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title: "Manchester City: Fans name Vincent Kompany as club’s greatest captain"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-fans-name-kompany-greatest-captain/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2020-05-07T15:00:39Z"
modified: "2020-05-07T15:00:39Z"
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# Manchester City: Fans name Vincent Kompany as club’s greatest captain

**Plenty of Manchester City fans have named Vincent Kompany as the greatest captain in the club’s history in reaction to an article in [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/1792071/2020/05/05/manchester-city-best-captain/?source=emp_shared_article) from Sam Lee.**

The journalist, who later tweeted a link to the piece via [@SamLee](https://twitter.com/SamLee/status/1257929897282076673), pondered the question on the one-year anniversary of a memorable contribution from the Belgian defender, namely his [long-range thunderbolt against Leicester](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/vincent-kompany-man-city-leicester-goal-premier-league-interview-final-game-2019-title-treble) in last season’s [tightly-fought and ultimately successful](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/tabelle/wettbewerb/GB1?saison_id=2018) Premier League title race.

> It’s one year since Kompany’s iconic goal against Leicester, so I went to the Belgian third division club to find the ball boy that first said “no Vinny don’t shoot!” way back in 1997. I didn’t really – is Kompany City’s best ever captain? [https://t.co/F6b0feQ3R3](https://t.co/F6b0feQ3R3)
>
> — Sam Lee (@SamLee) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/SamLee/status/1257929897282076673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

In [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/1792071/2020/05/05/manchester-city-best-captain/?source=emp_shared_article), Lee shortlisted Kompany alongside other illustrious Manchester City captains such as Tony Book, Paul Power and Mike Doyle, but the verdict among numerous fans of the club on social media was that the Belgian topped them all.

The 34-year-old won [12 trophies](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/vincent-kompany/erfolge/spieler/9594) in [11 years](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/vincent-kompany/transfers/spieler/9594) at the Etihad Stadium, including [four Premier League titles as the club’s skipper](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2019/may/man-city-vincent-kompany-leaves-man-city), and signed off his time at the club by leading them to [FA Cup final glory against Watford](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48236232) a year ago. Alan Shearer, Franny Lee and Yaya Toure were among those who paid tribute to his greatness when he announced his departure from the club in 2019 (as per [mancity.com](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2019/may/vincent-kompany-manchester-citys-greatest-captain)).

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These Manchester City fans on Twitter emphatically named Kompany as the club’s greatest captain:

> Shouldn’t even be a debate Sam mate. The man’s incredible
>
> — DonGabriel19 (@Gabriel19Don) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Gabriel19Don/status/1257939875007025152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> yes he is, shouldnt even be a debate fr
>
> — Ronaldo is finished (@perovpuse) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/perovpuse/status/1257930738000945153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Without doubt Vincent Kompany
>
> — Sir Alan Howarth (@siralanhowarth1) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/siralanhowarth1/status/1257972779338461185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> come on that’s not even a debate.
>
> — ¹⁰ 🐝 (@AgueroBall) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/AgueroBall/status/1257973091822718977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yes!! Vinnie is City’s best ever captain 🙌
>
> — IamFrancisFizzo™ (@francisfizzo) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/francisfizzo/status/1257931388701028352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Undoubtedly. Hope his greatness is honoured with a statue one day 🙏🏽💙
>
> — Jacob Senwamadi (@jay\_senwamadi) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/jay_senwamadi/status/1257930909791268864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> The man who led us to greatness after being signed as just another midtable midfielder. God love VK
>
> — oli (@olicoulson\_) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/olicoulson_/status/1257966465782820865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man City fans, do you think Kompany is the best captain in the club’s history? If not, who would you advocate for the honour? Let us know your views in the comments section below!***