SOCCER PLAYER

Kevin De Bruyne

1991 - Today

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Kevin De Bruyne (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛvɪn də ˈbrœynə]; born 28 June 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. De Bruyne is often regarded as one of the best players in the world, and of his generation, known for his passing, technique, shooting and playmaking. De Bruyne began his professional senior career at Genk, where he was a regular player when they won the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin De Bruyne has received more than 15,975,500 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Kevin De Bruyne is the 1,255th most popular soccer player (up from 1,290th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 441st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kevin De Bruyne ranks 1,255 out of 21,273Before him are Angelo Sormani, Ladislav Novák, Mitsuo Watanabe, John van 't Schip, Mágico González, and Emmanuel Sanon. After him are Gerald Vanenburg, Jorginho, José Luis Mendilibar, Keisuke Honda, Jan Wouters, and Bernard Lacombe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Kevin De Bruyne ranks 9Before him are Thiago Alcântara, James Rodríguez, Virgil van Dijk, Ed Sheeran, N'Golo Kanté, and Riyad Mahrez. After him are Jorginho, Roberto Firmino, Lucas Vázquez, Oriol Romeu, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Xherdan Shaqiri.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Kevin De Bruyne ranks 430 out of 1,190Before him are Maurice De Waele (1896), Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Jean Servais (1910), and Alfred Stevens (1823). After him are Annie Cordy (1928), Philippe de Monte (1521), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Dirk Frimout (1941).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Kevin De Bruyne ranks 23Before him are Raoul Lambert (1944), Dries Mertens (1987), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Axel Witsel (1989), and Daniel Van Buyten (1978). After him are Raymond Braine (1907), Georges Heylens (1941), Joseph Mermans (1922), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Louis Van Hege (1889), and Marouane Fellaini (1987).