Kevin De Bruyne Net Worth, Wife, Age, Height, Family, Career Highlights and more
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- Kevin De Bruyne Biography and Net worth
- Kevin De Bruyne Early Years
- Kevin De Bruyne Personal Life
- Kevin De Bruyne Best Records
Kevin De Bruyne Biography and Net worth
A name often included when talking about Manchester City, Kevin De Bruyne is a professional football player who plays for the Premier League club Manchester City and plays as a Midfielder. He is referred to as one of the best players in the world and is often regarded as a ‘complete player’ with a versatile set of skills.
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Brief Bio:-
Full Name: Kevin De Bruyne
Age: 31 years
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 70 kg (approx)
Position: Midfielder
Net Worth: $60 M (approx)
After the contract signed with Manchester City in 2021, Kevin De Bruyne’s pay increased by 30 percent making him one of the top earners in English football. It is reported that he earns a salary of 280,000 pounds per week along with the bonuses that vary depending on the number of assists, goals, etc he scored. His monthly salary is reported to be more than one million pounds. Along with this, he also earns through a variety of endorsement deals with brands like Nike, Orange, EA Sports, etc.
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Early Years:
Kevin De Bruyne was born on 28 June, 1991 to Herwig de Bruyne and Anna de Bruyne. While the former is in the oil investment business, the latter works as a petroleum engineer. It is noted that Bryune moved for a great part of his childhood due to his father’s business. He started playing football at the age of four in his hometown where he played for KVV Drongen in 1997, however left the club two years later due to the lack of infrastructure and proper training. He moved to Gent and then to Genk thereafter in 2005.
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Club Career:-
Genk:
- Bruyne joined Genk in 2005 and was promoted to the first team squad in 2008. He made his official debut for the club in 2009, in a 3-0 defeat against Charleroi.
- He scored his first goal for the club in 2010,in a 1-0 win against Standard Liege.
- During the 2010-11 season itself he scored five goals and made 16 assists in 32 league matches with Genk being crowned the Belgian champions for the third time.
- On 29 October 2011 he scored his first hat-trick for Genk in a match against Club Brugge which ended in a 5-4 victory.
- He ended the season by scoring in a 3-1 victory over Gent finishing the season as league champions with eight goals from 28 appearances.
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Chelsea:
- Bruyne signed with Chelsea on 31 January 2012 with a contract rumoured to be about £7 million.
- He made his debut for the club on 18 July 2012 in a friendly match against Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders FC in a 4-2 win.
- He joined Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on July 31 2012 on a season long loan deal, and scored his first goal for the club against Hannover 96 in a 3-2 defeat.
- He returned to Chelsea after a successful loan spell with Werder Bremen on July 1 2013.
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Wolfsburg:
- Bruyne signed with Wolfsburg on 18 January 2014 with a fee of 22 million euros. He made his debut for the club on 25 January 2014 against Hannover 96 in a 3-1 defeat.
- He scored in the last two matches of the Bundesliga of the 2013-14 season aiding his team in winning against VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
- He started the 2014-15 season with a goal in a match against Lille in the Europa League in a 1-1 draw.
- Thi season went successful for the club and Bruyne as well with him concluding the season with 10 goals and 21 assists, with the number of assists being a new record in Bundesliga. The club finished second in the competition and also qualified for the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League.
- He ended the breakout season with 16 goals and 27 assists in all the competitions and was also named the 2015 German Footballer of the Year.
- The club started the season of 2015-16 with Bruyne winning the 2015 DFL Supercup against Bayern Munich in a 1-1 draw and scoring in the penalty shootout.
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Manchester City:
- Bruyne signed a contract with Manchester City on August 30 2015 in a six-year long contract for a whooping 75 million euros, which made him the second-most expensive transfer in British football.
- He debuted for the team in the Premier League against Crystal Palace on 12 September.
- He scored in a 4-1 league-cup win against Sunderland on 22 September, which was followed by a 4-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur.
- He was announced as one of the players on the list of the FIFA Ballon d’Or award and was shortlisted for the award soon after as well.
- In the UEFA Champions League quarter-final despite suffering from injury he scored an opening goal in a 2-2 draw against Paris Saint-Germain.
- On 12 April he scored the winning goal advancing Manchester City to the Semi-Finals of the competitions for the first time in the club’s history.
- Bruyne signed a new contract with the club on January 22 2018.
- The season of 2017-18 fared amazingly for him with the club winning the 2018 EFL Cup. He was also named as the BBC Man of the Match in a match against Southampton which ended in a 1-0 win. For his 16 assists in the entire season he also won the Premier League Playmaker of the Season, selected in the PFA Team of the Year and voted as the Manchester City Player of the Season.
- Bruyne scored his 50th goal for the club on 26 February 2020 in a 2-1 win against Real Madrid.
- He won his second Playmaker of the Season award and became the first player in history to ever have 20 assists in a single season.
- At the end of the season he was also awarded with Premier League Player of the season and was also named in the PFA Team of the Year and won the PFA Player of the Year award, becoming the first player from the club ever to win it.
- He further assigned a four-year contract with the club with a 30% statistical pay increase.
- He ended the 2020-21 season by winning the PFA Players Player of the Year award.
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International Career:
De Bruyne has played for Belgium in the under-18,under-19 and under-21 teams. He became a regular member of the team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. He has played for the country in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2016 UEFA Euro finals, World Cup 2018 and Euro 2020.
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Personal Life:
Family
Kevin De Bruyne was born on 28 June, 1991 to Herwig de Bruyne and Anna de Bruyne. While the former is in the oil investment business, the latter works as a petroleum engineer. He has a sister as well named Stephanie de Bruyne.
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Relationships
De Bruyne has been in a relationship with Michele Lacroix since 2014. They married in 2017 and have three children together named Mason, Rome and Suri. The children are kept out of the limelight by the player so as to offer them privacy and let them grow without constant scrutiny.
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Best Records (statistics):
| Appearances (Substitutions) | 582 (52) |
| Goals (Penalty) | 157 (8) |
| Assists | 169 |
| Yellows | 54 (2) |
| Reds | 0 |
| Minutes Played | 46101 |