Sebastiaan Bornauw

Sebastiaan Bornauw
Bornauw with VfL Wolfsburg in 2024
Personal information
Full name Sebastiaan Bornauw[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999[2]
Place of birth Wemmel, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
(on loan from Leeds United)
Number 33
Youth career
2007–2008 Wydad
2008–2009 Dender
2009–2018 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Anderlecht 24 (1)
2019–2021 1. FC Köln 52 (7)
2021–2025 VfL Wolfsburg 88 (4)
2025– Leeds United 12 (0)
2026– → Hamburger SV (loan) 0 (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 11:29, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Sebastiaan Bornauw (born 22 March 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV, on loan from Premier League club Leeds United.

Club career

Youth

Bornauw began his club career - unusually for a European player - in the youth ranks of Moroccan First Division club Wydad Casablanca when his father was working there.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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[7][8] and became a key player for the club.[9]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 16 July 2021, Köln announced that the club had transferred Bornauw to VfL Wolfsburg, where he signed a contract until 2026.[10] He scored his first goal for Wolfsburg on 26 February 2022 in a 2–2 away draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[11]

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.[12]

Loan to Hamburger SV

On 19 August 2026, Bornauw returned to Germany and joined Bundesliga club Hamburger SV, on a loan for the 2026–27 season.[13]

International career

Bornauw debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht 2018–19[15] Belgian Pro League 23110—4[c]0—281
2019–20[15] Belgian Pro League 10————10
Total 24110—40—291
1. FC Köln 2019–20[16] Bundesliga 28610———296
2020–21[17] Bundesliga 24120——2[d]0281
Total 52730——20577
VfL Wolfsburg 2021–22[18] Bundesliga 27110—3[e]0—311
2022–23[19] Bundesliga 26120———281
2023–24[20] Bundesliga 20010———210
2024–25[21] Bundesliga 15210———162
Total 88450—30—964
Leeds United 2025–26[22] Premier League 1204010——140
Hamburger SV 2026–27[23] Bundesliga 0010———10
Career total 1731214010702019712
  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

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[24]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 202020
202210
202310
Total40

References

  1. ↑ "2025/26 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Kortrijk vs. Anderlecht". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Verschiebung der EM für Sebastiaan Bornauw möglicherweise eine gute Sache". brf.be (in German). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw, Ismail Jakobs oder Noah Katterbach: Wer wird der Rookie des Monats Dezember?". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  10. ↑ ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg". ESPN. 26 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Leeds United news: Sebastiaan Bornauw signs from Wolfsburg for £5.1m". BBC Sport. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Bornauw joins Hamburg on loan". BBC Sport. BBC News. 19 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  15. 1 2 "Sebastiaan Bornauw » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2019/20" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2019/20]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2020/21" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2020/21]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2021/22" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2021/22]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2022/23" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2022/23]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  20. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2023/24" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2023/24]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  21. ↑ "Spiele von Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2024/25" [Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw – 2024/25]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Sebastiaan Bornauw in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Sebastiaan Bornauw". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
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