Kevin De Bruyne is a talented young Belgian footballer who was born in Ghent on 28 June 1991. He is currently an attacking midfielder for Manchester City FC and of course his own national team. Despite his rather young age, the footballer has already changed five clubs. Well, it is worth talking in more detail about his career and professional growth, since this topic is really interesting.
Club career
Kevin De Bruyne was born in Ghent and began his career at the local Ghent in 2003. Two years later, he moved to Genk, where he performed in youth team... He made his debut in Genk's main squad against Charleroi on May 9, 2009, where his team was defeated 3-0. In the following season 2009/10 he scored his first goal for Genk on 7 February 2010, securing three points for his team when they won 1-0 over Standard Liege on 7 February 2010. In the 2010/11 season, he scored five goals in 32 games, in which his club became the Belgian champion for the third time in their history.
On 31 January 2012 Genk announced the midfielder's transfer to Chelsea, he signed a five and a half year contract. Under the terms of the deal, De Bruyne finished the rest of the 2011/12 season at Genk already on loan. On July 18, he made his Chelsea debut in a friendly against Seattle Sounders at number 14. At the end of July, Kevin announced that if he did not practice at Chelsea, he would go on loan.
Rent in "Werder"
On August 2, 2012, on the official Chelsea website, it was reported that Kevin would spend the 2012/13 season at Werder Bremen. The clubs agreed to transfer the footballer for 1.3 million euros. Kevin made his league debut for Werder Bremen on 24 August against champion Borussia Dortmund. The Belgian played the entire match, in which Werder Bremen lost 1: 2. His debut goal was scored on September 15 against Hannover 96, leveling the score in the match, but the leader of Hannover Szabolcs Husti brought victory to his team with a score of 3: 2 in the stoppage time by the referee. Already in the next round, on September 23, De Bruyne scored the second goal for the “musicians” against “Stuttgart”, opening the score in the match. However, Werder Bremen failed to win the meeting. The match ended in an effective draw - 2: 2. On September 25, the Belgian said he had no chance of staying in the Bundesliga.
The next day, September 26, Kevin made his first successful pass of the season, assisting Aaron Hunt. This pass helped Werder Bremen beat Freiburg 2-1. On December 2, De Bruyne took part in the defeat of Hoffenheim with two assists. The match ended with the victory of "Bremen" with a score of 4: 1. On February 9, Kevin scored a goal and made an assist pass to Mehmet Ekiji in the game against Stuttgart, which ended in a 4-1 victory of Thomas Schaaf's charges. On 23 February, the Belgian scored Werder Bremen's only goal at the Allianz Arena in an away match against Bayern Munich. However, the "musicians" suffered a crushing defeat - 1: 6. In April, Kevin got interested in Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04. In the middle of the month, Dortmund residents announced that they were ready to pay 17 million euros for the talented Belgian.
On May 18, the Belgian played his last match with Werder Bremen. Kevin made a double, but the “musicians” lost to “Nuremberg” - 2: 3. As part of Werder Breuin, de Bruyne played 33 matches in the Bundesliga, in which he scored 10 goals and gave 9 assists. In the championship, the Bremen club took 14th place.
In early June, it became known that from next season, de Bruyne will play for Chelsea.
« Wolfsburg»
However, the Belgian failed to gain a foothold in the Chelsea squad. The first part of the season, he still spent in the London club, having played only three matches. On January 18, 2014, de Bruyne returned to the Bundesliga - to the Wolfsburg club for 22 million euros, with which he signed a contract until 2019. As part of the Wolves, Kevin immediately became the leader of the team, in the 2014/15 season he became the best assistant in the Bundesliga, giving 21 assists. On May 30, De Bruyne scored the winning goal in the German Cup final, hitting the gates of Borussia Dortmund (the match ended with a score of 3: 1).
"Manchester city"
Kevin returned to England on 30 August 2015 after signing a six-year contract with Manchester City. The transfer amount was 74 million euros, which made the Belgian the most expensive acquisition in the history of the club and the third in the history of the Premier League (after Paul Pogba and Angel Di Maria). On September 12, De Bruyne made his debut for the Citizens, replacing the injured Sergio Aguero in the match against Crystal Palace. On 19 September 2015, the Belgian hit West Ham United, scoring the first goal for Manchester City. From the very first matches, De Bruyne managed to become one of the leaders of the team, regularly distributing assists and becoming one of the leaders in this indicator (by the beginning of 2016, only Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil was ahead of Kevin). On January 27, 2016, De Bruyne was seriously injured, leaving for two months. On April 2, the midfielder returned to the field and marked scored ball against Bournemouth.
Kevin De Bruyne's international career
De Bruyne played for Belgium U18, 19 and 21 national teams. On August 11, 2010, he made his debut for the Belgian main team in a friendly against Finland. The Red Devils mentor Mark Wilmots began recruiting Kevin to play for the national team after an unsuccessful campaign for Euro 2012.
On October 12, 2012, Kevin scored his debut goal for the national team, hitting the gate (0-3). De Bruyne played 8 out of 10 matches of the national team in the qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup, and also went to the final tournament in Brazil. Here he played 4 out of 5 matches, scoring an assist against Algeria (2-1), as well as a goal and an assist in the round of 16 against the United States. As part of the Belgian national team, he reached the ¼ final at the 2016 European Championship, which was held in France.
Achievements
Team
Genk
- Belgian Champion: 2010/11
- Belgian Cup Winner: 2008/09
- Belgian Super Cup Winner: 2011
Wolfsburg
- German Cup Winner: 2014/15
- German Super Cup Winner: 2015
Manchester city
- Champion of England: 2017/18
- Cup Winner Football league: 2016
Kevin De Bruyne is a young talented Belgian footballer who was born in Ghent on 28 June 1991. He is currently an attacking midfielder for Manchester City FC and of course his own national team. Despite his rather young age, the footballer has already changed five clubs. Well, it is worth telling more about his career and professional growth, as this topic is really interesting.
The beginning of a football career
As already mentioned, Kevin De Bruyne was born in Ghent. Therefore, it is not surprising that his first team was the club of the same name in this city. In 2003, the young man started playing football there. However, some time later, in 2005, he moved to the Genk club. There the guy started playing for the youth team.
In this club, Kevin De Bruyne spent quite a long time. It was in this team that he studied football and improved the acquired skills. And the training paid off. For example, in the 2010/2011 season he scored five goals in 32 matches, thereby helping his club - “Gent” then became the champion of Belgium, for the third time in history.
Transfer to Chelsea and loan to Werder Bremen
In 2012, it became known that Kevin De Bruyne, whose photo is presented above, is moving to London “Chelsea”. The Belgian signed a contract for five and a half years. He made his debut in a friendly against Seattle Sounders. But things didn't go quite the way the midfielder apparently assumed. Because at the end of that season, he said that if he was not allowed to practice at Chelsea, he would go on loan. Kevin De Bruyne believes that the most important thing for a player is to play for the team. Practice is very important, and you can't do without it.
A few days after this statement, representatives of the Belgian “Werder Bremen” showed interest in the young man. The Germans managed to negotiate with Chelsea, and they rented a Belgian. So the midfielder spent the 2012/2013 season in Germany. Kevin De Bruyne cost the Germans 1,300,000 euros. The debut of the Belgian took place in the match against Borussia Dortmund. Unfortunately, the “Bremen Town Musicians” lost to the “bees”, but Kevin spent the entire match on the field, from start to finish. And he scored the first goal in the game against Hannover, rescuing his team and leveling the score. The Belgian sent the next ball into the gates of “Stuttgart”, thereby opening the account. But the team was constantly losing, so on September 25, the midfielder said that “Bremen” simply will not have a chance to buy it back after the end of the lease.
Wolfsburg and Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne, whose biography is quite interesting, although he returned to Chelsea, but could not stay there. And again he had to go to Germany, as Wolfsburg had already bought him. The Germans gave 22 million euros for the midfielder. Kevin signed a contract until 2019. As part of this team, the Belgian instantly took the leading position, and in the 2014/2015 season he became the best assistant in the Bundesliga. And all thanks to 21 assists. On May 30, he completely sent the winning goal to the gates of Dortmund “Borussia”, thereby finishing off the opponents and winning the German Cup final.
But until 2019, the football player did not stay at Wolfsburg, because Manchester City became interested in him, which gave the Germans 70 million euros for the Belgian. So on September 19, 2015, Kevin entered the field in a different shirt and, by the way, scored his debut goal, scoring West Ham.
Personal life and achievements
Kevin is the champion of Belgium, the owner of the Cup and Super Cup of the country, as well as one of the most expensive young footballers. Also, in addition to the above, he achieved some success with “Wolfsburg”. Together with the German club, he won the Super Cup and the German Cup. But that's not all. He is also the best young player in the Bundesliga in 2013 and footballer in 2015 in Germany.
And finally, a few more words about the topic concerning such a football player as Kevin De Bruyne. His personal life also interests many, and especially the devoted fans of the Belgian striker. The young man met for a long time with a girl named Caroline Lainen. But he broke up after she cheated on him with the Maid says that Kevin allegedly cheated on her himself (about which there is no official data), so she committed this completely immoral and dishonorable act out of revenge while on vacation in Madrid. At the moment, the Belgian is free and seems to be happy with his position.
Kevin De Bruyne is a player football club Manchester City and one of the key players in the Belgian national team.
Kevin began his career in the youth team of the Dronien team, for which he played from 1997 to 1999. Then he played for the youth teams of Genta and Genka (from 2005 to 2008).
My professional career the player started in the Genk team, for which he played from 2008 to 2012.
During this time, he managed to show himself as good player with an excellent mood for the game. In total, in a Genka shirt, he played 78 matches and scored 14 goals.
Soon he returned to Genk, played there for a while, and then ended up in Germany and started playing for Werder Bremen.
For the Germans, Kevin played more successfully and scored 10 goals for the club, and then moved to Wolfsburg, in whose jersey he played in the 2014/2015 season.
He scored his first goal for this club in 2016 against the French PSG, and in the quarterfinals of the main international championship Starovgo Sveta is in the Champions League.
In the shirt of the Belgian national team, De Bruyne made his debut back in 2010 in a friendly against the Finns.
And in 2014 at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, he managed to score a goal and showed himself excellently, becoming one of the key players in the national team.
How he lived before he became famous
Kevin grew up in the city of Ghent (Flanders) in an ordinary Belgian family. His father worked in a metallurgical plant, and his mother was from Africa.
One Christmas time future star Belgian and world football were presented with the ball. It was this event that became a turning point for the boy, who decided to seriously engage in this game and become a real master.
His choice was largely predetermined by the city where Kevin grew up, since Ghent is considered one of the most football cities in Belgium.
What is known for
De Bruyne is known for his extraordinary play and incredible passing technique. She has a great view of the pitch and is good at building the game, thanks to which he manages to cope well with almost any situation during the match.
Already in 2015 he was recognized the best footballer Belgium, and very soon Kevin was already playing in famous European clubs.
He is also the owner of the Super Cup, not only in Belgium (2011), but also in Germany (2015).
He also won the championship of his home country in the 2010/2011 season and was also the champion of England in the 2017/2018 season, and this is not the whole list of the player's merits and trophies.
The midfielder perfectly plays the role of an assistant on the floor, and also copes well with completing the attack (more than once his actions led to the scoring of the opponent's goal).
He wrote an autobiography which he called “Keep it Simple”. She was released in 2014.
Relationship / family
Back in 2014, he began an affair with Michelle Lacroix, who was engaged in athletics, but then I decided to devote myself family life and married Kevin.
Very soon, the girl gave birth to his child, whom the couple named Mason.
And in 2017, the couple officially signed, and they also chose the place for the wedding very well - the Italian city of Sorrento.
At the end of the last century, when the “red devils” won the Champions League trophy in an epic battle, the team from Manchester featured an interesting striker with a hard-to-pronounce surname Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. First of all, it was an ideal "joker", that is, a football player who could enter the field from the bench and, as they say, make a game. The second feature of the striker is very revealingly described by his nickname - "killer with the face of a baby." Already at an advanced age, by football standards, Ole had features similar to those of a child and, at the same time, scored a lot.
Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is also often jokingly compared to a child by teammates and fans, while the latter terrifies the redoubts of opposing teams. Another interesting parallel to the Norwegian striker comparison is that Kevin also flourished in Manchester, but only in City.
Kevin de Bruyne: biography
Little Kevin's life began in one of the most football cities in Belgium - Ghent. He was born in June 1991, and after only a few years he was running with a ball on sports grounds under the guidance of a children's coach. The guy preferred football to many other sports and very quickly began to stand out from his peers. For eight years, Kevin managed to play in the youth teams "Dronien", "Gent" and "Genk", and with the latter in 2008 he signed his first professional contract.
A creative midfielder with a good vision of the pitch and excellent passing technique already at a young age achieved serious success. Perseverance and work helped him move to London Chelsea, and then, in transit through German Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg, to the camp of another leader English football- "Manchester city".
However, Kevin de Bruyne excelled not only in sports. In 2014, the footballer published an autobiographical book with the self-explanatory title "Be Simple", which characterizes the player in the best possible way. He is recognized on the streets, he gets autographs, he is a star, he is the future of Belgian football, he is Kevin de Bruyne.
The personal life of a football player, however, is a topic, if not closed, then as private as possible. It is only known that the midfielder is in a relationship with a girl named Michelle Lacroix and in 2016 the couple had their first child, Mason.
Career takeoff
The first top club in the life of Kevin de Bruyne was London Chelsea. However, during the three years that the Belgian midfielder was on a contract with the “aristocrats”, he played only three matches for the first team. The rest of the time the promising footballer spent on loan in his native Genk.
Rafael Benitez was ready to offer the player only the role of a reservist, and the level of the Belgian championship, Kevin de Bruyne, had long outgrown, therefore, without thinking twice, the player agreed to the offer of Werder Bremen. This is where the midfielder managed to fully reveal himself, and a year later he played in the prestigious Champions League with Wolfsburg. For the “wolves”, by the way, Kevin de Bruyne played more than fifty matches in two seasons and became one of the best in the German championship according to the “goal + pass” system.
Return to England
In 2015, Manchester City's Argentine coach Manuel Pellegrini tried on his third attempt to build a powerful team that could not only impose a fight in the Champions League playoffs, but also win the trophy so coveted by the club's bosses and a multi-million army of fans.
An experienced coach did not have a shortage of cool midfield players, but Yaya Toure and Fernandinho, who stepped over thirty, for all their merits, could not consistently play more than 40 matches per season, so Pellegrini turned his attention to young midfielder Wolfsburg.
Kevin de Bruyne signed a record 74 million six-year contract with Blue Moon and from his first days at the club began to work with particular zeal for every pound spent on him. The Belgian without swinging became the base player of City, and at the end of the season he lost the championship in the dispute between the assistants only to the experienced leader of Arsenal - Mesut Ozil.
The situation has not changed with the arrival of Josep Guardiola in the team. Under the Spanish mentor, de Bruyne does not play only when he needs a pause for recovery, or, as they say, for tactical reasons.
In the national team
Of course, along with such talents as Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne is a footballer whose name is closely associated with the future of the “red devils”. This generation of bright and extraordinary players is potentially comparable to the team that inspired fear in world football in the 80s of the last century.
For the national team, Kevin de Bruyne has already played more than fifty matches and has good chances to go as part of the main team of the country to the 2018 World Championship, which will be held in Russia.