Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow (born 6 February 1997) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sow made his professional debut for

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on 25 October 2016, in the second round of the 2016–17 edition of the

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, against second-division club

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. Sow was substituted on in the 88th minute for Lars Stindl. The match finished as a 2–0 home win for Gladbach.

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. He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the

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, their first league title in 32 years.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 27 June 2019, Sow signed to Bundesliga club

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a contract until 2024.

Sevilla

On 4 August 2023, Sow moved to La Liga club

for a fee €10 million and signed a five-year contract.

International career

Born in Switzerland, his father comes from Senegal and his mother's Swiss. He earned his first appearance for the Switzerland national team on 8 September 2018, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 6–0 win against

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in the

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. In May 2019, he played in

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, where his team finished fourth. 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.

Career statistics

Club

International

Personal life

Sow is the cousin of the female footballer Coumba Sow.

Honours

Young Boys *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2021–22 Individual *

Young Footballer of the Year: 2018–19 *

Team of the Year: 2018–19

References

External links

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SFV Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sow, Djibril 1997 births Living people Footballers from Zurich Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Zürich players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Borussia Mönchengladbach players BSC Young Boys players Eintracht Frankfurt players Sevilla FC players Swiss Super League players Swiss Promotion League players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players La Liga players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate men's footballers UEFA Europa League–winning players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swiss people of Senegalese descent 21st-century Swiss sportsmen