Sebastiaan_Bornauw
Sebastiaan Bornauw
Belgian footballer (born 1999)
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.
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Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| 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 | 53 | (2) |
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 27 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:29, 24 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
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.
Bornauw debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020.[8]
- "Sebastiaan Bornauw". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- "Kortrijk vs. Anderlecht". Soccerway.
- "Sebastiaan Bornauw wechselt zum FC" (in German). 1. FC Köln. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- "Verschiebung der EM für Sebastiaan Bornauw möglicherweise eine gute Sache". brf.be (in German). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "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.
- "Sebastiaan Bornauw, Ismail Jakobs oder Noah Katterbach: Wer wird der Rookie des Monats Dezember?". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- Sebastiaan Bornauw at Soccerway
- Sebastiaan Bornauw at the Royal Belgian Football Association