Kevin De Bruyne is a young talented Belgian footballer who was born in Ghent in 1991, on June 28. At the moment he is an attacking midfielder of FC “Manchester City” and, of course, his own national team. Despite his rather young age, the football player has already changed five clubs. Well, it’s 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 the club of the same name became his first team. In 2003, the young man began to play football there. However, after some time, in 2005, he moved to the Genk club. There, the guy began to play for the youth team.
Kevin De Bruyne spent quite a long time at this club. It was in this team that he studied football and improved his acquired skills. And the training bore fruit. So, 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, the third time in history.
Going to Chelsea and renting at Werder Bremen
In 2012, it became known that Kevin De Bruyne, whose photo is presented above, goes to London Chelsea. The Belgian concluded a contract for five and a half years. His debut took place in a friendly match against the Seattle Sounders club. But everything did not go exactly as the midfielder apparently expected. 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 football player is to play for the team. Practice is very important, and you cannot do without it.
A few days after this statement, representatives of the Belgian “Bremen” showed interest in the young man. The Germans managed to negotiate with Chelsea, and they rented a Belgian. So the season 2012/2013 midfielder spent in Germany. Kevin De Bruyne cost the Germans 1,300,000 euros. The debut of the Belgian took place in a match against Dortmund “Borussia”. Unfortunately, the “Bremen Town Musicians” lost to the “bees”, but Kevin spent the whole match on the field, from start to finish. And he scored the first goal in the game against “Hanover”, helping his team out and leveling the score. The Belgian sent the next ball into the goal of “Stuttgart”, thereby opening an account. But the team was constantly losing, so on September 25, the midfielder said that “Werder Bremen” simply would not have a chance to buy it after the lease ended.
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 he had already been outbid by Wolfsburg. The Germans gave away 22 million euros for the midfielder. Kevin signed the contract until 2019. As part of this team, the Belgian instantly took a leading position, and in the season 2014/2015 he completely became the best assistant in the Bundesliga. And all thanks to 21 assists. On May 30, he completely sent the winning goal into the gates of the Dortmund Borussia, thereby finishing off the opponents and winning the final of the German Cup.
But until 2019, the football player at Wolfsburg did not stop, because Manchester City became interested in him, who gave the Germans 70 million euros for the Belgian. So on September 19, 2015, Kevin entered the field already in another T-shirt and, by the way, scored a 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 football players. In addition to the above, he achieved some success with the “Wolfsburg”. Together with the German club, he won the Super Bowl and the German Cup. But that is not all. He is also the best young player of the Bundesliga of 2013 and the soccer player of 2015 in Germany.
And finally, a few words about the topic relating to such a football player as Kevin De Bruyne. His personal life is also of interest to many, and especially devoted fans of the Belgian striker. The young man met for a long time with a girl named Caroline Lainen. But broke up after she cheated on him with Thibault Courtois. The damsel says that Kevin himself allegedly cheated on her (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 pleased with his position.