Elias Cobbaut

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Elias Cobbaut
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
Sparta Prague
Number 33
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Racing Mechelen 1 (0)
2015–2018 Mechelen 46 (1)
2018–2022 Anderlecht 49 (0)
2021–2022Parma (loan) 35 (2)
2022–2024 Parma 11 (0)
2023–2024Mechelen (loan) 30 (2)
2024– Sparta Prague 4 (1)
International career
2017–2019 Belgium U21 10 (0)
2019 Belgium 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Elias Cobbaut (born 24 November 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Czech side Sparta Prague. He also represented the Belgium national team. [1]

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Career

On 28 August 2021, Cobbaut joined Italian club Parma on loan with an option to buy. [2] On 4 June 2022, Anderlecht announced that Parma had exercised the option to buy his contract. [3]

On 5 September 2023, Parma sent Cobbaut on a season-long loan with an option to buy to his former club Mechelen. [4] [5] On 2 September 2024, he signed for Czech First League club Sparta Prague permanently. [6]

In November 2019, Cobbaut was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Russia and Cyprus, respectively the same year on 16 and 19 November. [7] He debuted against the latter opponent. [8]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 March 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Mechelen 2013–14 Belgian Third Division 1010
2014–15 Belgian Second Division 0000
Total1010
Mechelen 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 000000
2016–17 Belgian First Division A17000170
2017–18 Belgian First Division A29120311
Total46120481
Anderlecht 2018–19 Belgian First Division A1200000120
2019–20 Belgian First Division A24020260
2020–21 Belgian First Division A13020150
Total4904000530
Parma (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 35200352
Parma 2022–23 Serie B11000110
Total46200462
Mechelen (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League30210312
Sparta Prague 2024–25 Czech First League 41102071
Career total176680201866

References

  1. Elias Cobbaut at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. "Elias Cobbaut is a Parma player". Parma Calcio 1913. 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. "Elias Cobbaut Transferred to Parma". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. "Elias Cobbaut terug bij Malinwa" [Elias Cobbaut back at Malinwa]. KV Mechelen (in Dutch). 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  5. "Elias Cobaut joins YR KV Mechelen on loan". Parma Calcio 1913. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023.
  6. "Elias Cobbaut joins Sparta". AC Sparta Prague . 9 February 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. "Martinez neemt verrassend Elias Cobbaut op in selectie Rode Duivels" [Martinez surprisingly adds Elias Cobbaut to Red Devils squad]. sporza.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. "La Belgique fait le show face à Chypre et réalise un sans-faute dans les qualifications pour l'Euro (6–1, vidéos)". Le Soir (in French). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  9. Elias Cobbaut at Soccerway