Floribert N'Galula (born 7 March 1987) is a Belgian professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and former player who currently works as an assistant coach for Bundesliga club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. As a player, he was a defender or defensive midfielder who came through the youth academy at

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

, before playing professionally for Randers,

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

, D.C. United,

TPS TPS or Tps may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company *Third-person shooter, a game genre * Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, in ''South Park'' animation * Trailer Park Sex, a band from ...

OH Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it inherited, ''D ...

and

BX Brussels BX Brussels is a Belgian association football club based in Brussels. They currently play their first team games at the Communal Stadium in Jette. History Foundation The club was founded on 18 March 1986 under the name ''FC Bleid'' by pass ...

Playing career

Beginning his career with

, he later played for Randers and

. He signed for

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

side D.C. United in the United States in January 2010, but was released from his contract just over a month later. On 4 February 2011, N'Galula signed for the Finnish Veikkausliiga side

until the end of the 2011 season. On 4 August 2011, he signed a two-year deal with Belgian team

, but was released by the club already after the first season. In the summer of 2013, N'Galula signed for

, which was newly purchased by Vincent Kompany. In the meantime, he also served as head coach of the club's youth teams.

Coaching career

After retiring from football, N'Galula became head coach of his last club BX Brussels in January 2018, succeeding Amaury Toussaint. In June 2019, he joined the coaching staff at

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

under manager Vincent Kompany, with whom he played as a youngster at the club. He also served as assistant coach at the U21 team. N'Galula followed Kompany to English Premier League club Burnley as first team coach at the beginning of the 2022–23 season. He later re-joined Kompany's staff at Bundesliga club

in June 2024.

Personal life

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

References

External links

Profile
at dcunited.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngalula, Floribert 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