Club career edit

Early career edit

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.^[8] She was drawn to football through her father, who was a referee.^[9] He took her to many of the games he refereed on the weekends and Bompastor quickly developed an attraction towards the game.^[9]

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.^[9] 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 edit

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 24 September 2008, Bompastor was selected to join 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.^[5] Her Lyon teammate Louisa Necib was also chosen by the Freedom. In the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Bompastor appeared in 19 games (all starts, 1709 total minutes) and scored four goals with six assists. Following the conclusion of the season, she was loaned to D1 Féminine side Paris Saint-Germain.

International career edit

Bompastor made her international debut for the Bleues on 26 February 2000 in a match against Scotland. She was a member of the squads that participated in the 2001, 2005, and 2009 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship. She also represented France at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 27 September 2008, Bompastor picked up her 100th cap in a crucial UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match against Iceland,^[10] which France won 2–1.

Olympique Lyonnais edit

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 league titles in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons and the UWCL in 2022.^[11]

Club edit

Statistics accurate as of 18 September 2016^[12][13]

International edit

(Correct as of 18 September 2016)^[12][14]

International goals edit

As of matches played 20 April 2024

Player edit

Montpellier

• Division 1 Féminine: 2003–04, 2004–05^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France Féminine: 2005–06^{[citation needed]}

Lyon

• Division 1 Féminine: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France Féminine: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13^{[citation needed]}
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2010–11, 2011–12^{[citation needed]}

France

• Cyprus Cup: 2012^{[citation needed]}

Individual

• UNFP Female Player of the Year: 2003–04, 2007–08^{[citation needed]}
• WPS Player of the Month: May 2009^{[citation needed]}
• WPS All-Star: 2009, 2010^{[citation needed]}
• FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2011^{[citation needed]}

Manager edit

Lyon

• Division 1 Féminine: 2021–22, 2022–23
• Coupe de France féminine: 2022-23
• Trophée des Championnes: 2022, 2023
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2021–22

Other edit

Orders

• Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite: 2014^[1]

• Sonia Bompastor – FIFA competition record (archived)  
• Sonia Bompastor at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Sonia Bompastor at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-02-21) (in French)
• FFF player profile (in French)
• Paris Saint-Germain player profile
• Washington Freedom player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-11-15)