Boubacar Fall

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Boubacar Fall

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|2|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Thiaroye-sur-Mer, Senegal

| height = 1.98 m{{Soccerway|675638}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Saint-Étienne

| clubnumber = 16

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Guédiawaye

| years1 = 2019–2021

| clubs1 = Guédiawaye

| years2 = 2021–

| clubs2 = Saint-Étienne B

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2022–

| clubs3 = Saint-Étienne

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020

| nationalteam1 = Senegal U20

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2022–

| nationalteam2 = Senegal U23

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 04:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 19:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

}}

Boubacar Fall (born 3 February 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{French football updater|Saint-Étienne}} club Saint-Étienne.

Club career

Having begun his career at Guédiawaye in his native Senegal, Fall joined French club Saint-Étienne on a professional deal on 5 January 2021, following the termination of Stéphane Ruffier's contract at the club.{{Cite web |title=Senegal's rising star Boubacar Fall signs for Saint-Etienne |url=http://www.africansportsmonthly.com/news/senegals-rising-star-boubacar-fall-signs-for-saint-etienne#.ZF047T3MK00 |date=6 January 2021 |website=African Sports Monthly |access-date=11 May 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=1 January 2021 |title=ST ÉTIENNE CLOSE TO BOUBACAR FALL DEAL |url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2021/st-etienne-close-to-boubacar-fall-deal/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Get French Football News}} Seven months later on 5 August, Fall extended his contract with Saint-Étienne until June 2025.{{Cite web |title=La fiche de Boubacar FALL |url=https://www.envertetcontretous.fr/fiches/fall-boubacar/377/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Envertetcontretous.fr |language=Fr}}{{Cite web |date=5 August 2021 |title=Saint-Etienne: Le gardien Boubacar Fall prolonge avec les Verts |url=https://wiwsport.com/2021/08/05/saint-etienne-le-gardien-boubacar-fall-prolonge-avec-les-verts/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Wiwsport.com |language=Fr}}{{Cite web |date=5 August 2021 |title=Boubacar Fall prolonge avec les Verts |url=https://www.asse.fr/fr/actualites/boubacar-fall-prolonge-avec-les-verts-ac30526 |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=AS Saint-Étienne |language=Fr}} On 30 December 2022, he made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Caen.{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=Saint-Etienne vs. Caen |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/12/30/france/ligue-2/association-sportive-de-saint-etienne-loire/stade-malherbe-caen-calvados-basse-norma/3802863/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Soccerway}} In March 2023, Fall suffered a meniscus injury for which he had to undergo surgery; Saint-Étienne announced that he would be expected to spend six months on the sidelines.{{Cite web |last=Parisot |first=Julien |date=15 March 2023 |title=ASSE – Fin de saison pour le jeune gardien Boubacar Fall |url=https://maligue2.fr/2023/03/15/asse-fin-de-saison-pour-le-jeune-gardien-boubacar-fall/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=MaLigue2 |language=Fr}}

International career

With the Senegal U20s, Fall was designated as the best goalkeeper in the 2019 WAFU U-20 Tournament, a competition won by Senegal. He went on to win the 2020 Arab Cup U-20 with the same team.