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Djibril Sow
Sow playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sevilla
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2008 BC Albisrieden
2008–2015 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Zürich II 20 (0)
2015–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 31 (6)
2016–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 (0)
2017–2019 Young Boys 55 (4)
2019–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 120 (7)
2023– Sevilla 26 (1)
International career‡
2013 Switzerland U16 4 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U17 14 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U19 15 (1)
2016 Switzerland U20 4 (2)
2016 Switzerland U21 6 (1)
2018– Switzerland 41 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:23, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow (born 6 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career

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Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Sow made his professional debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach on 25 October 2016, in the second round of the 2016–17 edition of the DFB-Pokal, against second-division club VfB Stuttgart. Sow was substituted on in the 88th minute for Lars Stindl. The match finished as a 2–0 home win for Gladbach.[4]

Young Boys

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In June 2017, Sow returned to Switzerland, agreeing to a four-year contract with Young Boys. The transfer fee paid to Borussia Mönchengladbach was reported as €1.7 million.[5][6]

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[7]

Eintracht Frankfurt

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On 27 June 2019, Sow signed to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt a contract until 2024.[8]

Sevilla

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On 4 August 2023, Sow moved to La Liga club Sevilla for a fee €10 million and signed a five-year contract.[9]

International career

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Born in Switzerland, his father comes from Senegal and his mother's Swiss.[10] He earned his first appearance for the Switzerland national team on 8 September 2018, coming on as a substitute for Steven Zuber in a 6–0 win against Iceland in the UEFA Nations League. In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished fourth.[11] In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 23 August 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2015–16 Regionalliga 15 3 — — — 15 3
2016–17 16 3 — — — 16 3
Total 31 6 — — — 31 6
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2016–17 Bundesliga 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 3 0
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 27 1 4 0 6[b] 0 — 37 1
2018–19 28 3 3 0 8[c] 0 — 39 3
Total 55 4 7 0 14 0 — 76 4
Eintracht Frankfurt 2019–20 Bundesliga 29 1 2 0 9[d] 0 — 40 1
2020–21 28 0 1 0 0 0 — 29 0
2021–22 31 2 1 0 12[d] 1 — 44 3
2022–23 32 4 6 0 8[c] 0 1[e] 0 47 4
Total 120 7 10 0 29 1 1 0 160 8
Sevilla 2023–24 La Liga 24 1 3 0 6[c] 0 0 0 33 1
2024–25 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 26 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 35 1
Career total 233 18 22 0 49 1 1 0 305 19
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

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As of match played 15 October 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2018 2 0
2019 4 0
2020 7 0
2021 11 0
2022 12 0
2023 5 0
Total 41 0

Personal life

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Sow is the cousin of the female footballer Coumba Sow.[15]

Honours

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Young Boys

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Djibril Sow". Bundesliga. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Djibril Sow". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Djibril Sow". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfB Stuttgart 2:0 (DFB-Pokal 2016/2017, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Sow verkauft, Quartett startet vorab". RP Online (in German). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ Trunz, Alex (26 June 2017). "Djibril Sow für vier Jahre zu YB". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". reuters.com. Reuters. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Zweiter Neuzugang bei der Eintracht: Djibril Sow unterschreibt bis 2024". Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Djibril Sow Signs For Sevilla FC". Sevilla FC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Lyon s'intéresse au jeune Djibril Sow, d'origine sénégalaise" [Lyon takes an interest in young Djibril Sow, of Senegalese origin]. footempo.com (in French). Footempo. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  13. ^ "D.Sow". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Djibril Sow". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  15. ^ "YB Djibril und seine FCZ Cousine Coumba - Familie Sow mischt den Schweizer Fussball auf" [YB Djibril and his FCZ cousin Coumba - The Sow family mixes up Swiss football]. blick.ch (in German). Blick. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Super League: Kevin Mbabu élu joueur de l'année". RTSSport.ch (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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