Muhammadu Faal

Muhammadu Mustapha Faal (born 1 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career Faal began his career in the youth team at Chingford-based Ryan before completing a scholarship at Boreham Wood from 2013 to 2015. He then joined Italian club L'Aquila in the 2015–16 season. He played eight times in Lega Pro and Serie D, and also played in the Promozione on loan at San Gregorio, before returning to England and joining Waltham Forest at the start of the 2017–18 season. After only one game, he joined Dulwich Hamlet, where he played 25 times in all competitions and scored six times. Faal joined Kingstonian on loan in March 2018 where he scored seven times in eight games. The loan was made permanent at the end of the season.

Faal joined Enfield Town in December 2018. After only five appearances in the remainder of the 2018–19 season, he went on trial at Dumbarton before returning to North London and scoring 24 goals in 25 games in all competitions in the first half of the 2019–20 season before joining Bolton Wanderers on an 18-month contract on 6 January 2020. He made his debut on 11 January in a 0–2 defeat against Rochdale, coming on as a substitute for Sonny Graham in the 66th minute. After spending the first few months of the 2020–21 season injured, Faal joined Barnet on a season-long loan on 6 November 2020, with an option to make the deal permanent in January. On 19 May 2021, Bolton announced that he would be released at the end of his contract. Faal re-joined Enfield Town in August 2021. His first game came on 14 August where he scored twice in a 4–2 win against Carshalton Athletic.

On 2 August 2022, Faal joined National League South club Havant & Waterloovile following the expiration of his contract with Enfield Town. In January 2024, he joined Maidstone United on loan for the remainder of the season.

On 22 July 2024, Faal joined League One club Crawley Town on a six-month contract. His contract included an option to extend it by 18 months, which was against EFL regulations as the extension cannot be longer than the actual contract. He said he was he was later told he failed his medical, but then was told shortly afterwards that this was a "miscommunication". Crawley were unable to register him due to the contract. He also said they refused to provide him a copy of the contract. He said they then sent him a "proof of termination of contract" document to sign, but he refused to sign it and said he would take the club to an employment tribunal. He eventually joined Worthing in September. Both teams said they paid a fee for him, but Faal disputed this saying that they would be unable to receive a fee for an unregistered player and said Crawley admitted they had said this to "help the image of all parties involved".

On 15 August 2025, Faal signed an 18 month contract with League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford. On 25 November 2025, it was announced that Faal's Waterford contract had been terminated by mutual consent, having failed to score a goal in 8 appearances in all competitions for the club.

In January 2026, Faal returned to National League South club Maidstone United on an eighteen-month deal. On 3 March 2026, Faal suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in a match with Weston-super-Mare. He departed the club at the end of the 2025–26 season.

Personal life Faal is the cousin of England international Joe Gomez. He is eligible to play for the Gambia.

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