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Sonia Bompastor

Sonia Bompastor
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Personal information
Full name Sonia Bompastor
Date of birth (1980-06-08) 8 June 1980 (age 36)
Place of birth Blois, France
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1994 US Mer
1994–1997 US Thoury
1997–2000 Tours EC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 La Roche-sur-Yon
2002–2006 Montpellier 83 (36)
2006–2009 Lyon 54 (15)
2009–2010 Washington Freedom 41 (6)
2009–2010 Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 13 (10)
2010–2013 Lyon 59 (4)
National team
1997–1998 France U18 3 (0)
2000–2013 France 156 (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2016 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Sonia Bompastor (born 8 June 1980) is a retired French football player who played for French club Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. 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.


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