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Coumba Sow
Personal information
Full name Coumba Louisa Sow[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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.

Career

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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]

National team

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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.

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 November 2018 wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Netherlands 1–1 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
2. 27 October 2020 Football Centre FRF, Mogoșoaia, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3. 13 April 2021 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Czech Republic 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
4. 17 September 2021  Lithuania 2–0 4–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5. 21 September 2021 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 2–0 6–0
6. 26 November 2021 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy  Italy 1–0 2–1
7. 30 November 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 7–0
8. 3–0
9. 5–0
10. 9 July 2022 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England  Portugal 1–0 2–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
11. 6 September 2022 Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland  Moldova 4–0 15–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
12. 5–0
13. 6–0
14. 30 June 2023 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  Zambia 3–3 3–3 Friendly

Personal life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ mdelacretaz (19 June 2023). "Hurni, Sow et Berti quittent le SFCCF". Servette FC (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Switzerland)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. ^ Wegmann, Michael (17 February 2019). "Familie Sow mischt den Schweizer Fussball auf". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ YB Djibril und seine FCZ Cousine Coumba famille Sow mischt den Schweiser fussball = Blick.ch
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