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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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "D.C. United signs Floribert N'Galula". dcunited.com. D.C. United. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  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. ^ a b "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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