Djibril Sow

Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow (born 6 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team.[2]

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
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 8
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 32 (7)
2016–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 (0)
2017–2019 Young Boys 55 (4)
2019– Eintracht Frankfurt 82 (3)
National team‡
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 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:27, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:19, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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.[3]

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.[4][5]

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[6]

On 27 June 2019, Sow signed to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt a contract until 2024.[7]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Sow is of Senegalese and Swiss descent.[8] 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.[9] 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. [10]

Personal life

Sow is the cousin of the female footballer Coumba Sow.[11]

Honours

Young Boys

References
  1. "Djibril Sow". Bundesliga. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. "Djibril Sow". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfB Stuttgart 2:0 (DFB-Pokal 2016/2017, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. "Sow verkauft, Quartett startet vorab". RP Online (in German). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. Trunz, Alex (26 June 2017). "Djibril Sow für vier Jahre zu YB". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". reuters.com. Reuters. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "Zweiter Neuzugang bei der Eintracht: Djibril Sow unterschreibt bis 2024". Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. "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.
  9. "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  10. https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  11. "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.
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