{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Coumba Sow | full_name = Coumba Louisa Sow<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI) |publisher=FIFA |page=29 |date=11 July 2023 |access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref> | image = Coumba Sow by Frank Haug.JPG | caption = | height = 1.78 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|8|27}} | birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Basel | clubnumber = 18 | collegeyears1 = 2016–2017 | college1 = Oklahoma State | collegecaps1 = 25 | collegegoals1 = 13 | years1 = 2013 | clubs1 = FC Zürich | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = FC Zürich | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2019–2023 | clubs3 = Paris FC | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2023 | clubs4 = Servette FC | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2023– | clubs5 = Basel | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Switzerland | nationalcaps1 = 33 | nationalgoals1 = 14 | club-update = 24 March 2024 | nationalteam-update = 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== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=News zum Schweizer Fussball - Servette holt Nationalspielerin Sow – Stojilkovic verlässt Sion |url=https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/super-league/news-zum-schweizer-fussball-servette-holt-nationalspielerin-sow-stojilkovic-verlaesst-sion |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}</ref> At the end of the season she left the club.<ref>{{Cite web |last=mdelacretaz |date=2023-06-19 |title=Hurni, Sow et Berti quittent le SFCCF |url=https://servettefc.ch/hurni-sow-et-berti-quittent-le-sfccf/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Servette FC |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
From the 2023/24 season she plays for FC Basel. She signed for three years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=Kurz vor Start der Frauen-WM - Sow wechselt von Servette-Chênois zu Basel |url=https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/fifa-frauen-wm-2023/kurz-vor-start-der-frauen-wm-sow-wechselt-von-servette-chenois-zu-basel |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}</ref>
== National team == 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/schweiz-frauen-team/frauen-wm-quali-europa-2017-2018/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830193035/https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/schweiz-frauen-team/frauen-wm-quali-europa-2017-2018/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2019 |title=Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Switzerland) |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> 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.
On 23 June 2025, Sow was called up to the Switzerland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team-frauen/UWNL/news/frauen-nationalteam-das-kader-fuer-die-uefa-women-s-euro-2025-steht-fest.aspx|title=Frauen-Nationalteam: Das Kader für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025 steht fest|publisher=Swiss Football Association|date=23 June 2025|lang=de}}</ref>
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 13 November 2018 || wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland || {{fbw|NED}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–1 || 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |- | 2. || 27 October 2020 || Football Centre FRF, Mogoșoaia, Romania || {{fbw|ROU}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |- | 3. || 13 April 2021 || rowspan=2| Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland || {{fbw|CZE}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–1 {{aet}} (3–2 p) || UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs |- | 4. || 17 September 2021 || {{fbw|LTU}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 4–1 || rowspan=6| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 5. || 21 September 2021 || Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova || {{fbw|MDA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 |- | 6. || 26 November 2021 || Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy || {{fbw|ITA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–1 |- | 7. || rowspan=3| 30 November 2021 || rowspan=3| LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania || rowspan=3| {{fbw|LTU}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=3 align=center| 7–0 |- | 8. || align=center|'''3'''–0 |- | 9. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 10. || 9 July 2022 || Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–2 || UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |- | 11. || rowspan=3| 6 September 2022 || rowspan=3| Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland || rowspan=3| {{fbw|MDA}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || rowspan=3 align=center| 15–0 || rowspan=3| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 12. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 13. || align=center|'''6'''–0 |- | 14. || 30 June 2023 || Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland || {{fbw|ZAM}} || align=center|'''3'''–3 || align=center| 3–3 || Friendly |- |}
==Personal life== Sow grew up in the Oerlikon district.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wegmann |first=Michael |date=2019-02-17 |title=Familie Sow mischt den Schweizer Fussball auf |url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/yb-djibril-und-seine-fcz-cousine-coumba-familie-sow-mischt-den-schweizer-fussball-auf-id15173614.html |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Blick |language=de-CH}}</ref> She is of Senegalese descent through her father. She is the cousin of Djibril Sow, another Swiss international footballer.<ref>[https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/yb-djibril-und-seine-fcz-cousine-coumba-familie-sow-mischt-den-schweizer-fussball-auf-id15173614.html YB Djibril und seine FCZ Cousine Coumba famille Sow mischt den Schweiser fussball = Blick.ch]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{UEFA player|250047055}} * {{WorldFootball.net|coumba-sow}} * {{Soccerway|coumba-sow/236506}}
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