Kevin De Bruyne was born in Ghent in 1991 and spent a difficult spell at Chelsea — making only three Premier League appearances — before spells at Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg transformed him into o...
Kevin De Bruyne was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1991. A difficult start at Chelsea — only three Premier League appearances before loans to Werder Bremen and Vitesse — was followed by two outstanding Bundesliga seasons at Wolfsburg, being named player of the year in 2014-15. Manchester City paid £55 million in August 2015 in one of the decade's finest pieces of transfer business. His career at the Etihad has produced six Premier League titles, the Champions League in 2023, the FA Cup and four League Cups. He set the Premier League record for most assists in a season with 20 in 2019-20 and was named PFA Players' Player of the Year twice (2020, 2022). A serious facial injury at the 2021 Champions League final curtailed his impact in that match. He earned over 100 Belgium caps and was the creative force behind Belgium's golden generation reaching the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. His passing range — threading precise balls through tight spaces at pace — shooting from distance and game-reading intelligence have made him the finest central midfielder in Premier League history of his era.
Champions League 2023
Career Honours
- Champions League 2023
- Premier League 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- FA Cup 2019, 2023
- League Cup 4x
- PFA Players' Player of Year 2020