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| Coach Vincent Kompany of RSC Anderlecht during the Croky Cup Final match between KAA Gent and RSC Anderlecht at the Koning Boudewijnstadion on April 18, 2022 in Brussel, Belgium |
English football club Burnley appointed former
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany as their new manager on Tuesday.
"Burnley Football Club is delighted to announce
the appointment of Vincent Kompany as first-team manager," the club said
in a statement.
In the 2022-23 season, Burnley will play in
England's second-tier Championship division as they were relegated from the
English Premier League in May.
The 36-year-old previously coached Belgium's
Anderlecht.
Kompany moved to Anderlecht in 2019 for a player-manager
role before taking the head coach seat in 2020 when he retired from the game.
"Burnley Football Club is a truly historic
English side and it is an honour to be appointed first-team manager,"
Kompany said, adding that he is "excited" about the new challenge.
"I'm looking forward to getting to work with
the players and creating a positive, winning team for our fans when we return
to Turf Moor," he added.
Kompany was a Manchester City defender from 2008 to
2019 and captained this team.
He helped Manchester City win four English Premier
League titles, two English FA Cups, and four English League Cups.
Kompany amassed 89 international caps for Belgium
and led his nation to the 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinals.
He is a World Cup bronze medalist as Belgium beat
England 2-0 in the third-place playoff in Russia 2018.
