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.[3]
![]() Sow playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
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 | 88 | (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 | 32 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 14 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:12, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
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 for 32 years.[7]
On 27 June 2019, Sow signed to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt a contract until 2024.[8]
Born in Switzerland, Sow is of Senegalese and Swiss descent.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
Sow is the cousin of the female footballer Coumba Sow.[12]
Young Boys
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt – current squad | |
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Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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a Kobel replaced Omlin after Switzerland's first match. |