Floribert N'Galula

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Floribert N'Galula
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-07) 7 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich (assistant)
Youth career
1999–2003 Anderlecht
2003–2007 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Randers 12 (0)
2008–2009 Sparta Rotterdam 5 (0)
2010 D.C. United 3 (0)
2011 TPS 20 (0)
2011–2012 OH Leuven 28 (0)
2013–2017 BX Brussels
Managerial career
2018–2019 BX Brussels
2019–2022 Anderlecht (assistant)
2022–2024 Burnley (assistant)
2024– Bayern Munich (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:29, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Floribert N'Galula (born 7 March 1987) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who currently works as an assistant coach for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

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As a player, he was a defender or defensive midfielder who came through the youth academy at Manchester United, before playing professionally for Randers, Sparta Rotterdam, D.C. United, TPS, OH Leuven and BX Brussels.

Playing career

Beginning his career with Manchester United, he later played for Randers and Sparta Rotterdam. [1] He signed for Major League Soccer side D.C. United in the United States in January 2010, but was released from his contract just over a month later. [2]

On 4 February 2011, N'Galula signed for the Finnish Veikkausliiga side TPS until the end of the 2011 season. [3] On 4 August 2011, he signed a two-year deal with Belgian team OH Leuven, [4] but was released by the club already after the first season. In the summer of 2013, N'Galula signed for BX Brussels, which was newly purchased by Vincent Kompany. [5] In the meantime, he also served as head coach of the club's youth teams. [6]

Coaching career

After retiring from football, N'Galula became head coach of his last club BX Brussels in January 2018, succeeding Amaury Toussaint. [6]

In June 2019, he joined the coaching staff at Anderlecht under manager Vincent Kompany, with whom he played as a youngster at the club. [7] He also served as assistant coach at the U21 team. [8]

N'Galula followed Kompany to English Premier League club Burnley as first team coach at the beginning of the 2022–23 season. [9] He later re-joined Kompany's staff at Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in June 2024. [10]

Personal life

His brother Gabriel N'Galula was also a professional footballer.

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References

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  2. ↑ Goff, Steven (5 March 2010). "Soccer Insider: D.C. United signs Morsink, dumps N'Galula". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "TPS vahvistui Petteri Pennasella ja Floribert N'Galulalla | FC TPS". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Former top-talent signs for OHL". OHL.be. OHL.be. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Officieel - BX Brussels strikt gewezen Man Utd-middenvelder (video)" (in Dutch). nr10.be. 30 July 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Floribert Ngalula, de Manchester United au BX Brussels" (in French). dhnet.be. 30 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Walckiers, Johan (25 May 2019). "Wie is die nieuwe assistent van Anderlecht? De eerste Belg die voor Manchester United speelde, de meer onbekende in het triumviraat met Kompany en Vanden Borre" [Who is this new Anderlecht assistant? The first Belgian to play for Manchester United, the more unknown in the triumvirate with Kompany and Vanden Borre]. Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Das ist Vincent Kompanys Trainerteam beim FC Bayern München" (in German). Bundesliga. 21 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "First team backroom staff confirmed". Burnley F.C. 8 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "This is Vincent Kompany's coaching staff at FC Bayern". FC Bayern Munich. 21 June 2024.
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