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Midfielders#15
Djibril Sow
Group BUEFASevilla
52
Caps
0
Goals
29
Age
February 6, 1997
183 cm
Height
Among Midfielders at the 2026 World Cup
Percentile rank vs 370 players in this position.
Caps74%
Goals13%
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Advanced stats
Open dataComputed from free, open event data — per-90 rates and percentiles vs. positional peers.
StatsBomb Open Data · FIFA World Cup 2022 & FIFA World Cup 2018 · 4 matches · 267 min sample
Attacking
Goals
0
0.00 per 90
Assists
1
0.34 per 90
xG40
0.1
0.05 per 90
Shots
2
0.67 per 90
Key passes
2
0.67 per 90
Possession
Pass completion84
91%
Progressive passes12
11
3.71 per 90
Progressive carries62
12
4.04 per 90
Carries
74
24.94 per 90
Defending
Tackles18
3
1.01 per 90
Interceptions31
2
0.67 per 90
Pressures32
42
14.16 per 90
Blocks
4
1.35 per 90
Clearances
0
0.00 per 90
Discipline
Fouls committed
3
1.01 per 90
Fouls won
8
2.70 per 90
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
0
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Caps, goals and club from official squad lists; photo, date of birth and height from FIFA. Official FIFA squad page · Squad data as of Jun 11, 2026