Ghassimu Sow

Ghassimu Sow (born 10 April 1995) is an English footballer who plays for Kingstonian as a midfielder.

Ghassimu Sow
Personal information
Full name Ghassimu Sow[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995
Place of birth Liberia[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kingstonian
Youth career
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2014 → FC Honka (loan) 7 (0)
2015 → Farnborough (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2016 St Albans City 13 (0)
2016 Dulwich Hamlet 8 (0)
2016–2018 Lewes
2018–2019 Merstham
2019– Kingstonian
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:08, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Sow began his career with Crystal Palace, spending loan spells with Finnish club FC Honka and English non-league club Farnborough.

Early and personal life

Born in Liberia, Sow moved to England at the age of 8.[3]

Club career

Sow signed a three-year professional contract with Crystal Palace in April 2012.[4] In May 2014 Sow joined Finnish side FC Honka on a three-month loan deal,[5] where he made seven appearances in the Veikkausliiga.[2] He signed a one-month loan deal with Conference South club Farnborough in January 2015.[6][7] On 8 May 2015, it was announced that Sow would not be offered a new contract by Crystal Palace and would leave the club.[8]

Sow signed for St Albans City in August 2015,[9] before moving to Dulwich Hamlet in January 2016.[10] After finishing the 2015–16 season with Dulwich, making 11 appearances in all competitions,[11] the club announced that they were not offering Sow a new contract ahead of the 2016–17 season.[12]

Sow joined Lewes in August 2016.[13]

In July 2018, Sow joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Merstham.[14] One year later, he joined Kingstonian.[15] He combines his non-league career with roles at Crystal Palace as a player liaison officer and as head coach of their under-9 team.[3]

International career

Sow represented England at under-16 youth level.[3]

References
  1. "Premier League Retained List 2013/14" (PDF). Premier League. May 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. Ghassimu Sow at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. "FA Cup second round: Five ties to look out for this weekend". 28 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Ghassimu Sow signs three-year Crystal Palace deal". BBC Sport. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. "Crystal Palace Midfielder Ghassimu Sow Has Joined Finnish Veikkausliiga Side FC Honka On Loan For Three Months". Crystal Palace F.C. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  6. "Ghassimu Sow joins on a months loan from Crystal Palace". Farnborough F.C. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  7. "Loan Round Up: Hunt Returns For Millers". cpfc.co.uk. Crystal Palace F.C. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. "New Deals Offered To Six Development Players". cpfc.co.uk. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  9. "Now Sow Added to Saints Squad". 14 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  10. "DULWICH HAMLET SIGN UP FORMER CRYSTAL PALACE MIDFIELDER - News - Dulwich Hamlet Football Club". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  11. "Gus Sow - Dulwich Hamlet Football Club First XI". www.pitchero.com.
  12. "Players & Pre Season". www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  13. "Sow and Coker sign for Rooks". Lewes F.C. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. @MersthamFC1892 (16 July 2018). "We are delighted to welcome Gus Sow to Merstham Football Club" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via Twitter.
  15. Kingstonian sign 16 (SIXTEEN) players, kingstonian.com, 21 June 2019


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