Kevin De Bruyne

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Kevin De Bruyne
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Kevin De Bruyne (2018)
Personnel
birthday June 28, 1991
place of birth Drongen ,  Belgium
size 181 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
1997-1999 KVV Drongen
1999-2005 KAA Gent
2005-2008 KRC Genk
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008–2012 KRC Genk 97 (16)
2012-2014 Chelsea FC 3 0(0)
2012-2013 →  Werder Bremen  (loan) 33 (10)
2014-2015 VfL Wolfsburg 52 (13)
2015– Manchester City 155 (37)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2008-2009 Belgium U18 7 0(1)
2009 Belgium U19 10 0(1)
2011 Belgium U21 2 0(0)
2010– Belgium 74 (19)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of November 19, 2019

Kevin De Bruyne [ ˈkɛvɪn də ˈbrœynə ] (born June 28, 1991 in Drongen , Gent ) is a Belgian football player . The attacking midfielder is under contract with Manchester City and plays for the Belgian national team .

Career

society

KRC Genk (2005-2012)

De Bruyne began playing football in his birthplace at KVV Drongen . At the age of seven he switched to the youth of the KAA Gent . In 2005 he joined the junior division of KRC Genk , in whose first team he made the jump to the 2008/09 season.

He made his debut in the Jupiler Pro League on May 9, 2009 (33rd matchday) in a 3-0 defeat by Sporting Charleroi , when he came on for Ederson Tomera in the 81st minute . He was also used on the last day of the season against RSC Anderlecht . His team won the Belgian Cup in the same season with a 2-0 win in the final against KV Mechelen .

On August 20 and 27, 2009 De Bruyne came in the qualifying games for the Europa League in the two games against OSC Lille to his first international appearances at club level. In the 2009/10 season he played 26 league games, where he scored his first league goal with a long-range shot to 1-0 on February 7, 2010 (25th matchday) against Standard Liège . In the course of the season he came to nine more appearances (two goals) in the newly introduced playoffs of the Jupiler Pro League and to two appearances in the national cup competition .

In July / August 2010 the offensive all-rounder played in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against Inter Turku from Finland and in the two qualifying games against FC Porto . In the 5-1 win over Turku he scored once, but against Porto his team had to admit defeat 0-3 and 2-4 and thus missed participation in the main round. In the first three league games of the 2010/11 season , he scored another three goals. At the end of the regular season he and his team qualified for the championship playoffs in second place behind RSC Anderlecht . He was used in 22 games in which he scored four goals. In the playoffs he played in all ten games (one goal) and Genk became Belgian champions with a 1-1 draw in the decisive last game against the tied Standard Liège .

In qualifying for the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League , Genk beat FK Partizan Belgrade and Maccabi Haifa - De Bruyne played in both games in the third round against Belgrade and qualified for the group stage for the second time in the club's history. On September 28, 2011 De Bruyne made his debut against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the European premier class. In the 5-4 victory in the league match against Club Bruges on October 29, 2011, he was three times on the list of goalscorers. In total, he scored eight goals in 22 games in the 2011/12 season and was fifth with his team. In the playoffs, in which De Bruyne was used six times, Genk was third. During the winter break of the 2011/12 season, De Bruyne signed a contract with the English football club Chelsea , to which he formally moved in February 2012. However, he ended the second half of the current season on loan for Genk.

Werder Bremen (2012-2013)

De Bruyne at Werder Bremen (2012)

For the 2012/13 season De Bruyne was loaned out to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a year by Chelsea . He played his first Bundesliga game on August 24, 2012 (1st matchday) against Borussia Dortmund . He became a regular player and played 33 games in which he scored ten goals.

Chelsea FC (2013-2014)

At the end of the season, Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen showed interest in signing or loaning De Bruynes. However, coach José Mourinho made it clear that the player would appear for Chelsea in the 2013-14 season .

De Bruyne made his Premier League debut on August 18, 2013 (1st matchday) in a 2-0 win over Hull City . He played from the beginning until his substitution in the 67th minute and prepared the goal for Oscar 1-0 . He was also used on the second matchday against Manchester United (0-0) and on the fifth matchday against FC Fulham (2-0). In the rest of the first half of the season, however, only three games in the League Cup and three games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League were added.

VfL Wolfsburg (2014-2015)

Because De Bruyne was dissatisfied with his playing times in London, he moved from Chelsea to VfL Wolfsburg in January 2014 and signed a contract there until 2019. In the second half of the 2013/14 season he was immediately a regular for Lower Saxony and played in 16 Bundesliga games (three goals) and two DFB Cup games. At the end of the season there was a fifth place in the league and reaching the cup semi-finals.

In the season 2014/15 De Bruyne was one of the main pillars in the team of VfL Wolfsburg. Up until a foot injury in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League in April 2015, he played all 49 competitive games for the club. In 34 league games he was the top scorer of the league with ten goals and 21 preparations, the number of assists also meant the setting of the Bundesliga record. There were also eleven appearances in the UEFA Europa League, in which he scored five times. De Bruyne made negative headlines in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 19 when he insulted a ball boy with the words "Give me the ball, you motherfucker" and was sentenced by the DFB to a fine of 20,000 euros. The result at the end of the season was more positive: his club finished second behind FC Bayern Munich and won the DFB Cup with a 3-1 win in the final against Borussia Dortmund . De Bruyne scored the 2-1 goal for Wolfsburg with a long-range shot. After the game, he was chosen by a jury of experts as the most valuable player in the final and then by fans as the cup hero of the 2014/15 season and included in the DFB Cup Walk of Fame . He was also named Germany's Footballer of the Year and Belgium's Sportsman of the Year that year .

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, Wolfsburg won the DFL Supercup against FC Bayern Munich . De Bruyne prepared the goal for 1: 1 shortly before the end by Nicklas Bendtner and converted his attempt in the subsequent penalty shoot-out .

Manchester City (since 2015)

De Bruyne (2016)

Shortly before the end of the transfer window in August 2015, De Bruyne moved back to the Premier League for Manchester City . He received a six-year contract. With an estimated transfer fee of EUR 75 million, this was the most expensive transfer in the Bundesliga up to that point and De Bruyne was one of the most expensive players in the world . De Bruyne made his first appearance for Manchester City on September 12, 2015 (5th matchday) in a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace , when he came on for Sergio Agüero in the 25th minute of the game . In the first half of the 2015/16 season , De Bruyne was used in 15 league games in which he scored five goals. In the semi-finals of the League Cup against FC Everton on January 27, 2016, De Bruyne seriously injured his right knee after a duel and was out until the beginning of April 2016. Immediately after his recovery, he scored in both the first and second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter - finals against Paris Saint-Germain , which the club reached the semi-finals for the first time, but where they failed at eventual winners Real Madrid . In 25 league appearances in the Premier League, he scored seven goals and prepared nine more. There were also five goals in five games of the League Cup , the final of which he missed due to injury. But his team won the title against Liverpool even without him.

In the 2016-17 season , Pep Guardiola was coach at Manchester City ; De Bruyne wanted to commit himself as Bayern coach. During this season he played 36 league games, in which he scored six times and prepared 21 goals. The Belgian was one of the top performers at Manchester City in 2017/18 and made a significant contribution to winning the English championship with eight goals and 16 preparations in 37 games. The title in the League Cup could also be won again. De Bruyne was the best playmaker in the Premier League and in both the Premier League Team of the Year as well as in the UEFA Team of the Year chosen. Coach Guardiola said he would "find no words for [De Bruynes] performance". His contract term has meanwhile been extended to 2023.

In the 2019/20 season, De Bruyne scored 13 goals in 35 Premier League games (32 times from the start) and prepared 20 more. For his achievements, he was voted Premier League Player of the Season .

National team

De Bruyne played for the Belgian U-18 , U-19 and U-21 teams . In a total of 19 games he scored two goals.

For the international match against Bulgaria on 19 May 2010, he was first in the cadre of senior national appeal, but did not play. On August 11, 2010, he made his debut in Turku in the 0-1 loss to Finland . For the qualification for the European Championship 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine he was not considered, only after that he came to two more missions.

De Bruyne at the 2018 World Cup

In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup , he made his first competitive appearance in the first game against Wales. After another qualifying game, he was in the starting line-up against Serbia on October 12, 2012, and with his first international goal and an assist he played a major role in the 3-0 win. After that, he was also part of the team in the remaining qualifying games. In a total of ten games, he scored four goals for Belgium. He was also an integral part of the Belgian squad at the World Cup . During the tournament he was first used in the two group matches against Algeria and Russia . In the 2-1 win in the round of 16 against the USA , he contributed a goal in extra time and prepared another. After the subsequent 0-1 defeat against Argentina , the tournament was over for the Belgians after the quarter-finals.

De Bruyne was also part of the Belgian selection in qualifying for the Euro 2016 . He played all ten games and contributed five goals to ensure successful participation in the European Championship. At the European Championships in France he was again a regular in the Belgian squad and played all five games of the tournament over the full season. He was denied a goal, but in the clear victories over Ireland 3-0 and Hungary 4-0 he prepared a total of three goals. The team that started as a secret favorite was eliminated in the quarter-finals against EM newcomer Wales.

De Bruyne was also one of the top stars in Belgium's squad at the finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia . In the preliminary round he played in the two clear wins against Panama and Tunisia for 90 minutes each, in the insignificant final group game against England he was spared. After beating Japan in the round of 16 , the Belgians defeated the favorites and record world champions Brazil 2-1 in the quarter-finals . De Bruyne scored the interim 2-0 with a long-range shot, and after the game he was named Man of the Match . In the semi-finals, the Belgian team lost 1-0 to France . With the subsequent 2-0 success in the game for third place against the English, the team around De Bruyne achieved the best World Cup placement in the football history of the small country. His national coach Roberto Martínez praised De Bruyne's style of play, which is a bit more defensive in the national team than in the club: “He played a decisive role in our game. He puts it all together. His performance is essential for the way we play, how we press and defend. "

successes

National team

societies

KRC Genk

VfL Wolfsburg

Manchester City

Personal awards

Private

De Bruyne is married and has two sons together with his wife Michèle.

De Bruyne was the official ambassador of the Special Olympics 2014 in Antwerp and signed up as part of the advertising campaign under the motto “Would you still be my fan if I looked like this?” (“Would you still be my fan if I looked like this?” “) As a person with Down syndrome .

In his spare time, he enjoys baking cakes and watching the BBC television program The Great British Bake Off .

Web links

Commons : Kevin De Bruyne  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Match report - 33rd matchday 2008/09 on transfermarkt.de
  2. ↑ Perfect: Kevin de Bruyne switches to Chelsea this summer Article on goal.com from January 31, 2012
  3. ↑ No Dortmund change for Kevin De Bruyne: "Mourinho wants to make a better player out of him". Article on goal.com from June 21, 2013
  4. ↑ vfl-wolfsburg.de: "Top new entry" (January 18, 2014)
  5. ↑ De Bruyne offends Balljungen , on spiegel.de, accessed on February 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Insulting a ball boy: 20,000 euros fine for de Bruyne , on spiegel.de, accessed on February 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ DFB-Pokal Walk of Fame ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dfbpokal-walkoffame.de
  8. ^ Bundesliga: De Bruyne voted Footballer of the Year for the first time . In: Spiegel Online . July 26, 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed February 13, 2019]).
  9. ^ Message ( memento of July 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on the VfL Wolfsburg website, accessed on August 30, 2015
  10. ↑ Announcement on the Manchester City website, accessed August 30, 2015
  11. ↑ kicker online: Last act: Kevin De Bruyne signs until 2021 , August 30, 2015, accessed on August 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ Match scheme Crystal Palace against Manchester City on kicker.de, accessed on September 15, 2015
  13. ↑ De Bruyne: Ten weeks off! kicker online, January 28, 2016, accessed on February 5, 2016 .
  14. ↑ a b The shadow chosen Article on the website of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from July 6, 2018 (accessed on July 7, 2018)
  15. ↑ KEVIN DE BRUYNE PENS NEW FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT on the Manchester City website, accessed January 22, 2018
  16. ↑ De Bruyne voted 2019/20 EA SPORTS Player of the Season , premierleague.com, August 15, 2020, accessed August 16, 2020.
  17. ↑ Sportschau: Goal of the Month October 2014
  18. ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/league-cup/torschuetzenliste/pokalwettbewerb/CGB/saison_id/2015
  19. ↑ The control center of the Belgian offensive Article on the Frankfurter Rundschau website of July 6, 2018 (accessed on July 7, 2018)
  20. ↑ Kevin De Bruyne dad for the second time. In: brf.be. BRF , October 31, 2018, accessed January 10, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne is a big Bake Off fan , on espn.com, October 12, 2015, accessed April 17, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME De Bruyne, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Drongen , Belgium