Talk:Vincent Kompany

African background

As a winner of the Ebony Shoe, Kompany must have African background. Could someone specify from what country? Thanks, Punkmorten 20:06, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I guess its the Democratic Republic of the Congo... Julien Tuerlinckx 20:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I guess so, at least, I believe that were he's father comes from. He has the belgian nationality however (there was a wrong Congo category included a while ago, but that seemed just wrong) --LimoWreck 14:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, he is 1/2 DR Congolese from his paternal heritage. 82.33.139.144 (talk) 11:54, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Football Manager 2006

Is the reference in "Trivia" really appropriate? I tend to think that it doesn't really reflect what the article is about - it's about Vincent Kompany, not a game-generated instance in a data file. Otherwise, we may as well have "Trivia" entries for Thierry Henry saying that he is rated very highly. It's fairly obvious, but is it relevant? I'll remove it. Cyril Washbrook 01:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, right, go ahead --LimoWreck 08:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Arsenal

I'm removing the section here about Kompany possibly joining Arsenal, because until there is anything concrete, this is completely irrelevent. If every transfer rumour was included on wikipedia, then it would be ridiculous. Quincy042 (talk) 16:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Manchester City transfer

I've added a short line on the rumoured offer that Manchester City have had accepted for Kompany. It may reduce the number of people coming on and changing his club even though the deal hasn't been confirmed. I doubtful though. Srushe (talk) 16:57, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Stupid question

Does being an unused substitute count as appearance? --OpenFuture (talk) 08:38, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Number of selections (in the assumption the player also made it to the stadium) = number of times of having been an unused substitute + number of appearances (synonym for appearances: caps). So, even though every substitute appears on the form of the referee, not every selection means an appearance. Kareldorado (talk) 21:02, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Height

What would be the best estimate? Depending on the source, it goes from 1.90m (National Football Teams) to 1.93m (=6'04", Manchester City website). Of course, people vary with 1cm throughout a day and inches are a bit less precise than centimeters, but still... Kareldorado (talk) 20:47, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Appearances for 14/15 Season

His appearance totals for 14/15 are incorrect. [1] Can someone please correct them?

SteveMCFC (talk) 14:21, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

@SteveMCFC: Sorry but transfermarkt is not a reliable source. But I will take a look at it. Qed237 (talk) 14:34, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Could not find any source in article I could use. Qed237 (talk) 14:36, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

What about whoscored? [[2]] SteveMCFC (talk) 14:43, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

I have added a source that covers most stats its ESPN so reliable. I'll double check the 14/15 stats Paul  Bradbury 13:13, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

@SteveMCFC:,@Qed237: Stats updated, reference added. Paul  Bradbury 13:19, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

@Qed237:Do you think OK to remove unsourced section template now? Paul  Bradbury 15:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

@Pbradbury: Yeah, it seems sourced enouh. I removed it. Qed237 (talk) 15:25, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

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Children

I think he has at least 3 children now, but I can’t find a reliable source to support that. Can anyone help out please? ukexpat (talk) 21:06, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

He joined anderlecht as their player manager

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxpAWEVgho2/?igshid=11htpqzr5elr4 Gjondeda 14:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxo9YAKIpAv/?igshid=2bw8v0q7dw27 Gjondeda 14:54, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Managing Burnley

Vincent Kompany managed Burnley from 2022-2024 before moving to Bayern Munich Alexhuguez (talk) 14:59, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

https://www.footballflame.com.ng/2022/06/burnley-hire-ex-man-city-captain.html?m=1

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40215250/bayern-burnley-agree-10m-deal-vincent-kompany-source Alexhuguez (talk) 15:03, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Managing Bayern

He is at Bayern now, should it be changed now? ChaiMati (talk) 06:24, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Not done for now, as there are no official news about him at Bayern yet. We're still at the "agree in principle" point. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 09:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Fair point, but it's not like he can unsign the 3 year contract ChaiMati (talk) 10:09, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 27 May 2024

Add the fact that Vincent Kompany now manages Bayern Munich. So instead of saying "Vincent Kompany is the manager of Burnley" say something like "Vincent Kompany is the manager of Bayern Munich." Stupromohammed (talk) 20:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done This is the exact dispute the page was protected due to. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)