Floribert N'Galula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 March 1987 | ||
| 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) | ||
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*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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]His brother Gabriel N'Galula was also a professional footballer.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Goff, Steven (5 March 2010). "Soccer Insider: D.C. United signs Morsink, dumps N'Galula". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "TPS vahvistui Petteri Pennasella ja Floribert N'Galulalla | FC TPS". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Officieel - BX Brussels strikt gewezen Man Utd-middenvelder (video)" (in Dutch). nr10.be. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Floribert Ngalula, de Manchester United au BX Brussels" (in French). dhnet.be. 30 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Das ist Vincent Kompanys Trainerteam beim FC Bayern München" (in German). Bundesliga. 21 June 2024.
- ^ "First team backroom staff confirmed". Burnley F.C. 8 July 2022.
- ^ "This is Vincent Kompany's coaching staff at FC Bayern". FC Bayern Munich. 21 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile[permanent dead link] at dcunited.com
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football defenders
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Randers FC players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- D.C. United players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- Danish Superliga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Footballers from Brussels
- Burnley F.C. non-playing staff
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen