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In this Flemish name, the surname is De Bruyne, not Bruyne.

Kevin De Bruyne

De Bruyne with Belgium in 2018

Personal information

Full name

\nKevin De Bruyne^[1]

Date of birth

\n28 June 1991 (age 33)^[2]

Place of birth

\nDrongen, Belgium^[3]

Height

\n1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)^[4]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder

Team information

Current team

\nManchester City

Number

\n17

Youth career

1997\u20131999

\nKVV Drongen

1999\u20132005

\nGent

2005\u20132008

\nGenk

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2008\u20132012

\nGenk

\n97

\n(16)

2012\u20132014

\nChelsea

\n3

\n(0)

2012\u20132013

\n\u2192 Werder Bremen (loan)

\n33

\n(10)

2014\u20132015

\nVfL Wolfsburg

\n52

\n(13)

2015\u2013

\nManchester City

\n274

\n(70)

International career^\u2021

2008\u20132009

\nBelgium U18

\n7

\n(1)

2009

\nBelgium U19

\n10

\n(1)

2011

\nBelgium U21

\n2

\n(0)

2010\u2013

\nBelgium

\n107

\n(30)

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Belgium\n
FIFA World Cup\n
$\"Third$	2018	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:46, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
\u2021 National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Kevin De Bruyne (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8k\u025bv\u026an d\u0259 \u02c8br\u0153yn\u0259]; born 28 June 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains both Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. Regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest attacking midfielders in the history of the sport, he is known for his passing, technique, shooting and playmaking.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]\n

De Bruyne began his professional senior career at Genk, where he was a regular player when they won the 2010\u201311 Belgian Pro League. In 2012, he joined English club Chelsea, where he was used sparingly and then loaned to Werder Bremen. He signed with Wolfsburg for \u00a318 million in 2014, establishing himself as one of the best players in the Bundesliga and was integral in the club's 2014\u201315 DFB-Pokal win. In the summer of 2015, De Bruyne joined Manchester City for a then-club record \u00a354 million. He has since won the UEFA Champions League, six Premier League titles, five League Cups and two FA Cups with the club. In 2017\u201318, he had a significant role in City becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single league season. In 2019\u201320, De Bruyne equalled the record for most assists in a Premier League season and was named Player of the Season, the award he won for the second time in 2021\u201322. He was again heavily involved in 2022\u201323, as Manchester City sealed the continental treble in their most successful season to date.\n

De Bruyne made his full international debut in 2010, and he has since earned over 100 caps, scoring 30 goals for Belgium. He was a member of the Belgian squads that reached the quarter-finals at both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. De Bruyne was named in the FIFA World Cup Dream Team of the 2018 World Cup, as Belgium finished in third place, as well as appearing at Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024.\n

De Bruyne has been named in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season and IFFHS Men's World Team six times each, ESM Team of the Year and the FIFA FIFPRO World 11 five times each, the UEFA Team of the Year three times, and the France Football World XI and the Bundesliga Team of the Year once each. He has also won the Premier League Playmaker of the Season three times, the PFA Players' Player of the Year twice, Manchester City's Player of the Year four times, the UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season, the Bundesliga Player of the Year, the Footballer of the Year (Germany), the Belgian Sportsman of the Year and the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker three times each. He was nominated for the prestigious Ballon d'Or award several times, ending third in the 2022 edition,^[5] and fourth in 2023.^[7]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Genk\n	2008\u201309^[234]\n	Belgian First Division\n	2	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	0\n
2009\u201310^[234]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	35	3	2	0	\u2014	2^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	40	3\n
2010\u201311^[234]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	32	5	0	0	\u2014	3^[c]	1	0	0	35	6\n
2011\u201312^[234]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	28	8	1	0	\u2014	6^[e]	0	1^[d]	0	36	8\n
Total\n	97	16	3	0	\u2014	11	1	2	0	113	17\n
Chelsea\n	2012\u201313^[234]\n	Premier League\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	0	0\n
2013\u201314^[234]\n	Premier League\n	3	0	0	0	3	0	3^[e]	0	\u2014	9	0\n
Total\n	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	9	0\n
Werder Bremen (loan)\n	2012\u201313^[235]\n	Bundesliga\n	33	10	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	34	10\n
VfL Wolfsburg\n	2013\u201314^[236]\n	Bundesliga\n	16	3	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	18	3\n
2014\u201315^[237]\n	Bundesliga\n	34	10	6	1	\u2014	11^[c]	5	\u2014	51	16\n
2015\u201316^[238]\n	Bundesliga\n	2	0	1	1	\u2014	\u2014	1^[f]	0	4	1\n
Total\n	52	13	9	2	\u2014	11	5	1	0	73	20\n
Manchester City\n	2015\u201316^[238]\n	Premier League\n	25	7	1	1	5	5	10^[e]	3	\u2014	41	16\n
2016\u201317^[239]\n	Premier League\n	36	6	5	0	1	0	7^[e]	1	\u2014	49	7\n
2017\u201318^[240]\n	Premier League\n	37	8	3	1	4	2	8^[e]	1	\u2014	52	12\n
2018\u201319^[241]\n	Premier League\n	19	2	4	2	5	2	4^[e]	0	0	0	32	6\n
2019\u201320^[242]\n	Premier League\n	35	13	2	1	3	0	7^[e]	2	1^[g]	0	48	16\n
2020\u201321^[243]\n	Premier League\n	25	6	3	1	4	0	8^[e]	3	\u2014	40	10\n
2021\u201322^[244]\n	Premier League\n	30	15	3	1	2	1	10^[e]	2	0	0	44	19\n
2022\u201323^[245]\n	Premier League\n	32	7	4	1	2	0	10^[e]	2	1^[g]	0	49	10\n
2023\u201324^[246]\n	Premier League\n	18	4	5	0	0	0	2^[e]	2	1^[g]	0	26	6\n
2024\u201325^[247]\n	Premier League\n	17	2	1	1	0	0	7^[e]	0	1^[g]	0	26	3\n
Total\n	274	70	31	9	26	10	73	16	4	0	408	105\n
Career total\n	459	109	44	11	29	10	98	22	7	0	637	152\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Belgium^[N2]\n	2010	1	0\n
2011	1	0\n
2012	6	1\n
2013	11	3\n
2014	11	4\n
2015	8	4\n
2016	12	1\n
2017	8	0\n
2018	10	2\n
2019	6	4\n
2020	4	1\n
2021	10	3\n
2022	9	2\n
2023	2	1\n
2024	8	4\n
Total	107	30\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	12 October 2012	Stadium Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia	6	$\"\"$ Serbia	2\u20130	3\u20130	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
2	22 March 2013	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	10	$\"\"$ Macedonia	1\u20130	2\u20130\n
3	7 June 2013	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	13	$\"\"$ Serbia	1\u20130	2\u20131\n
4	15 October 2013	17	$\"\"$ Wales	1\u20130	1\u20131\n
5	26 May 2014	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	21	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	5\u20131	5\u20131	Friendly\n
6	1 July 2014	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	25	$\"\"$ United States	1\u20130	2\u20131	2014 FIFA World Cup\n
7	10 October 2014	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	28	$\"\"$ Andorra	1\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying\n
8	2\u20130\n
9	3 September 2015	34	$\"\"$ Bosnia and Herzegovina	2\u20131	3\u20131\n
10	10 October 2015	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	36	$\"\"$ Andorra	2\u20130	4\u20131\n
11	13 October 2015	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	37	$\"\"$ Israel	2\u20130	3\u20131\n
12	13 November 2015	38	$\"\"$ Italy	2\u20131	3\u20131	Friendly\n
13	28 May 2016	Stade de Gen\u00e8ve, Lancy, Switzerland	39	$\"\"$ Switzerland	2\u20131	2\u20131\n
14	27 March 2018	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	59	$\"\"$ Saudi Arabia	4\u20130	4\u20130\n
15	6 July 2018	Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia	66	$\"\"$ Brazil	2\u20130	2\u20131	2018 FIFA World Cup\n
16	11 June 2019	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	70	$\"\"$ Scotland	3\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying\n
17	9 September 2019	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	72	$\"\"$ Scotland	4\u20130	4\u20130\n
18	19 November 2019	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	74	$\"\"$ Cyprus	2\u20131	6\u20131\n
19	3\u20131\n
20	18 November 2020	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	78	$\"\"$ Denmark	4\u20132	4\u20132	2020\u201321 UEFA Nations League A\n
21	24 March 2021	79	$\"\"$ Wales	1\u20131	3\u20131	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
22	17 June 2021	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	81	$\"\"$ Denmark	2\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2020\n
23	16 November 2021	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	88	$\"\"$ Wales	1\u20130	1\u20131	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
24	8 June 2022	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	90	$\"\"$ Poland	2\u20131	6\u20131	2022\u201323 UEFA Nations League A\n
25	22 September 2022	92	$\"\"$ Wales	1\u20130	2\u20131\n
26	28 March 2023	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	99	$\"\"$ Germany	3\u20131	3\u20132	Friendly\n
27	5 June 2024	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	100	$\"\"$ Montenegro	1\u20130	2\u20130\n
28	22 June 2024	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	103	$\"\"$ Romania	2\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2024\n
29	6 September 2024	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary	106	$\"\"$ Israel	1\u20130	3\u20131	2024\u201325 UEFA Nations League A\n
30	3\u20131\n

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Club career

Genk

Chelsea

Werder Bremen (loan)

Return to Chelsea

Wolfsburg

2013\u201314 season

2014\u201315 season

2015\u201316 season

Manchester City

2015\u201316 season

2016\u201317 season

2017\u201318 season

2018\u201319 season

2019\u201320 season

2020\u201321 season

2021\u201322 season

2022\u201323 season

2023\u201324 season

International career

2014\u20132016: First World Cup and Euro appearances

2016\u20132018: 2018 World Cup

2018\u20132022: Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup

2022\u2013present: Assuming the captaincy

Player profile

Style of play

Reception

Personal life

Family and relationships

Philanthropy

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

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Talks

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