Elhadji Malick Tall
Tall with Ansar in 2019
Personal information
Full name Elhadji Malick Tall[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Thiaroye-sur-Mer, Senegal[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ansar
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Atlantic FC
2014–2016 Al-Wehdat (15)
2016–2017 Al-Ahli Amman (9)
2017–2018 Ansar 22 (15)
2018 Ohod 0 (0)
2018–2020 Ansar 23 (24)
2020–2022 Al-Riyadh (39)
2022– Ansar 21 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:42, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Elhadji Malick Tall (born 25 January 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar.

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 20 goals respectively. In 2020, Tall joined Al-Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, where he was the Saudi Second Division top scorer with 22 goals in 2020–21. He returned to Ansar in 2022, where he was crowned top scorer of the Lebanese Premier League for a third time.

Club career

Al-Wehdat

Tall played for Jordanian team Al-Wehdat 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.[2] His first AFC Champions League goal came one year later, on 9 February 2016, in a 2–1 loss to Al-Ittihad.[3]

Al-Ahli Amman

In 2016, Tall joined Syrian club Al-Ahli on a one-year contract after having played with Al-Wehdat for two years.[4] On 30 December 2016, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Al-Baqa'a.[5] On 6 March 2017, he scored his first AFC Cup goal for his team in a 1–1 draw to Al-Zawra'a.[6] 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 Tall had joined Lebanese club Ansar.[7] On 17 September 2017, he scored on his league debut against Tripoli in a 5–1 away win.[8] 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.[9] On 27 February 2018 he scored his first AFC Cup goal for Ansar, in a 1–3 home loss against Jordanian side Al-Faisaly.[10]

He scored a total of 15 league goals in 22 games, making him the top scorer of the 2017–18 season.[11] He was also part of the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season for his performances.[12]

2018–19 season

In August 2018, Tall signed for Saudi Arabian club Ohod for $120,000 on a three-year contract.[13] However, Tall was forced to return back to Ansar, as Ohod had capped their foreign player quota by having completed the transfer of another player.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16] On 15 February 2019, in Beirut Municipal Stadium's first game in over two years, Tall scored a brace against Salam Zgharta.[17] 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 20 goals in 20 appearances. 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.[18]

2019–20 season

Tall scored four goals in the 2019–20 season's first three games.[16] In the 2020 AFC Cup, Tall scored a brace, his first in the AFC Cup,[16] against Al-Faisaly on 24 February 2020.[19] After scoring in the first half, Tall scored a 96th minute penalty to help his side win 4–3.[19] On 13 March 2020, Ansar terminated Tall's contract due to administrative issues within the club.[20]

Al-Riyadh

On 15 September 2020, Tall joined Saudi Second Division club Al-Riyadh;[21] he reunited with former Ansar teammate Houssem Louati.[22] Tall finished the season as the league top scorer, with 22 goals in the 2020–21 season.[23] He scored 17 goals in the following season.[24]

Return to Ansar

On 1 July 2022, Tall returned to Ansar in the Lebanese Premier League ahead of the 2022–23 season.[25]

Honours

Al-Wehdat[26]

Ansar[26]

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Al-Nahda vs. Al Wihdat - 10 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Al Ittihad vs. Al Wihdat - 9 February 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ "مدرب الأهلي يتحدث لكووورة عن صفقة الحاج مالك". كووورة. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ "البقعة - الأهلي الأردني 30-12-2016 (الدوري الأردني) - يوروسبورت". 12 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Al Ahli vs. Al Zawra'a - 6 March 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. ^ "الحاج مالك أول أجانب الأنصار اللبناني". كووورة. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Tripoli SC vs. Al Ansar - 17 September 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Al Nejmeh vs. Al Ansar - 2 October 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Al Ansar vs. Al Faisaly - 27 February 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ "مهاجم الأنصار هدافًا للدوري اللبناني". كووورة. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  12. ^ a b c اللواء, جريدة. "النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  13. ^ خليل, فيصل. "أحد السعودي يضم الحاج مالك - صحيفة سبورت السعودية" (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  14. ^ ""غزوة أُحُد الفاشلة"". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Al Nejmeh vs. Al Ansar - 21 September 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  16. ^ a b c Elhadji Malick Tall at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  17. ^ للإعلام, الوكالة الوطنية. "الانصار دشن عودة الحياة الى الملعب البلدي بفوز كبير على السلام زغرتا في حضور محافظ بيروت". الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "معتوق ومرمر الأفضل هذا الموسم بحسب مهرجان المنار الـ 23". Mulhak (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Group B - MD2: Al Ansar FC 4-3 Al Faisaly | Football News | AFC Cup 2020". the-AFC. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  20. ^ "الأنصار يفسخ عقود اللاعبين الأجانب". كووورة. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  21. ^ "الريلض لصفقة الحاج مالك". كووورة. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  22. ^ "رسميا : حسام اللواتي في الدوري السعودي". كرة القدم التونسية (in Arabic). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Saudi League 2nd Division 2020/2021 Scorers". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Saudi League 2nd Division 2021/2022 Scorers". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  25. ^ "الأنصار يعلن رسميا عودة الحاج مالك لصفوفه". كووورة. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Senegal - E. Tall - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  27. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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