dorades Mbour
Years5:2023–
Clubs5:Grenoble
Caps5:7
Goals5:1
Nationalteam1:Senegal
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:28 April 2024
Nationalteam-Update:21:45, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Korka Fall (born 19 February 1990) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Division 3 Féminine club Grenoble and the Senegal women's national team. She is a member of the Senegal women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2012 African Women's Championship, and has continued to play for the team through to 2016. On club level she played for Zaragoza CFF in Spain, where she was the first African player in the women's Primera División, and Dorades Mbour in Senegal.

Career

Club

Korka Fall joined Spanish side Zaragoza CFF from Senegalese team Dorades Mbour in April 2010, becoming the first African player to play in the Primera División, the highest level of women's football in Spain.[2] She was signed to a three-year contract, with the move seen as strengthening the squad ready for the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol competition.[3]

By 2012, she had moved to play for Senegalese side Aigles de la Médina.[4] She was nominated in 2013 for African Women's Footballer of the year at the Africa Top Sports Awards, the only Senegalese player to be included in the category.[5] By 2014, Fall was playing for Dorades Mbour once again, in the Senegalese second division. She scored a penalty to win the final match of the season against Teddungal de Vélingara, giving the second division title to Mbour.[6]

International

Fall plays for the Senegal women's national football team, including at the 2012 African Women's Championship.[7] She continued to play for the team, recently during the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification when she was brought on as a substitute for Fanta Sy against Guinea.[8]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 July 2022 1–0 1–0 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
2. 21 January 2023 3–0 4–0 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
3. 27 January 2023 4–0 4–0
4. 29 January 2023 1–0 1–0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 . . 1 . 12 February 2023 . 12 February 2023.
  2. News: El Prainsa Zaragoza ficha a la primera jugadora africana de la Superliga. 25 November 2016. Diario Sur. 20 April 2010.
  3. News: El Prainsa Zaragoza ficha a la primera jugadora africana de la Superliga. 25 November 2016. ESPN. 20 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Sénégal : CAN, Football Féminin. Bassouaré Diaby publie la listes des 21 joueuses. 27 Avril. 25 November 2016. French. 23 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Kwami. Milton. AFRICA TOP SPORTS AWARDS 2013: La liste complète de tous les nominés par catégorie. Africa Nouvelles. 25 November 2016. French. 26 November 2013. 13 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190713014027/http://www.africanouvelles.com/sports/sports/italie/africa-top-sports-awards-2013-la-liste-complete-de-tous-les-nomines-par-categorie.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Football féminin : finales D1 et D2 ce soir- Et de 11 pour les Sirènes de Grand-Yoff. iGFM. 25 November 2016. 10 August 2014. 26 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126130615/http://www.igfm.sn/football-feminin-finales-d1-et-d2-ce-soir-et-de-11-pour-les-sirenes-de-grand-yoff/. dead.
  7. Web site: List of players of the 8th African Women Championship, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2012 . 2012 . cafonline.com . dead . 22 February 2013 . 28 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130222184107/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2013/List_of_players.pdf .
  8. Web site: Guinea 1 – 0 Senegal. CAF. 25 November 2016.