Vincent Kompany

Kompany managing Bayern Munich in 2025

Personal information

Full name

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany^[1]

Date of birth

10 April 1986 (age 39)^[2]

Place of birth

Uccle, Brussels, Belgium

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)^[3]

Position(s)

Centre-back^[4]

Team information

Current team

Bayern Munich (head coach)

Youth career

2000–2003

Anderlecht

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2003–2006

Anderlecht

73

(5)

2006–2008

Hamburger SV

29

(1)

2008–2019

Manchester City

265

(18)

2019–2020

Anderlecht

15

(1)

Total

382

(25)

International career

2002

Belgium U16

3

(0)

2002

Belgium U17

2

(0)

2004–2019

Belgium

89

(4)

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
	2018

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany (born 10 April 1986) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. A centre-back during his playing career, Kompany spent eleven seasons at Manchester City, eight of which he served as captain. Kompany also represented the Belgium national team for fifteen years, and served 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 eleven more trophies at City and made 360 total 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.

Club career

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Anderlecht

[edit]

Born in Uccle, Brussels, Kompany started his career at Anderlecht at the age of 17. He made his professional debut on 30 July 2003 in a UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg away to Rapid București, starting in a goalless draw.^[6] His first goal on 1 February 2004 came in a 3–1 win away to Sint-Truiden.^[7]

Kompany won several awards including the Belgian Golden Shoe and the Belgian Ebony Shoe. Although several top European sides immediately showed interest, the player and his entourage decided to first develop a few more years at Anderlecht. "Don't you worry, I will stay here," he told Berend Scholten at UEFA.com. "At the moment the zeros in my contract are not so important. If I wanted to leave, I would have been gone already."^[8] In November 2003, still under contract until 2006, he agreed to extend his deal for two more years upon his 18th birthday in April 2004.^[9]

In late 2003, Kompany was a target for Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to cover the long-term suspension of defender Rio Ferdinand. Ferguson attended Anderlecht's trip to Celtic in the Champions League group stage so that he could watch Kompany, but was instead impressed by Celtic midfielder Liam Miller and signed him.^[10] Additionally, Kompany's mother would not let him transfer until he had finished his education.^[11]

Hamburg

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On 9 June 2006 it was announced that Kompany had been acquired by Hamburger SV for a fee of €10 million, as a replacement for fellow Belgian Daniel Van Buyten.^[12] In his debut season for Hamburg, he managed only six Bundesliga starts for the club before suffering an achilles injury in November that ruled him out for the rest of the season.^[13] Despite his lack of involvement in the season, he was selected in a 30-man provisional squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[14]

Kompany scored on 29 July 2007 in a 4–0 win (5–1 aggregate) over Moldova's Dacia Chișinău in the last round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[15] Hamburg won the title via being the Intertoto team that advanced furthest in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.^[16]

In August 2008, Kompany fell out with Hamburg over his decision to play at the Olympic tournament in China. After leaving the club, he criticised chairman Bernd Hoffmann as "one of those people who know about money, but don't know anything about football". Kompany speculated that the club's lack of success in the past 20 years despite its large supporter base could not be attributed to the players alone.^[17]

Manchester City

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2008–11

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On 22 August 2008, Premier League club Manchester City signed Kompany from Hamburg on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.^[18] He made his debut two days later in a 3–0 home win against West Ham United, playing the entire match.^[19] On 28 September, Kompany scored his first goal in City's 2–1 away defeat by Wigan Athletic.^[20] During his early time at Manchester City, Kompany played as a defensive midfielder.^[21]

On 19 October 2009, Kompany signed a new five-year deal with City that would keep him at the club until 2014.^[22] He scored his second league goal for the club in a 2–0 home win against Portsmouth^[23] and his third in a 6–1 win against Burnley at Turf Moor.^[24]

Kompany was handed the number 4 jersey for the 2010–11 season after previous wearer Nedum Onuoha moved on loan to Sunderland. On 25 April, Kompany again continued to captain the side in the absence of striker Carlos Tevez against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, playing the full 90 minutes alongside Lescott in a 1–0 victory.^[25] On 16 April, Kompany captained Manchester City's victory over main rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley; City won the game 1–0.^[26] Later that day, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year alongside teammate Tevez.^[27]

In the 2011 FA Cup Final, Kompany started and finished the match, a 1–0 victory over Stoke City, which delivered Manchester City's first major trophy for 35 years.^[28] At the end of the 2010–11 season, in which City qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time, manager Roberto Mancini praised Kompany as "incredible", and called him one of the top defenders in Europe, with the potential to be number one in the world.^[29]

He finished the season winning the club's Supporters' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards,^[30] clocking up 50 appearances in all competitions including 37 Premier League starts.^[31]^[32]

2011–14

[edit]

Kompany was firmly installed as club captain for the 2011–12 season, with Tevez having expressed publicly his desire to leave the club.^[33] The opening fixture on 7 August 2011 was the Community Shield, which ended in a 3–2 defeat to rivals Manchester United despite City holding a two-goal lead at half-time.^[34]

On 30 April 2012, Kompany scored with a header from a David Silva corner in the Manchester derby; the game finished 1–0 to City and put them in first place ahead of Manchester United on goal difference with only two games of the season remaining.^[35] On 11 May 2012, Kompany was named Barclays Player of the Season for his outstanding performance in the Premier League, the first time the award was won by a City player.^[36]

On 13 May, the final day of the Premier League season, Kompany led the team against Queens Park Rangers which ended in a dramatic 3–2 win, securing the league title for the club for the first time since 1968. QPR midfielder Joey Barton attempted to headbutt Kompany during the match. On 25 July, Kompany signed a six-year contract with Manchester City,^[37] the longest of its kind in the club's history.

After winning the curtain-raising Community Shield 3–2 against Chelsea (Kompany lifting the trophy at the unfamiliar venue of Villa Park),^[38] the 2012–13 season was something of a disappointment for the club as they finished bottom of their Champions League group, placed second in the league (but far behind winners Manchester United) and lost the FA Cup Final 1–0 to Wigan Athletic.^[39] Kompany played in that final, but had missed part of the league campaign due to injury, with Mancini citing his absence as a major factor in the failure to retain the title.^[40]

On 2 March 2014, Kompany captained the Manchester City team that won the League Cup Final, beating Sunderland 3–1.^[41] On 11 May, he scored Manchester City's second goal in a 2–0 win against West Ham United as the club won the 2013–14 Premier League title.^[42]

2014–19

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During 2014–15, Kompany accumulated 33 appearances in all competitions, but the club could only finish runners-up in the league and were eliminated from the domestic and continental cups at early stages, also losing out in the Community Shield.^[43] In April 2015, he suffered a muscular injury during the Manchester derby which ended his campaign early,^[44] and this would prove to be the start of a long spell of recurring injuries (mainly muscular strains) for a player who had already endured a number of physical problems since his arrival in England.^[45]^[40]

After scoring in the team's opening two Premier League fixtures, Kompany suffered a strain to his calf in the opening weeks of the 2015–16 season^[46] and lasted just minutes into his comeback match in December.^[47] in February 2016, he was fit to take part in the League Cup Final in which City defeated Liverpool, and was named man of the match;^[48] however in May he was again forced off in the early stages of the Champions League semi-final, finishing with 22 appearances and subsequently missing Euro 2016 with Belgium.^[49]

Having returned to the first team in October 2016, on 9 November Kompany withdrew from international duty with discomfort,^[50] and on 22 November he sustained a knee injury.^[51] At that time, an analysis showed that he had suffered 37 injuries since joining Manchester City in 2008 and had missed over two years (878 days) in that eight-year period.^[45] By April 2017, he had recovered, and scored in a victory over Tottenham Hotspur, commenting on his issues that "The main thing is self-belief and experience". Manager Pep Guardiola kept Kompany in the team for the FA Cup semi-final, and he played the entirety of the match which went to extra time; City lost the tie to eventual winners Arsenal,^[52] finishing 2016–17 without a trophy. Kompany appeared just 15 times during the campaign, although his continued importance to the team was evidenced by the fact he would always return to the starting line-up as soon as he was fit.

Kompany played in eight league matches for Manchester City during the first portion of 2017–18, suffering further strains during the period,^[53]^[54]^[55] before withdrawing minutes into an away fixture against Newcastle on 27 December;^[56] Guardiola's responses in the press conferences suggested he was losing patience with the situation.^[55]^[57]^[58] He returned to the team on 3 February 2018, completing the 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw away to Burnley while Aymeric Laporte, the club's new record signing in the same position, remained on the bench throughout.^[59] On 25 February, he scored Manchester City's second goal of a 3–0 victory over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup Final, and was named man of the match.^[60] he eventually managed 17 league starts as Manchester City won the title with a record 100 points.^[61]

On 6 May 2019, Kompany scored Manchester City's only goal during a 1–0 victory over Leicester City with his first goal from outside the box for the club.^[62] The result put the club one point ahead at the top of the 2018–19 Premier League table, and they retained the title by the same margin six days later. Kompany had already lifted the EFL Cup again in February 2019 after a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea. He played the whole of the 2019 FA Cup Final, a 6–0 victory over Watford, as the club completed an unprecedented domestic treble^[63] (plus the Community Shield).

On 17 August 2020, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak announced plans for a statue of Kompany at the Etihad Stadium, along with teammates Sergio Aguero and David Silva, to commemorate his "transformational" contribution at City.^[64] The statues of Kompany and Silva were unveiled on 28 August 2021.^[65]

Return to Anderlecht

[edit]

On 19 May 2019, it was announced that Kompany would be leaving Manchester City to become player-manager of his first club Anderlecht.^[66] With two defeats, two goalless draws, six goals conceded and three scored, the Brussels-based club had endured their worst opening start to a league campaign since the 1998–99 season. On 22 August, Kompany decided to step down from managerial duties on the pitch, to focus primarily on being a player. Head coach Simon Davies would be placed in charge of tactical changes and substitutions, while Kompany would be given the captain's arm band.^[67]

International career

[edit]

Kompany made his international debut for Belgium at the age of 17 on 18 February 2004, starting in a 2–0 home loss to France.^[68]

Kompany went to the Olympic football tournament in China in 2008, after his club Hamburg finally authorised his absence.^[69] In Belgium's opening game, he and Marouane Fellaini were sent off in a 1–0 loss to Brazil.^[70] Hamburg demanded that he return to Germany for the start of the Bundesliga season.^[71] He did not take the flight back, allegedly due to a lost passport, and Hamburg demanded that FIFA take action against the Royal Belgian Football Association.^[72] Kompany and Fellaini eventually did leave the tournament for their clubs in Europe.^[73]

In November 2009, Kompany fell out with the Belgium manager Dick Advocaat. Before the friendly match with Qatar, Kompany received permission to attend his grandmother's funeral as long as he returned to the team hotel before 6 pm that evening. He did not return until nearly midnight and Advocaat removed him from the squad altogether, although on 24 February 2010, he was recalled for the friendly against Croatia.^[74]

On 19 May 2010, Kompany captained Belgium for the first time and scored his first international goal in the 90th minute for a 2–1 friendly win over Bulgaria at the King Baudouin Stadium.^[75] After 34 minutes of Belgium's 2–1 World Cup qualifier win against Serbia in June 2013, Kompany suffered concussion and facial injuries, including a broken nose and cracked eye-socket, in a collision with goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković. After receiving first aid on the touchline, he played out the remainder of the match.^[76]

On 13 May 2014, Kompany was named in the Belgium squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[77] He captained the Red Devils in their first World Cup match in 12 years, a 2–1 win against Algeria in Belo Horizonte.^[78] Injuries sustained during the season caused him to miss UEFA Euro 2016.^[49]

At the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Kompany featured in five of his nation's seven matches, playing every minute in the knockout phase as they advanced to the semi-finals before losing to eventual champions France, overcoming England to finish third, their highest ever placing in the competition.^[79]

Style of play

[edit]

Kompany was described as one of the best defenders in world football,^[5] and in the history of the Premier League;^[80]^[81] he was recognised to be an intelligent and physically strong centre back, with excellent aerial ability, mobility, and leadership qualities, as well as good technique and distribution. He was also a very accurate tackler, with strong positional sense, and excelled at reading the game and anticipating his opponents.^[5]^[80]^[82]^[83]

Kompany initially played as a central or defensive midfielder before being moved to a centre-back role.^[80]^[81] Despite his ability, he often struggled with injuries throughout his career.^[80]

Managerial career

[edit]

Anderlecht

[edit]

On 17 August 2020, it was announced that Kompany would be the head coach at Anderlecht for the next four seasons, after retiring from professional football on the same day.^[84] He made his debut six days later in a 1–1 home draw with Mouscron, conceding the equaliser in added time.^[85] In the Belgian Cup, the team reached the semi-finals before a 2–1 elimination by Genk in March.^[86] The league campaign ended with qualification for the play-offs, in which they came fourth and made the UEFA Europa Conference League.^[87]

In August 2021, Kompany's Violets were eliminated from the Conference League qualifiers 5–4 on aggregate by Dutch club Vitesse.^[88] The team did one round better in the cup than before, losing the final on penalties to Gent on 18 April,^[89] and came third in the league.^[90]

Burnley

[edit]

2022–23: Championship title

[edit]

On 14 June 2022, Kompany was appointed manager of EFL Championship club Burnley on a deal of undisclosed length, following the club's relegation from the Premier League.^[91] On his debut on 29 July, he won 1–0 at Huddersfield Town with a goal by debutant Ian Maatsen.^[92] An impressive October, where his side picked up five wins and three draws in an unbeaten month, saw Kompany awarded the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award, finishing the month on top of the table.^[93] He won the award for a second time for December, a 100% record ensuring that Burnley finished the calendar year top of the league.^[94] He won the award for a second consecutive perfect month, finishing the month 17 points clear of third place.^[95] Kompany also won the Manager of the Month award for February 2023 after having gained 14 points from six matches.^[96]

Burnley secured promotion to the Premier League, with seven matches left, after a 2–1 away win over Middlesbrough on 7 April 2023.^[97] On 23 April, Kompany was named Championship manager of the season.^[98] His side then beat Blackburn Rovers on 25 April to win the division title.^[99] He signed a new contract on 7 May 2023, tying him to Burnley until 2028.^[100] On the next day, Burnley won 3–0 against Cardiff City to finish the season with 101 points; hence, they managed to win their final matchday for the first time after six seasons and to be the first club to break the 100-point barrier since Leicester City in 2013–14, with only three defeats in 46 matches.^[101]

2023–24: Premier League relegation

[edit]

On Kompany's debut as a Premier League manager on 11 August 2023, his side lost 3–0 at home to reigning champions Manchester City. Will Unwin of The Guardian wrote that the performance "showed more than enough that Kompany and his players will be in the Premier League for the long term".^[102]

On 23 December 2023, Burnley won 2–0 against Fulham and moved out of the relegation zone. The match was also notable as the first in the Premier League where a woman was the referee. Kompany was reported as saying "I am happy to be part of this moment".^[103]

On 30 March 2024, Kompany was sent off for protesting against the referee Darren England over awarding the home side the penalty after Lorenz Assignon was sent off for fouling Mykhailo Mudryk in their 2-2 draw against Chelsea. Nevertheless, he was charged by the FA for his action.^[104]

At the end of the season, Burnley were relegated from the Premier League, finishing 19th with a club record low tally of 24 points.^[105]^[106] The Athletic stated that already early in the season "Kompany's tactical naivety, stubbornness and inexperience" were highlighted. Kompany was also criticised for mainly buying inexperienced players, resulting in an uncompetitive squad.^[107] The Independent ranked it as "one of the Premier League's worst-ever relegations", partly due to the club having been "naive in the transfer market, naive on the pitch and, by extension, naive in the boardroom".^[108]

Bayern Munich

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On 29 May 2024, Kompany was appointed as the new head coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, signing a three-year deal.^[109] Burnley received a reported £10.2 million in compensation for the remainder of his contract,^[110] which made Kompany one of the most expensive managers in history.^[111] Bayern had won no trophies in the preceding season and were unable to get Thomas Tuchel to renew as manager, as well as missing out on candidates such as Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann and Oliver Glasner.^[112]

Kompany's debut on 16 August 2024 was a 4–0 win away to 2. Bundesliga team SSV Ulm 1846 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.^[113] Nine days later, his Bundesliga debut as a manager was a 3–2 win at VfL Wolfsburg.^[114] In mid-September, prior to their annual visit to Oktoberfest, his team scored 20 goals over three games – two away wins in the domestic league and a 9–2 Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb,^[115] becoming the first ever manager to score more than eight goals in a Champions League match.

Managerial style

[edit]

Adrian Clarke of the Premier League official website and Thom Harris of The Athletic wrote in 2023 that Kompany had a passing and possession-based style of football similar to his former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, and greatly different to the direct and physical football of former Burnley manager Sean Dyche.^[116]^[117]

Charity work

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Kompany is an official FIFA ambassador for registered charity SOS Children.^[118] Of Congolese heritage, Kompany represents his father's native Congo, and has invested and engaged in projects which aim to provide an education and safe living accommodation for children living in poverty.^[119]^[120]

In March 2013, Kompany bought the Belgian third division club Bleid as a "social commitment towards the youngsters of Brussels",^[121] with the intention of offering disadvantaged youngsters the opportunity to use sport as a vehicle for self-improvement.^[122]

Personal life

[edit]

Kompany's father, Pierre, is a Congolese immigrant to Belgium and serves as his agent. He had been interned as a student for rebelling against Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator of Zaire.^[123] In October 2018, Pierre was elected the mayor of Ganshoren, making him the first black mayor in Belgium.^[124] His mother, Jocelyne, was Belgian and Kompany described her as a "socialist, borderline communist".^[125] The Kompany family faced racism.^[123] At age 14, he was expelled from school due to his frequent absences playing for the Belgium youth team, and also dropped from the team for clashing with the coach. He then faced further setbacks with his parents' divorce and eviction from his home. Kompany said in 2019 that due to widespread drugs and gangs in his local area, he could have chosen an "extremely wrong path" at this age.^[123]

His brother, François Kompany, spent most of his career in the Belgian second tier, having earlier been on the books of Macclesfield Town. Kompany also has an older sister. Among his friends are former Chelsea goalkeeper Yves Ma-Kalambay and former Manchester United defender Floribert N'Galula, both of whom he consulted about his move to England before joining Manchester City.^[125] When Kompany was 20, his mother and sister underwent cancer treatment. His mother died and his sister survived.^[126]

Kompany married his Mancunian girlfriend, Carla Higgs, a lifelong Manchester City supporter, on 11 June 2011 and together they have a daughter born in 2010,^[127] and two sons, born in 2013 and 2015.^[128]

Kompany has a number of pastimes and interests which keep him occupied outside of football.^[129] He has an interest in politics and graduated with an MBA at Manchester Business School in 2018 after several years of study.^[130] Kompany has been characterized as "erudite" and "eloquent".^[131] He was raised speaking French at home and Dutch at school due to the multilingual nature of Brussels. He learned German, English, and a level of Spanish and Italian.^[123]

In April 2014, Kompany opened two new sports bars in Belgium called Good Kompany, one at the Grand-Place in Brussels and the other at the Groenplaats in Antwerp. However, Kompany closed down both bars within a year of their opening. At the time of their closure, Kompany was quoted as saying: "I regret this decision. We had enough customers, turnover was good, but not enough to cover the costs. So that's where it ends. Lesson 1 in business: investments are always a risk. You win some, you lose some."^[132]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[133]^[134]
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Anderlecht	2003–04	Belgian First Division	29	2	5	0	—		9	0	1^[b]	0	44	2
	2004–05	Belgian First Division	32	2	1	0	—		7	0	—		40	2
	2005–06	Belgian First Division	12	1	1	0	—		6	1	—		19	2
	Total		73	5	7	0	—		22	1	1	0	103	6
Hamburger SV	2006–07	Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	—		13	1
	2007–08	Bundesliga	22	1	4	0	—		11	2	—		37	3
	2008–09	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
	Total		29	1	4	0	2	1	16	2	—		51	4
Manchester City	2008–09	Premier League	34	1	1	0	1	0	9	0	—		45	1
	2009–10	Premier League	25	2	3	0	4	0	—		—		32	2
	2010–11	Premier League	37	0	5	0	0	0	8	0	—		50	0
	2011–12	Premier League	31	3	1	0	0	0	9	0	1^[c]	0	42	3
	2012–13	Premier League	26	1	4	0	0	0	6	0	1^[c]	0	37	1
	2013–14	Premier League	28	4	2	0	3	0	4	1	—		37	5
	2014–15	Premier League	25	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	33	0
	2015–16	Premier League	14	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	—		22	2
	2016–17	Premier League	11	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	—		15	3
	2017–18	Premier League	17	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	—		21	2
	2018–19	Premier League	17	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	1^[c]	0	26	1
	Total		265	18	21	0	15	1	56	1	3	0	360	20
Anderlecht	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	15	1	3	0	—		—		—		18	1
Career total			382	25	35	0	17	2	94	4	4	0	532	31

^ Includes DFL-Ligapokal, League/EFL Cup
^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[135]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2004	8	0
	2005	6	0
	2006	2	0
	2007	5	0
	2008	6	0
	2009	2	0
	2010	7	1
	2011	10	1
	2012	6	2
	2013	4	0
	2014	11	0
	2015	5	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	12	0
	2019	2	0
Total		89	4

Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kompany goal^[136]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 May 2010	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	31	Bulgaria	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2	7 October 2011	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	43	Kazakhstan	3–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3	7 September 2012	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	48	Wales	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	16 October 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	51	Scotland	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 26 April 2025^[137]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Anderlecht	1 July 2019	22 August 2019	4	0	2	2	000.00
Anderlecht	17 August 2020	1 June 2022	92	42	32	18	045.65
Burnley	14 June 2022	29 May 2024	96	41	24	31	042.71
Bayern Munich	29 May 2024	Present	48	33	8	7	068.75
Total			240	116	66	58	048.33

Honours

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Player

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Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 2003–04, 2005–06^[138]

Hamburger SV

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007^[16]

Manchester City

Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19^[139]
FA Cup: 2010–11,^[140] 2018–19;^[63]
EFL Cup: 2013–14,^[41] 2015–16,^[141] 2017–18,^[142] 2018–19^[143]
FA Community Shield: 2012,^[38] 2018^[144]

Belgium

FIFA World Cup third place: 2018^[145]

Individual

Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 2003–04, 2004–05^[146]
Belgian Golden Shoe: 2004^[147]
Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2005^[147]
Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2004–05^[148]
Belgian Ebony Shoe: 2004, 2005^[147]
Best Belgian Player Abroad: 2010^[149]
The Best Golden Shoe Team: 2011^[150]
Manchester City Official Supporter's Player of the Year: 2010–11^[151]
Manchester City Player's Player of the Year: 2010–11^[151]
Manchester City Goal of the Season: 2018–19^[152]
Premier League Player of the Season: 2011–12^[139]
Premier League Hall of Fame: 2022^[153]
PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11 Premier League,^[154] 2011–12 Premier League,^[155] 2013–14 Premier League^[156]
ESM Team of the Year: 2011–12^[157]
Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2016,^[158] 2018^[60]
BBC Goal of the Season: 2018–19^[159]
Sports Illustrated Premier League Team of the Decade: 2010–2019^[160]
RBFA 125 Years Icons Team: 2020^[161]
FWA Tribute Award: 2020^[162]
IFFHS All-time Belgium Men's Dream Team^[163]
Pro League Hall of Fame: 2024^[164]

Manager

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Anderlecht

Belgian Cup runner-up: 2021–22^[89]

Burnley

EFL Championship: 2022–23^[165]

Individual

EFL Championship Manager of the Month: October 2022,^[93] December 2022,^[94] January 2023,^[95] February 2023^[96]
EFL Championship Manager of the Season: 2022–23^[166]
LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2022–23^[167]

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External links

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Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
Vincent Kompany at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Vincent Kompany – UEFA competition record (archive)
Vincent Kompany – FIFA competition record (archived)

v t e FC Bayern Munich – current squad
1 Neuer (c) 2 Upamecano 3 Kim M.J. 6 Kimmich 7 Gnabry 8 Goretzka 9 Kane 10 Sané 11 Coman 15 Dier 16 Palhinha 17 Olise 18 Peretz 19 Davies 21 Itō 22 Guerreiro 23 Boey 24 Vidović 25 Müller 26 Ulreich 27 Laimer 28 Buchmann 40 Urbig 42 Musiala 44 Stanišić 45 Pavlović Manager: Kompany

2024–25 Bundesliga managers

Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen)
Baumgart (Union Berlin)
Blessin (FC St. Pauli)
Hasenhüttl (VfL Wolfsburg)
Hecking (VfL Bochum)
Henriksen (Mainz 05)
Hoeneß (VfB Stuttgart)
Ilzer (TSG Hoffenheim)
Kompany (Bayern Munich)
Kovač (Borussia Dortmund)
Lőw (RB Leipzig)
Rapp (Holstein Kiel)
Schmidt (1. FC Heidenheim)
Schuster (SC Freiburg)
Seoane (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Thorup (FC Augsburg)
Toppmöller (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Werner (Werder Bremen)

Belgium squads

v t e Belgium men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – fourth place
1 Bailly 2 De Roover 3 Kompany 4 Vermaelen 5 Pocognoli 6 Fellaini 7 De Mul 8 Haroun 9 Mirallas 10 Vertonghen 11 Martens 12 Ma-Kalambay 13 Ciman 14 Mulemo 15 Simaeys 16 Vanden Borre 17 De Smet 18 Dembélé 19 Odjidja-Ofoe 22 De Winter Coach: De Sart

v t e Belgium squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup
1 Courtois 2 Alderweireld 3 Vermaelen 4 Kompany (c) 5 Vertonghen 6 Witsel 7 De Bruyne 8 Fellaini 9 Lukaku 10 Hazard 11 Mirallas 12 Mignolet 13 Bossut 14 Mertens 15 Van Buyten 16 Defour 17 Origi 18 Lombaerts 19 Dembélé 20 Januzaj 21 Vanden Borre 22 Chadli 23 Ciman Coach: Wilmots

v t e Belgium squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup third place
1 Courtois 2 Alderweireld 3 Vermaelen 4 Kompany 5 Vertonghen 6 Witsel 7 De Bruyne 8 Fellaini 9 Lukaku 10 E. Hazard (c) 11 Carrasco 12 Mignolet 13 Casteels 14 Mertens 15 Meunier 16 T. Hazard 17 Tielemans 18 Januzaj 19 Dembélé 20 Boyata 21 Batshuayi 22 Chadli 23 Dendoncker Coach: Martínez

Awards

Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year

Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year

Belgian Golden Shoe

Men

1954: Coppens
1955: Van Brandt
1956: Mees
1957: Jurion
1958: Storme
1959: Olieslagers
1960: Van Himst
1961: Van Himst
1962: Jurion
1963: Nicolay
1964: Puis
1965: Van Himst
1966: Van Moer
1967: Boone
1968: Polleunis
1969: Van Moer
1970: Van Moer
1971: Vandendaele
1972: Piot
1973: Martens
1974: Van Himst
1975: Boskamp
1976: Rensenbrink
1977: Cools
1978: Pfaff
1979: Janssens
1980: Ceulemans
1981: Vandenbergh
1982: Gerets
1983: Vercauteren
1984: Scifo
1985: Ceulemans
1986: Ceulemans
1987: Preud'homme
1988: Clijsters
1989: Preud'homme
1990: Van der Elst
1991: Degryse
1992: Albert
1993: Zetterberg
1994: De Bilde
1995: Okon
1996: Van der Elst
1997: Zetterberg
1998: Strupar
1999: Staelens
2000: Koller
2001: Sonck
2002: Simons
2003: Aruna
2004: Kompany
2005: Conceição
2006: Boussoufa
2007: Defour
2008: Witsel
2009: Jovanović
2010: Boussoufa
2011: Suárez
2012: Mbokani
2013: Hazard
2014: Praet
2015: Kums
2016: Izquierdo
2017: Vormer
2018: Vanaken
2019: Vanaken
2020: Refaelov
2021: Onuachu
2022: Mignolet
2023: Alderweireld
2024: Vanaken

Women

2016: Wullaert
2017: Cayman
2018: Wullaert
2019: Wullaert
2020: De Caigny
2021: Cayman
2022: Evrard
2023: Wullaert
2024: Wullaert

Ebony Shoe

1992: Amokachi
1993: Ikpeba
1994: Amokachi
1995: Okpara
1996: Babayaro
1997: Mpenza
1998: Addo
1999: Oulare
2000: Nzelo-Lembi
2001: Mido
2002: Dagano
2003: Dindane
2004: Kompany
2005: Kompany
2006: Boussoufa
2007: Tchité
2008: Fellaini
2009: Boussoufa
2010: Boussoufa
2011: Lukaku
2012: Mbokani
2013: Leye
2014: Batshuayi
2015: Kebano
2016: Hanni
2017: Tielemans
2018: Limbombe
2019: Samatta
2020: Mbokani
2021: Onuachu
2022: Tissoudali
2023: Trésor
2024: Denkey

Premier League Player of the Season

Alan Hardaker Trophy

1990: Walker
1991: Pearson
1992: McClair
1993: Merson
1994: Richardson
1995: McManaman
1996: Townsend
1997: Walsh
1998: Wise
1999: Nielsen
2000: Elliott
2001: Fowler
2002: Friedel
2003: Dudek
2004: Zenden
2005: Terry
2006: Rooney
2007: Drogba
2008: Woodgate
2009: Foster
2010: Valencia
2011: Foster
2012: Downing
2013: Dyer
2014: Nasri
2015: Terry
2016: Kompany
2017: Ibrahimović
2018: Kompany
2019: Silva
2020: Foden
2021: Mahrez
2022: Van Dijk
2023: Casemiro
2024: Van Dijk

Match of the Day's Goal of the Season Award

1970–71: Hunt
1971–72: Radford
1972–73: Osgood
1973–74: Mullery
1974–75: Walsh
1975–76: Francis
1976–77: McDermott
1977–78: Gemmill
1978–79: Kennedy
1979–80: Fashanu
1980–81: Morley
1981–82: Regis
1982–83: Dalglish
1983–84: D. Wallace
1984–85: Sharp
1985–86: Robson
1986–87: Houchen
1987–88: Aldridge
1988–89: Aldridge
1989–90: Wright
1990–91: Gascoigne
1991–92: Thomas
1992–93: Atkinson
1993–94: R. Wallace
1994–95: Le Tissier
1995–96: Yeboah
1996–97: Sinclair
1997–98: Bergkamp
1998–99: Giggs
1999–2000: Di Canio
2000–01: Bartlett
2001–02: Bergkamp
2002–03: Henry
2003–04: Hamann
2004–05: Rooney
2005–06: Gerrard
2006–07: Rooney
2007–08: Adebayor
2008–09: Johnson
2009–10: Figueroa
2010–11: Rooney
2011–12: Cissé
2012–13: Van Persie
2013–14: Wilshere
2014–15: Wilshere
2015–16: Alli
2016–17: Can
2017–18: Vardy
2018–19: Kompany
2019–20: Son
2020–21: Lamela
2021–22: Salah
2022–23: Enciso
2023–24: Garnacho

Due to a transfer of broadcast rights, the entries for the 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons were decided on ITV's The Premiership.

Manchester City F.C. Player of the Year

1967: Book
1968: Bell
1969: Pardoe
1970: Lee
1971: Doyle
1972: Summerbee
1973: Summerbee
1974: Doyle
1975: Oakes
1976: Corrigan
1977: Watson
1978: Corrigan
1979: Hartford
1980: Corrigan
1981: Power
1982: Caton
1983: Bond
1984: McCarthy
1985: Power
1986: Clements
1987: McNab
1988: Redmond
1989: McNab
1990: Hendry
1991: Quinn
1992: Coton
1993: Flitcroft
1994: Coton
1995: Rösler
1996: Kinkladze
1997: Kinkladze
1998: Brown
1999: Wiekens
2000: Goater
2001: Tiatto
2002: Benarbia
2003: Distin
2004: Wright-Phillips
2005: Dunne
2006: Dunne
2007: Dunne
2008: Dunne
2009: Ireland
2010: Tevez
2011: Kompany
2012: Agüero
2013: Zabaleta
2014: Touré
2015: Agüero
2016: De Bruyne
2017: D. Silva
2018: De Bruyne
2019: B. Silva
2020: De Bruyne
2021: Dias
2022: De Bruyne
2023: Haaland
2024: Foden

FWA Tribute Award

1983: Greenwood
1984: Paisley
1985: Brooking
1986: Jennings
1987: Dalglish
1988: Finney
1989: Charlton
1990: Moore
1991: Shilton
1992: Bo. Robson
1993: Clough
1994: Law
1995: Matthews
1996: Ferguson
1997: Lineker
1998: Hurst
1999: Smith
2000: Best
2001: Shearer
2002: Taylor
2003: Adams
2004: Hill
2005: Wenger
2006: Br. Robson
2007: Giggs
2008: Beckham
2009: Redknapp
2010: Lampard
2011: Henry
2012: Neville & Scholes
2013: Gerrard
2014: Mourinho
2015: Drogba
2016: Vieira
2017: Rooney
2018: Pelé
2019: Southgate
2020: Kompany
2021: Rashford
2023: Touré
2024: Hayes

Premier League Hall of Fame

Players

FW	Agüero Bergkamp Cantona An. Cole Drogba Henry Rooney Shearer Wright
MF	Beckham Gerrard Keane Lampard Scholes Vieira
DF	Adams As. Cole Ferdinand Kompany Terry
GK	Čech Schmeichel

Managers

English Football Hall of Fame

Players

Men

Women

Managers

Referees

Taylor
Welch

v t e 2022–23 EFL Championship Team of the Season
GK: Wilson DF: Roberts DF: Ahmedhodžić DF: Lockyer DF: Maatsen MF: Scott MF: Brownhill MF: Tella FW: Ndiaye FW: Akpom FW: Gyökeres Manager: Kompany

Managerial positions

R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers

Brébart (1920–22)
Bunyan Sr. (1922)
Bunyan Jr. (1922–25)
Howard (1928–36)
Defour (1936–38)
Defevere (1938–41)
Rage (1941–45)
Defevere (1945–46)
Perino (1946–47)
Smit (1947–50)
Gormlie (1950–60)
Sinibaldi (1960–66)
Béres (1966–67)
Deraeymaeker (1967–68)
Höfling (1968–70)
Deraeymaeker (1970)
Sinibaldi (1970–71)
Keßler (1971–72)
Van den Bosch (1972–73)
Braems (1973–75)
Croon (1975–76)
Goethals (1976–79)
Braems (1979–80)
Ivić (1980–83)
Van Himst (1983–86)
Haan (1986–87)
Leekens (1987–88)
Goethals (1988–89)
De Mos (1989–92)
Peruzović (1992–93)
Boskamp (1993–95)
Neumann (1995–96)
Boskamp (1996–97)
Vandereycken (1997)
Haan (1997–98)
Dockx (1998–99)
Anthuenis (1999–2002)
Broos (2002–05)
Vercauteren (2005–07)
Jacobs (2007–12)
Van den Brom (2012–14)
Hasi (2014–16)
Weiler (2016–17)
Frutos (a.i.) (2017)
Vanhaezebrouck (2017–18)
Belhocine (a.i.) (2018)
Rutten (2019)
Belhocine (a.i.) (2019)
Kompany (2019)
Davies (2019)
De Roeck (a.i.) (2019)
Vercauteren (2019–20)
Kompany (2020–22)
Mazzù (2022)
Veldman (a.i.) (2022)
Riemer (2022–24)
Hubert (2024–25)
Hasi (2025–)

Burnley F.C. – managers

Bradshaw (1894–1899)
Mangnall (1900–1903)
Whittaker (1903–1910)
Haworth (1910–1924)
Pickles (1925–1932)
Bromilow (1932–1935)
Selection committee (1935–1939)
Britton (1945–1948)
Hill (1948–1954)
A. Brown (1954–1957)
Dougall (1957–1958)
Potts (1958–1970)
Adamson (1970–1976)
J. Brown (1976–1977)
Potts (1977–1979)
Miller (1979–1983)
Casper^c (1983)
Bond (1983–1984)
Benson (1984–1985)
Buchan (1985)
Cavanagh (1985–1986)
Miller (1986–1989)
Casper (1989–1991)
Mullen (1991–1996)
Middlemass^c (1996)
Heath^p (1996–1997)
Waddle^p (1997–1998)
Ternent (1998–2004)
Cotterill (2004–2007)
Davis^c (2007)
Coyle (2007–2010)
Laws (2010)
Gray^c (2010–2011)
Howe (2011–2012)
Pashley^c (2012)
Dyche (2012–2022)
Jackson^c (2022)
Kompany (2022–2024)
Parker (2024–)

(c) = caretaker manager; (p) = player-manager

FC Bayern Munich – managers

Hesselink (1903–?)
Taylor (1907–?)
Hoer (1909–11)
Taylor (1911)
Griffiths (1911–12)
Townley (1914)
Kreisel (1915)
Baumann (1916–17)
Kirstner (1917–18)
Storch (1918–19)
Townley (1919–21)
Schmid (1921–24)
McPherson (1924–27)
Weisz (1927–28)
Konrád (1928–30)
Kohn (1931–33)
Tauchert (1933–34)
Hofmann (1934–35)
Michalke (1935–37)
Körner (1937–38)
Goldbrunner (1938–43)
Heidkamp (1943–45)
Högg (1945–46)
Pöttinger (1946–47)
Riemke (1947)
Dietl (1947–48)
Riemke (1948–50)
Davison (1950)
Riemke (1951)
Schäfer (1951–53)
Bayerer (1953–54)
Knöpfle (1954)
Streitle (1954–55)
Moll (1954–56)
Hahn (1956–58)
Moll (1958)
Patek (1958–61)
Schneider (1961–63)
Čajkovski (1963–68)
Zebec (1968–70)
Lattek (1970–75)
Cramer (1975–77)
Lóránt (1977–78)
Csernai (1978–83)
Saftig^c (1983)
Lattek (1983–87)
Heynckes (1987–91)
Lerby (1991–92)
Ribbeck (1992–93)
Beckenbauer (1994)
Trapattoni (1994–95)
Rehhagel (1995–96)
Beckenbauer^c (1996)
Trapattoni (1996–98)
Hitzfeld (1998–2004)
Magath (2004–07)
Hitzfeld (2007–08)
Klinsmann (2008–09)
Heynckes^c (2009)
Van Gaal (2009–11)
Jonker^c (2011)
Heynckes (2011–13)
Guardiola (2013–16)
Ancelotti (2016–17)
Sagnol^c (2017)
Heynckes (2017–18)
Kovač (2018–19)
Flick (2019–21)
Nagelsmann (2021–23)
Tuchel (2023–24)
Kompany (2024–)

(c) = caretaker manager