Ousmane Sow (footballer)

Ousmane Sow
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Górnik Zabrze
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Arles-Avignon
2022–2023 Furiani-Agliani 23 (6)
2023–2024 Olympic Charleroi 14 (4)
2024–2025 Lierse 32 (7)
2025– Górnik Zabrze 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Ousmane Sow (born 5 July 2000) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. He has previously played in France for Arles-Avignon and Furiani-Agliani, and in Belgium for Olympic Charleroi and Lierse.

Career

Sow grew up in rural Senegal, without any formal football training.[2] After being spotted playing football by a real estate agent, he moved to France to pursue a career in the sport.[2] He played for Arles-Avignon at Régional 2 level, and scored 22 goals as they were promoted to Régional 1 level in the 2021–22 season.[3] Despite being offered a contrat fédéral (a type of standard type of paid contract offered by semi-professional and amateur clubs in France) by Arles, for whom he had scored 35 goals total,[4] Sow left to sign for Championnat National 2 club Furiani-Agliani in October 2022,[3] for whom he scored six goals in 23 games.[5]

Sow moved to Belgium in August 2023, signing on a free transfer for Olympic Charleroi.[6] The club provided Sow shelter as well as wages, though he only received his wages for the first two months at the club.[2] He subsequently signed for Lierse on a one-and-a-half year contract in January 2024.[4] Sow was paid a portion of his salary in advance and allowed to rent a house from youth team director Paul Verschoren at a cheap rate to aid his financial situation.[2] After scoring three goals and providing three assists during the 2023–24 season, he extended his contract with the club until summer 2027.[7]

After four goals in 19 matches for Lierse during the 2024–25 season,[8] Sow signed for Polish Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze on 5 February 2025 on a two-and-a-half year contract for a fee of €300,000.[9][6]

Style of play

Sow can play as a centre forward or as a winger.[3] Upon signing for Furiani-Agliani, manager Patrick Videira said of Sow: "[c'est un] jeune joueur doté d'une marge de progression importante et qui dispose d'énormes qualités, un bon pied gauche et une bonne pointe de vitesse" ("[he is a] young player with significant room for improvement and enormous qualities – a good left foot and good pace").[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ousmane Sow". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Guldentops, Kurt (6 February 2025). "RECONSTRUCTIE. Hoe heel Lierse bijdroeg tot lucratieve transfer van 'straatarme' Ousmane Sow". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ousmane Sow (ex-AC Arles) signe en National 2". Actufoot (in French). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Lierse haalt Ousmane Sow" (in Flemish). Lierse S.K. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Ousmane Sow » National 2 Groupe B 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b Crabbé, Scott; van Lindt, Aernout (6 February 2025). "Officiel: autrefois révélé par l'Olympic Charleroi, il quitte la D1B pour partager le vestiaire avec Lukas Podolski". Walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Lierse SK verlengt met belangrijke pion Sow". VoetbalPrimeur.be (in Flemish). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Ousmane Sow » Challenger Pro League 2024/2025". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Górnik Zabrze ma nowego napastnika". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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