Sebastiaan Bornauw

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Sebastiaan Bornauw
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Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2024
Personal information
Full name Sebastiaan Bornauw [1]
Date of birth (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Wemmel, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2008 Wydad
2008–2009 Dender
2009–2018 Anderlecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Anderlecht 24 (1)
2019–2021 1. FC Köln 52 (7)
2021–2025 VfL Wolfsburg 88 (4)
2025– Leeds United 2 (0)
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)
2020–2023 Belgium 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:12, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Sebastiaan Bornauw (born 22 March 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Leeds United.

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Club career

Youth

Bornauw began his club career - unusual for a European player - in the youth ranks of Moroccan First Division club Wydad Casablanca when his father was working there. [3]

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. He played the full game. [4] 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. [5] 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 [6] [7] and became a key player for the club. [8]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 16 July 2021, Köln announced that the club had transferred Bornauw to VfL Wolfsburg, where he signed a contract until 2026. [9] He scored his first goal for Wolfsburg on 26 February 2022 in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Leeds United

On 1 July 2025, Bornauw signed for Premier League club Leeds United on a four-year deal, for a fee of £5,100,000. He made his Premier League debut on 3 December 2025, in the match against Chelsea, coming on as a late substitute for Gabriel Gudmundsson. [10]

International career

Bornauw debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht 2018–19 [12] Belgian Pro League 23110—4 [c] 0—281
2019–20 [12] Belgian Pro League1000———10
Total24110—40—291
Köln 2019–20 [13] Bundesliga 28610———296
2020–21 [14] Bundesliga24120——2 [d] 0281
Total52730——20577
Wolfsburg 2021–22 [15] Bundesliga27110—3 [e] 0—311
2022–23 [16] Bundesliga26120———281
2023–24 [17] Bundesliga20010———210
2024–25 [18] Bundesliga15210———162
Total88450—30—964
Leeds United 2025–26 [19] Premier League 100000——10
Career total165129000702018312
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ↑ "2025/26 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bornauw doet zijn opvallend levensverhaal uit de doeken: "Ik begon te voetballen in Marokko"" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kortrijk vs. Anderlecht". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw wechselt zum FC" (in German). 1. FC Köln. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Verschiebung der EM für Sebastiaan Bornauw möglicherweise eine gute Sache". brf.be (in German). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw, Ismail Jakobs oder Noah Katterbach: Wer wird der Rookie des Monats Dezember?". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ↑ ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Leeds United news: Sebastiaan Bornauw signs from Wolfsburg for £5.1m". BBC Sport. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  12. 1 2 "Sebastiaan Bornauw » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2019/20". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2021/22". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2022/23". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2023/24". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2024/25". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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