Elias Cobbaut

Elias Cobbaut
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
Sparta Prague
Number 33
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Racing Mechelen 1 (0)
2015–2018 Mechelen 46 (1)
2018–2022 Anderlecht 49 (0)
2021–2022 → Parma (loan) 35 (2)
2022–2024 Parma 11 (0)
2023–2024 → Mechelen (loan) 30 (2)
2024– Sparta Prague 11 (1)
International career‡
2017–2019 Belgium U21 10 (0)
2019 Belgium 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals 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]

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
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Mechelen 2013–14 Belgian Third Division 1 0 — — 1 0
2014–15 Belgian Second Division 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 1 0 — — 1 0
Mechelen 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 17000—170
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 29120—311
Total 46120—481
Anderlecht 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 120000 0120
2019–20 Belgian First Division A 24020—260
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 13020—150
Total 4904000530
Parma (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 35200—352
Parma 2022–23 Serie B 11000—110
Total46200—462
Mechelen (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 30210—312
Sparta Prague 2024–25 Czech First League 41102071
Career total 176680201866

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.
  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