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Kevin de Bruyne is a professional <a href="/biography/kevin-de-bruyne">football player</a> from Belgium. He was born to parents Hewing De Bruyne and Anne De Bruyne on June 28, 1991. Kevin spent much of his early childhood in Ealing, England where his mother’s family lived at the time and in Africa where they were from.

Kevin first began playing football at the age of 4 in his hometown of Drongen,  Belgium where he and his parents resided. Even in his <a href="/biography/kevin-de-bruyne">youth</a> Kevin was known for his hard work and dedication. These traits allowed him to excel within his youth club. Even hen he was seen asthe future of Belgian football.

It was during this time that Belgium was trying to revolutionize its football teams amid growing unpopularity and poor performance. Kevin was identified as a kid who could help to lead this revolution. He suddenly found himself in the spotlight often being interviewed several times before and after his matches.

He plays attacking midfielder for Manchester City, an English Premier League and he plays in Belgium national team. He is described often as one of the best modern advanced play makers because of his technique, long range shooting skills, his ability to pass over both shot distances and long distances. Because of his many exceptional skills he is considered to be the best midfielder in all of Europe.

He started his career with Genk and he was a regular <a href="/biography/kevin-de-bruyne">player</a> there. With his help they were able to win the 2010-11 Belgian Pro League. In the year 2012, he joined the English club Chelsea but he did not play too much until he got loaned to the Werder Bremen for a season. While playing for Werder Bremen he  he scored a goal for Bremen in a 3–2 defeat to Hannover 96. De Bruynewent on to score in Bremen’s next game, a 2–2 tie game against  VfB Stuttgart, De Bruyne also scored the winnig goal on November 18th while his team was down to 10 men.

Kevin de Bruyne then signed a contract for 18 million pounds with Wolfsburg in 2014 for 22 million pounds.  he made his debut for Wolfsburg in a 3–1 home loss against Hannover 96. He also scored in the last two matches of the Bundesliga helping his team to win against VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach. During the 2015-16 season Kevin won the 2015 DFL-Supercup against Bayern.

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In the year 2015, he became Footballer of the Year in Germany. Afterwards, he started to play for Manchester City where he was signed for a record 54 million pounds for 3 seasons. Kevin de Bruyne made the international start in the year 2010 and he got 40 caps while playing in Belgium. He became a part of  the Belgian squad which went on to play in the quarter finals in 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 UEFA Euro.

De Bruyne was an ambassador for the 2014 Special Olympics, which took place in Antwerp. He was involved in a controversial advertisement campaign, via his personal Instagram account. Employing the slogan (in Flemish): "Would you still be my fan if I looked like this?", De Bruyne was depicted resembling a person with Down syndrome.

He started to date Michele Lacroix in the year 2014. Kevin reportedly attacked a teammate who was having an affair with Michele Lacroix. The couple had a son 2 years later in 2016 and married in 2017. He also has a sister Stefanie De Bruyne. When he was playing under Belgian International, he was earning 5 million euro at Wolfsburg, however, now his salary is tripled. His salary at Manchester City FC is 16.2 million together with 3 million euro bonuses. His net worth is 30 million dollars.

He suffered an injury to his knee during a training session in August of 2018 leading to reports that speculated he would not be able to play for several months Manchester City confirmed that he had suffered a lesion of the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee. While they stated that no surgery was required they dis confirm that he was expected to not play for three months.

Kevin has had a very sucessfull carrer in sports. He is believed to have a net worth of over $9 million including all of his income and assets. He is popular among fans and well paid for his enorsments. Currently Kevin is the brand ambassador for Nike. Despite his sucess and <a href="/biography/kevin-de-bruyne">wealth</a> Kevin lives frugally and prefers to save his money.

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