Vincent Kompany

Vincent Kompany strikes me as the rare footballer who treated intelligence as his primary asset. Plenty of centre-backs were faster or flashier, but few read the game like he did during his eleven years anchoring Manchester City, eight of them as captain. What seals my admiration is the business degree he earned at the University of Manchester while still playing — a man preparing for his second career before the first one ended. Now managing Bayern Munich, he keeps proving the leadership was never just an armband. His Premier League Hall of Fame induction felt less like an honor and more like a formality.

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Name (English)

Vincent Kompany

Name (Japanese)

ヴァンサン・コンパニ

Reading

ゔぁんさん・こんぱに

Born

April 10, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Uccle, Belgium

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

University

University of Manchester

Awards & achievements

• 2004 Belgian Golden Shoe
• 2004 Belgian Ebony Shoe
• 2005 Belgian Ebony Shoe
• 2004 Belgian Youth Football Player of the Year
• 2005 Belgian Youth Football Player of the Year
• Bronze Zinneke
• 2022 Premier League Hall of Fame

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vincentkompany/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Kompany
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201381

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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