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Sebastiaan Bornauw

Belgian footballer (born 1999)

Sebastiaan Bornauw
Personal information
Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2021
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	73	(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 21 May 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 18 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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
	Total		73	2	4	0	3	0	—		80	2
Career total			149	10	8	0	3	0	2	0	162	10

^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

^ "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.