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While both Kompany and Vanden Borre were considered huge football talents, Vanden Borre was considered to be an even greater star-in-the-making than Kompany. Anderlecht-icon Paul Van Himst called Vanden Borre "the biggest talent he has ever seen in his career". He was praised for his technical ability, passing and vision. 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. After several minor incidents, including a stint which featured him shaving the initials of his name 'AVB' into his hair, he received a 'bad boy'-label from both the press and his coaches

While at Anderlecht, Vanden Borre was linked a move away from the club like Hamburger SV, Ajax, Inter Milan, Real Betis, Tottenham Hotspur, Juventus and Lazio. But eventually, he decided to extend his contract with Anderlecht until 2010, during the 2005–06 season.

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Portsmouth On 13 August 2009, it was announced that Vanden Borre had joined Portsmouth on a season-long loan. He made his debut for the club on 19 August 2009 against Birmingham. He scored his first goal for Portsmouth in a 3–1 Football League Cup win over Carlisle United on 22 September 2009. On 6 February 2010, he scored an own-goal in a 5–0 loss against Manchester United. Two months later, on 3 April 2010, Vanden Borre received two bookings in a 0–0 draw against Blackburn Rovers, which was made famous after Chris Kamara on Soccer Saturday failed to notice the red card while reporting on the match, claiming he thought that Vanden Borre was being substituted. After the match, he accused referee Steve Bennett of costing him his dream of playing at Wembley as he had to serve a one-match suspension. However, his time at Portsmouth was difficult, battling to hold down a regular place in the Portsmouth defence as the club was relegated to the Championship. At the end of the season, new manager Steve Cotterill announced that Vanden Borre would not be returning to the club, having expected to extend his stay at Portsmouth, and he was subsequently linked with German side FC Köln.

Genk 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 Kevin-Prince Boateng's deal. But, Vanden Borre announced he would move to Belgian side Genk in a temporary deal. However, the move fell through, due to the interest from Hapoel Tel Aviv, despite he already signed a six-month contract with Genk, without a mutual agreement between the transfer fee. Eventually, Genoa released the player for free, effectively on 5 January 2011 the re-opening of the transfer window and with-in the time frame of Genoa's 2011 financial year. Vanden Borre also signed a two-year deal, with an option of a third year on 8 September 2010 and he won't play until January 2011, though playing in friendlies and reserve team.

A week after being an official player, he made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Kevin De Bruyne in the 78th minutes, in a 3–2 win over Kortrijk on 22 January 2011. On the last game of Jupiler Pro League before splitting to PlayOff I, he received two bookings, in a 1–1 draw against Standard Liège. In the PlayOff I, he played almost every game in action and thus played an important role in achieving the national title. The next season, Vanden Borre was involved with the squad, playing in the Champions League campaign, which led to Group-stage. While in the league, he often play in the first team, but received more disciplined under newly manager Mario Been. In a match against Zulte Waregem on 15 January 2012, he received a booking on the 18th minutes and was substituted in the 78th minutes.

He wasn't featured for five games and made his return. In PlayOff I, Vanden Borre scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over his former club, Anderlecht on 14 April 2012. At the end of the season, he wasn't offered a new contract at the club, having being decided to leave by the club. After his release, Vanden Borre was linked heavily, once again, with the club, but the move never happened. However, in October, he joined Ukrainian side Tavriya Simferopol, until the end of the season. But his time in Ukraine was short-lived.

Return to Anderlecht In 2013, after five years away from the club, Vanden Borre made his return to Anderlecht, until the end of the season after being given a second chance by team-manager Herman Van Holsbeeck. His move was welcomed by teammates when the team had a training scheduled. Having made a comeback with the reserve team on 4 March 2013, Vanden Borre made a league comeback, a week later on 16 March 2013, coming on for Ronald Vargas, in a 1–1 draw against Genk.

On 4 November 2014, in a Champions League group match at Arsenal, he scored two goals (one a penalty) as Anderlecht earned a draw from being 3–0 down after 60 minutes.

Loan to Montpellier On 8 July 2016, Vanden Borre joined Ligue 1 side Montpellier on season-long loan with the option of signing permanently. After 10 appearances in all competitions for Montpellier, he returned to Anderlecht in January 2017. Initial retirement On 10 January 2017, Vanden Borre announced his retirement from football at the age of 29.

TP Mazembe On 2 March 2017, after less than two months in retirement, Vanden Borre signed for Congolese side TP Mazembe.

International career 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 Eric Deflandre as a substitute in a late minutes, as Belgium lose 3–2 against Turkey on 28 April 2004. One year later, on 4 June 2005, Vanden Borre made his first start, in a 0–0 draw against Serbia and Montenegro. Vanden Borre has since represented the national team by playing at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 13 May 2014, Vanden Borre was named in Belgium's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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