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Profile of Kevin De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian footballer who plays for the English Premier League team ‘Manchester City’ as well as the Belgian national team. Named the ‘fourth best footballer’ in the world by ‘The Guardian’ in 2017, he is frequently described by the media as a ‘complete footballer’ as well as the ‘Best European Footballer.’ Born and brought up in Ghent, Belgium, he started his amateur football career from his hometown and played in the team ‘Genk,’ leading his team to a win at the 2010-11 ‘Belgian Pro League.’ His performance didn’t go unnoticed by the Premier League teams, and he was signed on by ‘Chelsea’ in 2012. He was later signed on by the German club ‘Wolfsburg’ and earned the honour, ‘2015’s Footballer of the Year’ in Germany. The honour came to him following his successful 2014-15 season with Wolfsburg, comprising of 16 goals and 27 assists. In August 2015, Manchester City announced about his inclusion in the team in a six years contract. As a part of the Belgian team, Kevin played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2016, Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024. 

De Bruyne 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.

Manchester City Years

In 2015, official announcement was made by Manchester City that they had acquired Kevin for a six years contract. In the 2017/18 campaign, Guardiola's second in charge, KDB was again named Player of the Season in a record-breaking side.

De Bruyne's best campaign arguably came in 2019/20, despite Guardiola's men being well beaten to the title by Liverpool.
 

He contributed 13 goals and 20 assists in the Premier League-with the latter seeing him equal Thierry Henry's record of assists made in a single Premier League season.

He also became the first to reach 20 assists in two of Europe's top leagues, after doing so previously with Wolfsburg. De Bruyne was named Premier League Player of the Season, PFA Players' Player of the Year and he finished second in the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award.

During the 2021-2022 season, De Bruyne was again bestowed with the Premier League Player of the Season award, becoming the fourth player to win the award more than once. He also went on to win Manchester City's Player of the Year award for the fourth time. As a result, he tied Richard Dunne for the most player of the year awards at the club. In addition, he ended the season as the club's top scorer in the Premier League with 15 goals, which was also his personal best record.

On 10 June, he played only 36 minutes in his second Champions League final, as he suffered a hamstring injury and was replaced by Phil Foden. However, Manchester City eventually won 1–0 against Inter Milan, which completed their continental treble.

After the season, De Bruyne was nominated for UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award along with Lionel Messi and Manchester City teammate Erling Haaland.

On 6 April 2024, De Bruyne scored his 100th goal for Manchester City in a 4–2 win at Crystal Palace. On 19 May, he achieved his 6th Premier League title with the club on the final matchday of the season

Belgium International Career

De Bruyne made his debut for Belgium in 2010 and has since been a part of the country's golden generation. Playing alongside the likes of Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku, Belgium have established themselves as one of the best national sides in world football.

The midfielder scored four goals in qualification for the 2014 World Cup, helping his nation to their first major tournament in 12 years.

They reached the quarter-finals in that competition, a feat which they repeated at Euro 2016, before going an extra step in the 2018 World Cup. De Bruyne impressed throughout the whole tournament in Russia, but no performance was better than in the quarter-final victory over Brazil.

De Bruyne pulled the strings in Belgium's 2-1 win, scoring a wonderful goal from 20 yards and being named man of the match. The Red Devils were defeated in the semi-finals, though, by France, but they did go on to win the third-place playoff against England.

De Bruyne was also influential for the Red Devils in Euro 2020 as they made their way to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Italy. De Bruyne scored the decisive goal in the group stage match against Denmark, but was then injured in the last-16 clash against Portugal due to a tackle from behind by Joao Palhinha.

On 21 March 2023, De Bruyne was announced as Belgium's new captain, following the international retirement of Eden Hazard. A week later, he led Belgium to beat Germany in a friendly match for the first time since 1954, by scoring a goal and providing two assists in a 3–2 away win. On 28 May 2024, he was selected in the Belgian squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. A few days later, on 5 June, he earned his 100th international cap, in which he also scored a goal, in a 2–0 friendly victory over Montenegro prior to the tournament.

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