Sebastiaan Bornauw
Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2021
Personal information
Full name Sebastiaan Bornauw
Date of birth (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999
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)
*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)

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]

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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