Sebastiaan Bornauw

Sebastiaan Bornauw
Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2021
Personal information
Full name Sebastiaan Bornauw
Date of birth (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Wemmel, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 3
Youth career
Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Anderlecht 24 (1)
2019–2021 1. FC Köln 52 (7)
2021– VfL Wolfsburg 80 (4)
International career‡
2014 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2015 Belgium U16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Belgium U17 16 (1)
2017 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U19 9 (1)
2019–2020 Belgium U21 8 (1)
2020– Belgium 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:29, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Sebastiaan Bornauw (born 22 March 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Anderlecht

Bornauw made his professional debut for Anderlecht in a 4–1 Belgian Pro League win over Kortrijk on 28 July 2018, at the age of 19 years old. He played the full game.[2] Bornauw would go on to become a key defender for Anderlecht, despite his young age. In total, he played in 24 league games and he scored one goal as a defender for Anderlecht in his debut season.

1. FC Köln

On 6 August 2019, Bornauw joined 1. FC Köln on a five-year deal.[3] He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 20 October 2019 against SC Paderborn. In his first season at 1. FC Köln, Bornauw established himself as a regular starter[4][5] and became a key player for the club.[6]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 16 July 2021, Köln announced that the club had transferred Bornauw to VfL Wolfsburg, where he signed a contract until 2026.[7] He scored his first goal for Wolfsburg on 26 February 2022 in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

International career

Bornauw debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Anderlecht 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2018–19 Belgian Pro League 23 1 1 0 — — 24 1
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 24 1 1 0 — — 25 1
Köln 2019–20 Bundesliga 28 6 1 0 — — 29 6
2020–21 Bundesliga 24 1 2 0 — 2[a] 0 28 1
Total 52 7 3 0 — 2 0 57 7
Wolfsburg 2021–22 Bundesliga 27 1 1 0 3[b] 0 — 31 1
2022–23 Bundesliga 26 1 2 0 — — 28 1
2023–24 Bundesliga 20 0 1 0 — — 21 0
2024–25 Bundesliga 7 2 1 0 — — 8 2
Total 80 4 5 0 3 0 — 88 4
Career total 156 12 9 0 3 0 2 0 170 12
  1. ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Sebastiaan Bornauw". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Kortrijk vs. Anderlecht". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Sebastiaan Bornauw wechselt zum FC" (in German). 1. FC Köln. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Verschiebung der EM für Sebastiaan Bornauw möglicherweise eine gute Sache". brf.be (in German). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Cologne centre-back Sebastian Bornauw on being compared to Daniel Van Buyten, handling Robert Lewandowski and coping with coronavirus". Bundesliga. 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Sebastiaan Bornauw, Ismail Jakobs oder Noah Katterbach: Wer wird der Rookie des Monats Dezember?". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
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