Belgian worldwide defender Vincent Kompany has hung up his boots on the age of 34 to change into supervisor of Anderlecht on a four-year contract, the membership introduced Monday. Kompany joined Anderlecht from Manchester City in 2019 as player-manager, and now takes over from Franky Vercauteren, who had been dealing with teaching duties, in a purely managerial position. “I need to totally decide to my position as a coach and wish 100% of my time and focus for it. That is why I am quitting as a soccer participant,” mentioned Kompany, who loved a trophy-laden 11-year spell in England with Metropolis.
“Our ambition and our starvation stays the identical. I need to stick with the membership for not less than 4 seasons and show that Anderlecht can play a contemporary fashion of soccer, with outcomes.”
Kompany’s first sport in cost will come on Sunday as Anderlecht tackle Mouscron.
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As defender and skipper at Metropolis, Kompany received 4 Premier League titles, two FA Cups and 4 League Cups with Metropolis and is extensively considered one of many membership’s best ever gamers.
After making his worldwide debut as a 17-year-old, he went on to play 89 instances for Belgium, notably main them to 3rd within the 2018 World Cup.
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