Sonia Bompastor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French association football player
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Place of Birth: Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Sonia Bompastor
- Sonia Bompastor (born 8 June 1980) is a retired French football player who played for French club Lyon of the Division 1 FĂ©minine.
- She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side.
- Bompastor can also play in the left back position.
- She is a two-time winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year, and following a move to the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in the United States, earned Player of the Month and All-Star honors. 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 a 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 Olympique Lyonnais.
- 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.
- 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 2004–2006, 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.
- Now she works for Olympique Lyonnais as a scout.
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