Sebastiaan Bornauw
based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Hamburger SV.
Also this season
Parent club Leeds — FA Cup: 4 apps, 0g 0a, 248 min
Parent club Leeds — League Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 96 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Hamburger SV; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
S. Bornauw is a 27-year-old central defender at Leeds, rated 53.5 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (12.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.87 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bornauw.
On the season, Bornauw graded 6 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 3.869 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 6). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 54. At 27 Bornauw is in his prime years, and a market index of 64.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Leeds finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.87 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 12 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.87 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 93.2/100).
Watch points
- Game time. Only 12.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
Rated 53.5 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.87 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
