Floribert N'Galula
Personal information | |||
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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 |
Burnley (first team coach) | ||
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) |
2013–2015 | BX Brussels | ||
Total | 68 | (0) | |
*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 football coach and former footballer who is first team coach at English Premier League side Burnley.
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.
Coaching career[edit]
After retiring from football, N'Galula joined the coaching staff at Anderlecht under manager Vincent Kompany, with whom he played as a youngster at the club.[5]
N'Galula followed Kompany to Burnley as first team coach at the beginning of the 2022–23 season.[6]
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. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/content/first-team-backroom-staff-confirmed
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