Kevin was born in Drongen, Belgium in 1991 and began his youth career for the local team (KVV Drongen) from 1997 to 1999 where he then switched to Gent for the next 5-6 years. In 2005 he made his last youth switch to Genk which saw him play for 3 years under their youth system.
His talent was recognized in Genk’s youth team and in no time he began his senior career in 2008, he played 113 games in all comps for the Genk senior side while managing 17 goals and 36 assists. This was just the start for the little wizard.
As any players dream, its to play in the big leagues, in 2012 Kevin transferred to Chelsea but was loaned to Werder Breman. At the German club he spent one season which saw him play 34 games and managed 10 goals and 10 assists, the following season he went back to Chelsea.
He had a horrible time at Chelsea, only managing 9 appearances scoring 0 goals and providing 1 assist. Chelsea got rid of him for £18 million to Wolfsburg where he picked up form and established himself as one of the best in the league who was vital in the clubs DFB Pokal Cup Win
De Bruyne played a total of 73 games for Wolfsburg while scoring 20 and assisting 37. His performances inspired City to spend a new club record of £54 million to bring De Bruyne to the Etihad. People labeled him as a flop and criticized City for buying someone who flopped before.
With all the media pointed towards Kevin, he managed to still perform, shut the haters down and is now considered the best Midfielder in the world. He has won several individual and club achievements and has so far played 238 games for City while scoring 59 goals (1/2)
and providing 100 assists. He has also played throughout the Belgium National teams, from the U18s to the U19s and the U21s and finally the senior squad. He made his full international debut in 2010 and since then has 78 caps with 20 goals and 37 assists.
Kevin has captained his national team before and his best achievement was finishing 3rd in the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. He is currently the Vice-Captain of Manchester City and recently equaled the Premier League Assist Record of 20.
His club/national achievements include:
1x Belgium Pro League Title (2010/11)
1x Belgium Cup (2008/09)
1x Belgium Super Cup (2011)
1x DFB Pokal (2014/15)
1x DFL Supercup (2015)
2x Premier League Titles (2017/18 & 2018/19)
1x FA Cup (2018/19)
4x EFL Cups (2016/18/19/20
(1/2)
1x Belgium Pro League Title (2010/11)
1x Belgium Cup (2008/09)
1x Belgium Super Cup (2011)
1x DFB Pokal (2014/15)
1x DFL Supercup (2015)
2x Premier League Titles (2017/18 & 2018/19)
1x FA Cup (2018/19)
4x EFL Cups (2016/18/19/20
(1/2)
Among all his club achievements, De Bruyne has an insane amount of individual achievements which are:
•Bundesliga YPOTY (2012/13)
•Bundesliga POTY (2014/15)
•Bundesliga TOTY (2014/15)
•Uefa Europa League Squad of the year (2014/15)
•Footballer of the year [Germany] (2015)
•Bundesliga YPOTY (2012/13)
•Bundesliga POTY (2014/15)
•Bundesliga TOTY (2014/15)
•Uefa Europa League Squad of the year (2014/15)
•Footballer of the year [Germany] (2015)
•France football World XI (2015)
•Belgium Sportsman of the year (2015)
•Man City POTY (2015/16, 2017/18, 2019/20)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 (2020)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 [2nd team] (2018)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 [3rd team] (2016)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 Nominee (2019)
•Belgium Sportsman of the year (2015)
•Man City POTY (2015/16, 2017/18, 2019/20)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 (2020)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 [2nd team] (2018)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 [3rd team] (2016)
•Fifa Fifpro World 11 Nominee (2019)
•International Federation of Football History & Statistics Mens World Team (2017,2019,2020)
•UEFA TOTY (2017,2019)
•ESM TOTY (2017/18,2019/20)
•PFA TOTY (2017/18,2019/20)
•Playmaker of season (2017/18,2019/20)
•UEFA TOTY (2017,2019)
•ESM TOTY (2017/18,2019/20)
•PFA TOTY (2017/18,2019/20)
•Playmaker of season (2017/18,2019/20)
•UCL Squad of the season (2017/18,2018/19,2019/20)
•Fifa World Cup Dream Team (2018)
•Premier League Goal of the month (Nov 2019, July 2020)
•Prem POTS (2019/20)
•PFA Players’ player of the year (2019/20)
•UEFA Mens Player of the year runner up (2019/20)
•Fifa World Cup Dream Team (2018)
•Premier League Goal of the month (Nov 2019, July 2020)
•Prem POTS (2019/20)
•PFA Players’ player of the year (2019/20)
•UEFA Mens Player of the year runner up (2019/20)
•UCL Midfielder of the season (2019/20)
•World Soccer POTY runner up (2020)
•Goal 50 Runner up (2020)
•International Federation of Football History & Statistics worlds best playmaker (2020)
•Etihad player of the months
•Best Assist to game ratio in the prem
•World Soccer POTY runner up (2020)
•Goal 50 Runner up (2020)
•International Federation of Football History & Statistics worlds best playmaker (2020)
•Etihad player of the months
•Best Assist to game ratio in the prem