Coumba_Sow
Coumba Sow
Swiss footballer (born 1994)
Coumba Louisa Sow (born 27 August 1994) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Women's Super League and has appeared for the Switzerland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Coumba Louisa Sow[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Oklahoma State | 25 | (13) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2018 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2019–2023 | Paris FC | 51 | (6) |
| 2023 | Servette FC | 12 | (6) |
| 2023– | Basel | 14 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Switzerland | 33 | (14) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
At the age of 12 she started playing football for SV Höngg. After two years she switched to the youth department of FC Zürich. She went to the USA and played for two years for Monroe Community College. In 2016, she joined the Oklahoma State Cowgirls for two years. After the first two games with Oklahoma, she suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in training and had to sit out the entire year of 2016. In 2017 she was able to play for Oklahoma State again.
In 2018, Sow returned to FC Zurich. During her time at FCZ, she worked 75% in a day care center. In 2019 he switched to Paris FC. At the end of January 2023, she moved back to Switzerland, to Servette FC Chênois Féminin, to get more match practice ahead of the World Cup.[2] At the end of the season she left the club.[3]
From the 2023/24 season she plays for FC Basel. She signed for three years.[4]
Sow made her debut for the national team on November 13, 2018 in the World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands. She appeared for the team during the 2019 World Cup qualifying cycle.[5] Sow took part in the Euro 2022 and was in the starting lineup for the Swiss in all three group games. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.
Sow grew up in the Oerlikon district.[6] She is of Senegalese descent through her father. She is the cousin of Djibril Sow, another Swiss international footballer.[7]
- "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- "News zum Schweizer Fussball - Servette holt Nationalspielerin Sow – Stojilkovic verlässt Sion". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- mdelacretaz (19 June 2023). "Hurni, Sow et Berti quittent le SFCCF". Servette FC (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- "Kurz vor Start der Frauen-WM - Sow wechselt von Servette-Chênois zu Basel". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Switzerland)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- Wegmann, Michael (17 February 2019). "Familie Sow mischt den Schweizer Fussball auf". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- Coumba Sow – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Coumba Sow at WorldFootball.net
- Coumba Sow at Soccerway
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