Kompany and her siblings elder sister Christelet and younger brother François all grew up in Brussels. Coming from a low-income family, Kompany’s father made sure to invest in his child’s football skills so he could have a better life as an adult.Īs a schoolboy, Kompany was already receiving the attention of the big Belgian clubs who desired him in their youth. However, he was racially abused because he was the child of an immigrant. The abuse, in turn, led to him building a reputation as violent as he would fight and beat any other child who racially abused him. One of these outbursts caused him to lose his place in the Belgian youth team. Vincent Kompany was born Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany on 10 th April 1986 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium, to Pierre and Jocelyne Fraselle Kompany. His father, Pierre, is a Congolese immigrant in Belgium who currently works as his son’s agent while his mother, Jocelyne, worked as an employment agent before her death. The Belgium international skipper, who also captains his club Manchester City, has been described as erudite and eloquent unlike his footballing peers. It’s no surprise, then, that in his first year as club captain, Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 44 years. Vincent Kompany is perhaps the only professional footballer in the world to have earned an MBA while playing at the highest level of football.
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