Vincent Kompany

Vincent Kompany
	Kompany with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany
Date of birth	10 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich; (head coach)
Youth career
2000–2003	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Anderlecht
2006–2008	Hamburger SV
2008–2019	Manchester City
2019–2020	Anderlecht
Total
International career
2002	Belgium U16
2002	Belgium U17
2004–2019	Belgium
Managerial career
2019	Anderlecht (player-manager)
2020–2022	Anderlecht
2022–2024	Burnley
2024–	Bayern Munich
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Belgium
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ kɔ̃pani]; Dutch pronunciation: [vɪnsɛnt kɔmpani]; born 10 April 1986) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who currently works as the head coach for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. A centre-back, he played for Manchester City for 11 seasons, eight of which he spent as captain. Kompany also represented Belgium for 15 years, seven as captain.

Kompany began his professional career at Anderlecht; having graduated from their youth system, he was with the club for three seasons as a first-team player before moving to Bundesliga club Hamburg in 2006. In the summer of 2008, he completed a transfer to Premier League club Manchester City, where he was an integral part of the squad and regarded as one of the bargain buys of the revolutionised City era, blossoming into one of the league's best centre-backs. In the 2011–12 season, he was awarded the captaincy of City, leading his club to win the Premier League that season, their first league title in 44 years. Kompany was included in the Premier League Team of the Year in 2011, 2012, and 2014, and won the Premier League Player of the Season in 2012. Kompany won 11 more trophies at City and made 360 appearances.^[5]

Kompany earned 89 caps for Belgium in a 15-year international career, having made his debut in 2004 at age 17. He was part of their squad that came fourth at the 2008 Olympics and went to the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, coming a best-ever third at the latter. He served as captain from 2010.

In 2019, when his contract expired after eleven years at City, Kompany returned to Anderlecht as player-manager. A year later, he announced his retirement from professional football and became the first-team manager. In 2022, he was hired by Burnley, winning the EFL Championship in his first season, before being relegated from the Premier League the following season. He was appointed by Bayern Munich in 2024.

^ "Kompany Vincent". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ "Vincent Kompany: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Vincent Kompany". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ Hansen, Alan (27 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: Vincent Kompany stands alone in a tournament seriously short on top-class defenders". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[1] "Kompany Vincent". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[2] "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[PremProfile-3] "Vincent Kompany: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[4] "Vincent Kompany". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[Stands_alone-5] Hansen, Alan (27 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: Vincent Kompany stands alone in a tournament seriously short on top-class defenders". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

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