VINCENT KOMPANY BIOGRAPHY
Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany (born 10 April 1986 in Uccle) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Belgium national team. He is capable of playing at both centre back and defensive midfielder. Kompany is of partial Congolese ancestry. In the 2011/2012 season he was awarded the captaincy of Manchester City F.C.
Kompany began his professional career at Anderlecht, spending three years at the Belgian club before moving to German club Hamburger SV in 2006. In the summer of 2008, at the age of twenty-two, he completed a transfer to his current club, Premier League side Manchester City. He has since established himself as an integral part the Manchester City squad and is one of the bargain buys of the revolutionised City era, blossoming into one the Premier League's best centre backs as evidenced in his inclusion in the 2010-11 Premier League Team of the Year.
Kompany is an official FIFA ambassador for registered charity SOS Children's Villages. 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.Kompany's father, Pierre, is his agent and his brother François Kompany played for Germinal Beerschot and Macclesfield Town. Kompany also has an older sister. Vincent married his Mancunian girlfriend Carla on 11 June 2011, and together they have a daughter, Sienna Kompany, who was born on June 10, 2010.
VINCENT KOMPANY PROFILE
Name : Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany
Date of birth: 10 April 1986
Place of birth: Ukkel, Belgium
Height: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position: Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Current club: Manchester City
Number: 4
Club Career:
2003–2006 Anderlecht 75 (5)
2006–2008 Hamburger SV 28 (1)
2008– Manchester City 108 (5)
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