This time, joining Serie a side Genoa in a On 13 August 2009, it was announced that Vanden Borre had joined Portsmouth on a season-long loan.After returning to Genoa from a loan spell at Portsmouth, Vanden Borre was heavily linked a move away in the transfer window, including a return to Pompey as part of A week after being an official player, he made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for The next season, Vanden Borre was involved with the squad, playing in the Champions League campaign, which led to Group-stage.

However, while Kompany managed to maintain a high level of play match after match, Vanden Borre's Anderlecht career was marked by irregularity, lack of concentration and injuries.

Vanden Borre turns 31 this week and has offered hints that he could be enticed back to football for a third time.“I can tell you that he is still hungry, that he wants to play football again,” teased Mboyo, Vanden Borre’s go-to mouthpiece. “If he finds something, he will work hard.”One suspects that, this time, the ship may have sailed for good. Profile page for Montpellier football player Anthony Vanden Borre (Defender). Moreover, they are the team of his heart.”That connection proved valuable as Vanden Borre soon found a second wind, enjoying some of the best moments of his entire career.That was followed by another Belgian First Division title with Anderlecht, as well as a recall to the Belgian national team and — surprisingly — a place in the country’s 2014 World Cup squad.Although not first choice for the Red Devils, Vanden Borre played in the third group match against South Korea, helping the team to a 1-0 win.At domestic level, a Champions League brace against Arsenal in November 2014 capped a near-perfect year for Belgium’s forgotten man.Of course, the story doesn’t have a particularly happy ending.In August 2015, Vanden Borre brought his second spell with Anderlecht to a close by publicly using homophobic language to describe his team-mates.His locker was cleaned out, and he played no further part in the 2015-16 season.A six-month loan spell at Montpellier beginning July 2016 yielded just 10 appearances in all competitions, and Vanden Borre, then 29 years old, announced his retirement in January 2017.That retirement lasted less than two months, however, as he signed for Congolese team TP Mazembe in March 2017.“I know where I come from and I have my own values,” Vanden Borre said. But things weren’t all rosy for Vanden Borre over this period.Before Christmas 2005, the 19-year-old upset Anderlecht manager Franky Vercauteren by shaving the letters ‘AVB’ into his hair.

Il fait sa première apparition en équipe de Belgique dès l'âge de 16 ans (deuxième plus jeune joueur de tous les temps en Belgique). He had not become Belgium’s saviour, by any means, but he was at least keeping his head above water.Quick interlude; quick question: Are you British, and if so, had you heard of Anthony Vanden Borre in 2010?If so, you probably fell into one of two categories: By summer 2009, however, the 21-year-old Belgian would become a recognisable name among most Premier League fans after joining financially unstable Portsmouth on loan.“He’s young and a Belgian international,” said Pompey manager Paul Hart. “He told me I had missed a good career. Carrière. Join Facebook to connect with Rudi Vanden Borre and others you may know. https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/anthony-vanden-borre His early retirement in 2017 ended a strange and uneven career. Anthony Vanden Borre a joué ses premières minutes dans cette préparation. Anderlechts Anthony Vanden Borre (r.) kocht den Dortmunder Henrikh Mkhitaryan in der Champions League ab (09.12.2014).Mit zwei Toren bringt Anthony Vanden Borre (l.) den RSC Anderlecht gegen Arsenal wieder zurück ins Spiel. )The minor scandal was not atypical of Vanden Borre. und Anthony Vanden Borre im Gruppenspiel der WM 2014 zwischen Südkorea und Belgien.Eine deftige Niederlage wurde befürchtet, aber Anderlecht strafte die Skeptiker Lügen: Die Belgier, hier Anthony Vanden Borre (l.) im Duell mit Lucas, erkämpften sich im CL-Gruppenspiel im Parc des Princes ein Remis. Of all the unusual Premier League squads in recent history, few are as ragtag as the Portsmouth side relegated during the 2009-10 season. While in the league, he often play in the first team, but received more disciplined under newly manager In 2013, after five years away from the club, Vanden Borre made his return to On 4 November 2014, in a Champions League group match at On 10 January 2017, Vanden Borre announced his retirement from football at the age of 29.On 2 March 2017, after less than two months in retirement, Vanden Borre signed for Holding Belgian and Democratic Republic of Congo citizenship, Vanden Borre played his first international match, opting for Belgium at age sixteen, having come on for On 13 May 2014, Vanden Borre was named in Belgium's squad for the However, Sky Sports correspondent Chris Kamara entirely failed to notice and, when pressed for information about the incident, responded with confusion, prompting uproarious laughter from the studio.But Vanden Borre’s career gets much more interesting than that.Vanden Borre came to prominence incredibly quickly, making his debut for Anderlecht in March 2004 at the age of just 16.A month and five appearances later, he was playing for the Belgium senior team, appearing in a friendly against Turkey.It seems too short a period to make a judgment on a player, but Vanden Borre’s energetic running down the right flank, willingness to take on his marker and borderline reckless flair made him eye-catching in the otherwise vanilla Belgian league.His teenage years would be some of the busiest of his career.Around the time of his international debut, Vanden Borre was described by former Belgium striker Paul van Himst — the only footballer to have played for Belgium at a younger age than Vanden Borre — as “the greatest talent I’ve ever seen in my career”.Anderlecht agreed: by the 2004-05 season, the right-back was making regular appearances for the team, often alongside Kompany.For a while, things kept improving, and Vanden Borre’s most successful spell for the Brussels-based club came when the defender provided three goals and five assists between August 2005 and January 2006.Those contributions helped Anderlecht to a Belgian First Division title.
(05.11.2013) Rudi Vanden Borre is on Facebook.
“I can tell you that he is still hungry, that he wants to play football again,” teased Mboyo, Vanden Borre’s go-to mouthpiece. Anthony Henri Vanden Borre (born 24 October 1987) is a Belgian footballer who last played as a defender for TP Mazembe in DR Congo.