Saïdou Sow
Guinean footballer (born 2002)
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Saïdou Sow (born 4 July 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 2 club Clermont on loan from Strasbourg, and the Guinea national team.[1]
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Sow with Guinea in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Clermont (on loan from Strasbourg) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | SFC Neuilly-sur-Marne | ||
| 2016–2020 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Saint-Étienne | 53 | (2) |
| 2022 | Saint-Étienne B | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Strasbourg B | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Strasbourg | 22 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Nantes (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Clermont (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Guinea U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Guinea | 28 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2024 | |||
Club career
Sow made his professional debut for Saint-Étienne on 3 October 2020, in a Ligue 1 game against Lens, replacing Maxence Rivera in the 16th minute, after the early expulsion of Timothée Kolodziejczak.[2]
On 25 January 2025, Sow moved to Nantes on loan.[3] On 2 February 2026, Sow was loaned to Clermont.[4]
International career
On 10 October 2020, Sow made his international debut for Guinea in a friendly game against Cape Verde,[5] entering as a substitute and proving to be instrumental in his side 2–1 win by making the assist for Yady Bangoura's decisive goal.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 4 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2021–22 | CFA 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | CFA 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Strasbourg B | 2023–24 | CFA 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Nantes (loan) | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 94 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3 | ||
International
- As of matches played on 10 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Sow's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 September 2023 | Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi |  Malawi | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
