Zeno Debast

Zeno Debast

Debast with Anderlecht in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Zeno Koen Debast[1]
Date of birth	(2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth	Halle, Belgium[2]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sporting CP
Number	6
Youth career
2008–2010	KSK Halle
2010–2021	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2024	Anderlecht	78	(0)
2024–	Sporting CP	14	(0)
International career^‡
2018	Belgium U15	8	(0)
2019	Belgium U16	1	(0)
2019	Belgium U17	2	(0)
2021	Belgium U19	6	(0)
2023–	Belgium U21	4	(0)
2022–	Belgium	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Zeno Koen Debast (born 24 October 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Anderlecht

Debast is a youth product of Anderlecht, signing his first contract in October 2019. He made his professional debut on 2 May 2021, in a 2–2 Belgian First Division A draw against Club Brugge.^{[4][better source needed]}

On 11 June 2024, during an interview for Het Laatste Nieuws, Debast confirmed that he had agreed personal terms to join Portuguese side Sporting CP from the 2024–25 season.^[5][6]

Sporting CP

On 4 July, Debast signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga side Sporting CP, for a fee of €15.5 million, plus €5.5 million in add-ons, and a 15% sell-on clause in favor of Anderlecht.^[7][8]

On 7 August, he made his debut for the club, where he committed two errors, that led to rivals Porto first and second goals in their 4–3 loss in the 2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[9] This resulted in him losing his starting spot, however, on 17 September with regular starter Eduardo Quaresma being sidelined with a knee injury, Debast was entrusted back to the starting eleven, scoring his first goal for the club, and the first goal of his career, by netting a shot from outside the box in Sporting's 2–0 victory over Lille during the inaugural matchday of the newly formatted Champions League league phase.^[10]

International career

In September 2022, Debast received his first call-up to the Belgian senior squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Wales and Netherlands.^[11] He debuted against the former opponent on 22 September that ended in a 2–1 victory.^[12] Debast was also called up to the Belgium squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 10 November 2022.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 December 2024^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Anderlecht	2020–21	Belgian Pro League	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2021–22		5	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		5	0
	2022–23		34	0	2	0	—		13[c]	0	—		49	0
	2023–24		37	0	3	0	—		—		—		40	0
	Total		78	0	5	0	—		13	0	—		96	0
Sporting CP	2024–25	Primeira Liga	14	0	2	0	1	0	4[d]	1	1[e]	0	22	1
Career total			92	0	7	0	1	0	17	1	1	0	118	1

1. Includes Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of match played 17 November 2024^[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2022	3	0
	2023	2	0
	2024	11	0
Total		16	0

References

1. "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Belgium (BEL)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
2. "Meet the Rookie with Charles De Ketelaere". Royal Belgian Football Association. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
3. "Zeno Debast". Sporting CP. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
4. "Club Brugge vs. Anderlecht". Soccerway. 24 October 2021.
5. Doms, Kjell (11 June 2024). "Zeno Debast kondigt vertrek bij Anderlecht aan: "Ik speel volgend seizoen voor Sporting Lissabon"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
6. Mendes, Miguel (11 June 2024). "Debast confirma transferência para o Sporting!". A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
7. "Zeno Debast é Leão" (in European Portuguese). Sporting CP. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
8. "Sporting oficializa Debast". A Bola (in European Portuguese). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
9. "Porto pull off stunning comeback to beat Sporting in seven-goal Super Taça thriller". PortuGOAL. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
10. "Gyökeres mostrou-se à Europa e Debast fez as pazes com as bancadas". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
11. "Belgium calls up teenage defender Zeno Debast for Nations League". Sport Star. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
12. Last, First (22 September 2022). "Zeno Debast titularisé au sein de la défense des Diables Rouges face au Pays de Galles" [Zeno Debast started in the Red Devils defense against Wales]. L'Avenir (in French).
13. "Roberto Martinez selects 26 Devils for the World Cup". Royal Belgian Football Association. 10 November 2022.
14. Zeno Debast at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
15. Zeno Debast at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Profile at the Sporting CP website
• Zeno Debast at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Zeno Debast – UEFA competition record (archive)