Saïdou Sow

Saïdou Sow (born 4 July 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Guinea national team.^[1]

Saïdou Sow

Sow with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2016	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	1	(0)
2023–	Strasbourg	22	(0)
2025	→ Nantes (loan)	9	(1)
International career‡
2024–	Guinea U23	1	(0)
2020–	Guinea	28	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ 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]

International career

On 10 October 2020, Sow made his international debut for Guinea in a friendly game against Cape Verde,^[4] 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.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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