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 26)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sevilla
Number 18
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 17 (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 23:13, 21 January 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

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

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 for 32 years.[7]

Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Sevilla

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

Born in Switzerland, his father comes from Senegal, His mother is 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

Club

As of match played 25 January 2024[13]
Appearances by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup 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[a] 0 — 37 1
2018–19 28 3 3 0 8[b] 0 — 39 3
Total 55 4 7 0 14 0 — 76 4
Eintracht Frankfurt 2019–20 Bundesliga 29 1 2 0 9[c] 0 — 40 1
2020–21 28 0 1 0 0 0 — 29 0
2021–22 31 2 1 0 12[c] 1 — 44 3
2022–23 32 4 6 0 8[b] 0 1[d] 0 47 4
Total 120 7 10 0 29 1 1 0 160 8
Sevilla 2023–24 La Liga 17 1 3 0 6[b] 0 0 0 26 1
Career total 224 18 22 0 49 1 1 0 296 19
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

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

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

Honours

Young Boys

Eintracht Frankfurt

Sevilla

Individual

References

  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". 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. ^ "Manchester City 1–1(5-4p) Sevilla". 17 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Super League: Kevin Mbabu élu joueur de l'année". RTSSport.ch (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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