FALL Moustapha

Athlete

French

Olympiacos BC [Piraeus, GRE] since 2021/22

Vincent Collet [national], FRA

Centre (ldlcasvel.com, 23 Jun 2021)

He sustained a broken rib during the 2020/21 season that kept him out of action for one month. (basketeurope.com, 16 Mar 2021)

A sprained foot prevented him from competing at the 2017 EuroBasket. (ffbb.com, 31 Jul 2017)

He began playing basketball at age 17. (basketusa.com, 29 Jun 2016)

He played football before getting involved in basketball. "I practised football, like every Parisian. I really loved it and it was the only sport that I liked to watch on television. I was enrolled in a club until age 13 or 14. When I was young I was not a bad player. Then I stopped for one or two years and when I returned it was not like before, so I stopped it again. [A friend] told me to come to the [basketball] hall as he saw my size. I went there, I was not so enthusiastic about it but I wanted to return to sports. So I began playing basketball and as I was improving fast I wanted to know how far I could reach. And that's it, it became my daily life." (basket-mag.com, 01 Jan 2017; basketusa.com, 29 Jun 2016)

US basketball players LeBron James and Dwight Howard. (basketusa.com, 29 Jun 2016)

He was selected for the All-Star Team for the 2020/21 season of the French League. (ldlcasvel.com, 23 Jun 2021)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2021 French Cup. (ldlcasvel.com, 23 Jun 2021)

He was named Best Defender of the French League in 2017 and 2021. (lequipe.fr, 24 Jun 2021; elanchalon.com, 01 Jun 2017)

In 2020 he was selected for the All-Star Game in the Turkish League. (teamfrancebasket.com, 01 Jun 2021)

In 2016 he was selected for the All-Star Game in the French League. (teamfrancebasket.com, 01 Jun 2021)