Ousmane Sow (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brøndby | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| 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) |
| 2025–2026 | Górnik Zabrze | 29 | (8) |
| 2026– | Brøndby | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:37, 9 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Ousmane Sow (born 5 July 2000) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Danish Superliga club Brøndby. He has previously played in France for Arles-Avignon and Furiani-Agliani, in Belgium for Olympic Charleroi and Lierse, and in Poland for Górnik Zabrze.
Early years
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]
Belgium and Poland
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]
Brøndby
On 8 January 2026, Danish Superliga club Brøndby announced the signing of Sow on a four-and-a-half-year contract, set to run until June 2030.[10] He joined the club following a breakthrough first half of the 2025–26 season with Górnik Zabrze, during which he scored nine goals in 19 appearances across all competitions. The transfer fee was not officially disclosed; however, Danish outlet Tipsbladet reported that Brøndby paid just under DKK 19 million (approximately €2.5 million), excluding performance-related bonuses.[11]
He made his competitive debut on 8 February in a 0–0 home draw against Randers, playing the full match.[12][13]