*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 September 2016 (UTC)
Bompastor began her football career joining US Mer in 1988. In 1992, she joined US Thoury. In the same year, Bompastor earned selection to nationally recognized Clairefontaine academy joining alongside a select group of female players. After her stint at Clairefontaine, she joined Tours EC, now the women's section of professional club Tours FC. In 2000, she joined Division 1 Féminine club ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon and performed well enough to earn a move to Montpellier. At Montpellier, Bompastor earned domestic and individual honors, which resulted in a move to champions Lyon. In 2008, she joined the new United States-based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer, after her American playing rights were chosen by Washington Freedom in the 2008 WPS International Draft.[4] After helping the Freedom reached the playoffs, Bompastor returned to France where she played for Paris Saint-Germain on loan. In 2010, she announced that she would be returned to Lyon for the 2010–11 season and, subsequently, was a part of the team that won the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Bompastor is also a French international. Prior to playing for the senior team, she played at youth level representing the under-18 team at the 1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship. Bompastor made her senior international debut in February 2000 in a friendly match against Scotland. From 2004 to 2006, she served as the national team's captain. Bompastor has played in numerous tournaments for her nation beginning with UEFA Women's Euro 2001.
In June 2013, Bompastor chose to end her career after the French Women's Cup final.[5] She became the academy director of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin after retirement.[6] In April 2021, she took over as manager of Lyon's first team.[7][8]
Playing career
Club career
Early career
Bompastor was born in Blois and began playing football at an early age. Of Portuguese origin, both of her parents are from Póvoa de Varzim and most of her family still lives in the area. Bompastor told Ma Chaîne Sport that she always goes to Póvoa when she has the opportunity to do so.[9] She was drawn to football through her father, who was a referee.[10] He took her to many of the games he refereed on the weekends and Bompastor quickly developed an attraction towards the game.[10]
Bompastor began her football career in 1988 at US Mer, a local club in a neighboring commune, playing with the club's mixed team. In 1992, she joined US Thoury. That same year, Bompastor earned selection to an exclusive female team that was given clearance to train at the Clairefontaine academy by the French Football Federation.[10] The academy had quickly become a high-level training facility for male football players and supporters of women's football wanted younger women to be afforded the same benefits from the facilities as young men. Following vocational training at Clairefontaine, Bompastor moved to amateur team Tours EC. She spent four years at the club before joining ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon of the Division 1 Féminine in 2000.
Professional career
Bompastor's professional career began with ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon in 2000. She scored seven goals over her two years with the club before moving to Montpellier HSC in 2002.
At Montpellier, Bompastor blossomed and scored 38 goals over four seasons while helping the club win league titles in 2004 and 2005, as well as the Challenge de France (women's version of the Coupe de France).
Lyon was the next destination for Bompastor, for whom she joined in the summer of 2006. She became an important part of the squads that won back-to-back league titles in 2007 and 2008, and of the squad that won the Challenge de France in 2008. This gave her six titles in a span of four years, equal to teammates Camille Abily and Élodie Thomis who were also a part of the same Montpellier squad Bompastor previously had played for.
On 27 September 2008, Bompastor picked up her 100th cap in a crucial UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match against Iceland,[11] which France won 2–1.
Managerial career
Olympique Lyonnais
After retiring from playing in 2013, Bompastor managed Lyon's academy for eight years.
In 2021, Bompastor was appointed manager of Lyon's first team. She subsequently led them to 7 trophies won overall including 3 consecutive Division 1 titles in the 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons and the UWCL in 2021–22 with a 1-3 win over Barcelona in the final.[12]
Chelsea
On 29 May 2024, Bompastor was appointed manager of Chelsea, on a four-year deal.[2] She managed her first match with Chelsea on 20 September 2024 in a 1-0 win over Aston Villa.[13] On 12 October 2024, she led Chelsea to the club's first ever away win at the Emirates Stadium and the club's first away win to Arsenal since 2020 when they won the match 1-2.[14]
On 16 November 2024, Bompastor's Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-0 to go to the top of the WSL table after winning all of her first 7 league matches in charge of the team (10 wins out of 10 matches in all competitions currently too).[15] It made Bompastor have the best start ever for any new manager in the league’s 14 years history so far.[16]
Career statistics
Club
Statistics accurate as of 18 September 2016[17][18]
^ ab"Décret du 14 mai 2014 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 14 May 2014 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2014 (112): 8034. 15 May 2014. PREX1409874D. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^Sanders, Emma (20 September 2024). "Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^Sanders, Emma (12 October 2024). "Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^Sanders, Emma (16 November 2024). "Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
