Profession: Football Player
Year Of Birth: June 28th 1991
Current Team: Manchester City F.C.
Nationality: Belgian
Position: Midfielder
- “A life of anybody is not perfect; there is always things that happen, and that is what makes it interesting.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “A life of anybody is not perfect; there is always things that happen, and that is what makes it interesting.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I try to look up as quickly as possible, try to read the situation, but football is so quick, it’s just a split-second, and then you decide.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “Obviously, everyone needs to find a system and playing style that suits you more.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I think the goal is to win everything. Whatever we can reach is nice to take.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “You’ve always six teams who are trying to win the title, and the other five have failed. But by word of saying it, it’s not failing; it’s just the way it is. The last two years, we didn’t win it, so it wasn’t good enough, but if now we win it, the other teams will say the same.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “It’s our way to prepare for games: the music is on before the game and after, so it’s not like because we won we’re going to change it. It’s just because it’s the thing we do; it’s the thing that gets us relaxed, maybe.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I am a fighter. I learned it at Genk in my first year when we were fighting against going down. Also, at Bremen last year, it was very difficult. We had to fight more often than not. I will fight again to earn my place.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “Obviously, Guardiola is a great coach. It’s what I expected from the beginning. His style has always been there. It has little small changes every now and then because I think he also wants to evolve as a trainer by trying new things to get better.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I am used to playing in six different positions in my career, so that’s not an issue for me. I have always changed positions, and I don’t expect any different. It’s all the same to me. It’s all about the way you interpret it.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “When I was little, I was always going to the goal. I’ve always wanted to score and create something, and I think it’s always been within me to play offensively.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “There is no such thing as pressing on your own. You need to know where to stand, and you have to coordinate that with the whole team together.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “David Silva – he’s constantly played very well for 13 or 14 years now, and to do that is a hard task. I know what he went through last year with his son, too, but to maintain that even then is incredible. He’s a very good human being, and he’s an unbelievable player.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “Money is important, but the most important thing for me is to play football, and then I’m happy. OK, you want to earn a good amount of money to be secure, but if I chose money, I would go to Russia and already have a lot more. I like to play football, and that is it.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I am not somebody who spends a lot of money in my life. I keep it for later when I want to do something – for vacations – because we don’t have a lot of time off.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “There’s a lot of money coming in, and so a lot of good players are going to each team, so every game is a fight, but on the other hand, it’s good to get a good, competitive league.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they’re thinking, where and how they are going to move.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “The disappointment is massive but we must be realistic. We have had a good tournament, even the match against France was good, and we can be proud despite the fact that we lost, there was little difference between us and France and, in the end, it was just one corner that proved decisive.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “He’s changing a few things, I think tactically he’s going to change a few things.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I had played in the Mercurial since my teens, but once I had tried out the Magista 2 a few times, I was ready to make a change. It is light, so I can cover all the ground I need to, but gives me a feel for the ball that’s right for my game.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “As a kid, I mostly played as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker. But I grew a lot when I was older, and when I was 15, 16, I had a big growth, and so I changed a little bit and became slower.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “In the end, for me, football is still a game. Even if you are a professional, you need to have fun when you are on the field. If you don’t enjoy your job, you don’t have fun.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “If I see someone I think is in a better position than me, it is better for me to give the ball. Now I shoot more at goal. When I was young, they sometimes said to me, ‘You need to shoot more. You try to give it too much.’ It is something that I learned. To try to take the best option.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “When you score, it is obviously a great feeling, but to give a great pass is also something special for me. I think it is also very under-rated sometimes, what we do.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I am a big NBA fan, where a lot of players play on physicality.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “The goals we get against are not really that people outplay us. I think it’s the mistakes we make. It’s when we have the ball at the back, we lose a few balls sometimes – that’s also the risk with the way we play. It’s not like they created the chance. We make two mistakes, and then we get the goals against.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “Obviously, I try to play the game in the way that I can help the team. I know I play a little bit more defensively now, more in the role as a team player, but I think I’m doing really well in that.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “People are looking a lot at statistics and all these things, but in the end, I don’t really care. If we can win more games than last year where I score less, I will be really happy. And maybe if we can win a few titles, that’s the bonus.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “I try to remain the same player and person that I am all the time. Eventually, you grow up and think a little bit differently. But the core of the mind and the person is still the same as before. It is one of the main characteristics that it is important for me to stay the same.” – Kevin De Bruyne
- “When we are playing, the whole country is behind us, and that gives us a good feeling. We are almost half and half. We are from everywhere. In the end, we are doing well as a team, and we love it when we hear the game is sold out in five minutes. That’s the reason you play.” – Kevin De Bruyne