| Djibril Sow | |
| Full Name: | Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.84 m[2] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Sevilla |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | BC Albisrieden |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Zürich |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Zürich II |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Borussia Mönchengladbach II |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Young Boys |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Caps5: | 120 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Sevilla |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam4: | Switzerland U20 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam5: | Switzerland U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam6: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps6: | 41 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:35, 23 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 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]
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]
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]
On 27 June 2019, Sow signed to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt a contract until 2024.[8]
On 4 August 2023, Sow moved to La Liga club Sevilla for a fee €10 million and signed a five-year contract.[9]
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]
| 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 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 76 | 4 | ||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 44 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4 | |||
| Total | 120 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 8 | |||
| Sevilla | 2023–24 | La Liga | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
Sow is the cousin of the female footballer Coumba Sow.[14]
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