Elias Cobbaut

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]

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*
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	10	(1)
International career‡
2017–2019	Belgium U21	10	(0)
2019	Belgium	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2023

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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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	17	0	0	0	—		17	0
	2017–18	Belgian First Division A	29	1	2	0	—		31	1
	Total		46	1	2	0	—		48	1
Anderlecht	2018–19	Belgian First Division A	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	24	0	2	0	—		26	0
	2020–21	Belgian First Division A	13	0	2	0	—		15	0
	Total		49	0	4	0	0	0	53	0
Parma (loan)	2021–22	Serie B	35	2	0	0	—		35	2
Parma	2022–23	Serie B	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	Total		46	2	0	0	—		46	2
Mechelen (loan)	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	30	2	1	0	—		31	2
Sparta Prague	2024–25	Czech First League	4	1	1	0	2	0	7	1
Career total			176	6	8	0	2	0	186	6