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2021 Men's Soccer Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
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Columbia University Athletics / Mark Kuhlmann

15 Sebastian Gunbeyi

  • Position Midfield
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Previous School Cape Henry Collegiate
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2019: Played in all 17 matches at forward, earning eight starts ... Scored four goals and assisted three more for a total of 11 points on his sophomore campaign ... Ranked third on the team in goals, assists and points, as well as top 10 in the Ivy League in goals and points ... Took 22 shots, 10 of which landed on target ... Totaled 1,003 minutes of game action ... Scored Columbia's first goal of the season, leveling the score in the 79th minute to earn the Lions a 1-1 draw at Omaha (Sept. 6) ... Scored Columbia's lone goal three days later at Creighton (Sept. 9) ... Assisted the game-winning goal in the 84th minute at UConn, finding John Denis with a cross through the penalty area to lift the Lions to victory, 3-2 (Sept. 20) ... Scored from in close off a low cross form Matthew Swain at Binghamton (Oct. 8) ... Assisted Uri Zeitz's goal with Columbia a man down in the 79th minute at Princeton (Oct. 19) ... Took a season-high five shots and played all 110 minutes of a scoreless draw at Dartmouth (Oct. 26) ... Scored a goal and assisted another for a career-high three points in a 6-1 rout of Harvard (Nov. 10).

2018: Played up top in 13 games for the Lions and started in eight … Scored the game winning goal against Dartmouth (Oct. 19) in overtime and earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week Honors (Oct. 22) for his efforts … Registered a pair of assists, with one each in the final two matches of the season.

Personal: A former midfielder and striker at Cape Henry Collegiate School in Virginia and for the Beach FC club team … A first team all-conference selection in 2016 and 2017, earning conference player of the year honors in 2017 … A two-time all-state selection … Scored 51 goals and added 22 assists in his final two seasons in high school, while tallying 69 goals and 28 assists in his last two years in club play … Also played basketball, lacrosse, and ran track as a prep … The son of Erika and Ali Gunbeyi … Sister, Chandler Bishop, was a collegiate rower at George Mason University … Plans on studying Biology at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2018First Year

    Midfield
    6'4" 0 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019Sophomore

    Midfield
    6'4" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Junior

    Midfield
    6'4" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Senior

    Midfield
    6'4" 170 lbs
    15