El Hadji Malick Tall

El Hadji Malick Tall[lower-alpha 2] (born 25 January 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who last played as a striker for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar.[1][2]

El Hadji Malick Tall
Tall with Ansar in 2019
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Malick Tall
Date of birth (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Al-Wehdat (15)
2016–2017 Al-Ahli Amman (9)
2017–2020 Ansar 42 (34[lower-alpha 1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2019

After playing for three seasons in Jordan, first for Al-Wehdat and then for Al-Ahli, he joined Lebanese side Ansar in 2017. He was the top scorer in the Lebanese Premier League in his first two seasons, scoring 15 and 19 goals respectively.[lower-alpha 1]

Club career

Al-Wehdat

El Hadji Malick Tall played for the Jordanian team for two seasons, scoring 15 league goals in total (eight in the first season and seven in the second). On 10 March 2015, he scored his first AFC Cup goal against Saudi club Al-Nahda in the group stage.[3] His first AFC Champions League goal came one year later, on 9 February 2016, in a 2–1 loss to Al-Ittihad.[4]

Al-Ahli Amman

In 2016, El Hadji Malick joined Syrian club Al-Ahli on a one-year contract after having played with Al-Wehdat for two years.[5] On 30 December 2016, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Al-Baqa'a.[6] On 6 March 2017, he scored his first AFC Cup goal for his team in a 1–1 draw to Al-Zawra'a.[7] He ended the 2016–17 season as the league's joint second top scorer, scoring nine goals throughout the season.

Ansar

2017–18 season

On 26 July 2017, it was announced that El Hadji Malick Tall had joined Lebanese club Ansar.[8] On 17 September 2017, he scored on his league debut against Tripoli in a 5–1 away win.[9] His first league brace, hat-trick and haul came simultaneously against Nejmeh on 2 October 2017, scoring four goals in a 5–1 away win.[10] On 27 February 2018 he scored his first AFC Cup goal for Ansar, in a 1–3 home loss against Jordanian side Al-Faisaly.[11]

He scored a total of 15 league goals in 22 games, making him the top scorer of the 2017–18 season.[12] He was also part of the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season for his performances.[13]

2018–19 season

On his first league game of the season, played on 21 September 2018, he scored a goal against Nejmeh in a 4–2 away loss.[14] He scored three consecutive braces in three league games, from 4 to 25 November 2018, against Chabab Ghazieh, Bekaa and Tripoli, scoring six of Ansar's nine goals in those games.[1] On 15 February 2019, in Beirut Municipal Stadium's first game in over two years, Tall scored a brace against Salam Zgharta.[15] On 19 May 2019, Tall scored against Akhaa Ahli in the Lebanese FA Cup semi-final in a 2–1 win, helping his team reach the final.

Tall finished the season as the league top scorer for the second time in a row, with 19 goals in 20 appearances.[lower-alpha 1] He became only the fourth player to retain the Golden Boot in the Lebanese Premier League. Tall also scored three goals in the Lebanese FA Cup, bringing his total seasonal tally to 22. He was included in the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season.[16]

2019–20 season

Tall scored four goals in the 2019–20 season's first three games.[1] However, as the league was suspended, those three games were cancelled.[17] In the 2020 AFC Cup, Tall scored a brace, his first in the AFC Cup,[1] against Al-Faisaly on 24 February 2020.[18] After scoring in the first half, Tall scored a 96th minute penalty to help his side win 4–3.[18] On 13 March 2020, Ansar terminated Tall's contract due to administrative issues within the club.[19]

Honours

Club

Al-Wehdat[20]

Ansar[20]

Individual

Awards

Performances

Notes
  1. El Hadji Malick Tall's first goal against Shabab Sahel on 14 December 2018 was later changed to a Bakary Coulibaly own goal by the referee.
  2. Also known as Hajj Malick (Arabic: الحاج مالك‎) in Arabic.
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References
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  4. "Al Ittihad vs. Al Wihdat - 9 February 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. "مدرب الأهلي يتحدث لكووورة عن صفقة الحاج مالك". كووورة. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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  13. اللواء, جريدة. "النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  14. "Al Nejmeh vs. Al Ansar - 21 September 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  15. للإعلام, الوكالة الوطنية. "الانصار دشن عودة الحياة الى الملعب البلدي بفوز كبير على السلام زغرتا في حضور محافظ بيروت". الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام (in Arabic). Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  16. "معتوق ومرمر الأفضل هذا الموسم بحسب مهرجان المنار الـ 23". Mulhak (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  17. "القرار المرّ: نشاط الفوتبول معلّق حتى إشعار آخر". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  18. "Group B - MD2: Al Ansar FC 4-3 Al Faisaly | Football News | AFC Cup 2020". the-AFC. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  19. "الأنصار يفسخ عقود اللاعبين الأجانب". كووورة. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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