Football and football lovers will surely miss the services of Belgian super offensive midfielder Kevin De Bruyne who recently on his social media handle announced hanging his boots as a Manchester City player after staying with the club for ten (10) years.

Kevin De Bruyne started his senior career with Genk in the Belgian league where he signed for four (4) years before moving to Chelsea in England. KDB was a player to watch but his time at Chlesea was not one many fans of the club would want to share.

His rift started with then club manager Jose Mourinho who made life unbearable for him until he left the club on loan to join Werder Bremen. His loan spell was for a season after which he joined VfL Wolfsburg for the 2014-2015 season.

Kevin De Bruyne started to find his spirit, his playing changed and started making waves over all the sports news platforms. Many though his career was dead but KDB was just charging his battery and he proved it when he joined Manchester City in 2015.

Pep Guardiola was on a mission to win the UEFA champions league and the English Premier league cup for the club, they were a dominant force in the league and needed to cement it with trophies and that was where KDB came in.

Kevin De Bruyne’s footballing career has been a rollercoaster which turned his life around.

Below are his club honours

2008-2009 season he won the Belgian Cup with Genk

2010-2011 season he won the Belgian Pro league with Genk

2011 season he won the Belgian super cup with Genk

2014-2015 season he won the DFB-Pokal with VfL Wolfsburg

2015 season he won the DFL Supercup with VfL Wolfsburg

2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2012, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 season he won the English premier league titles with Manchester City

2018-2019, 2022-2023 season he won the FA cup with Manchester City

2023-2024, 2024-2025 seasons runners up in the FA Cup for Manchester City

2019, 2020 he won the FA community shield with Manchester City

2022-2023 season he won the UEFA Champions league cup with Manchester City and 2020-2021 season lost same against Chelsea in the final

While helping his team win these trophies, Kevin De Bruyne was decorating his trophy cabinet with some individual silver wear, take a look at the list below; Bundesliga Young Player of the Year: 2012–13, Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2014–15, Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, Goal of the Month (Germany): October 2014, Footballer of the Year (Germany): 2015, France Football World XI: 2015, Belgian Sportsman of the Year: 2015, Best Belgian Player Abroad: 2015, 2016, 2022-2023, Manchester City Player of the Season: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22, Manchester City Goal of the Season: 2019–20, FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, IFFHS Men’s World Team: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, UEFA Team of the Year: 2017, 2019, 2020, ESM Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 2022–23, PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, Premier League Playmaker of the Season: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23, UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2021–22, 2022–23, FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2018, Premier League Goal of the Month: November 2019, July 2020, Premier League Player of the Season: 2019–20, 2021–22, PFA Players’ Player of the Year: 2019–20, 2020–21, FSA Player of the Year: 2022, UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season: 2019–20, Sports Illustrated Premier League Team of the Decade: 2010–2019, IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker: 2020, 2021, 2023, IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020, RBFA 125 Years Icons Team: 2020, IFFHS All Time Belgium XI ,Premier League Player of the Year by Northwest Football Awards: 2020,2022.

Kevin De Bruyne finally bid farewell to the fans of the game and the way the received it was so emotional. The standing ovation and tears proved what his time in the EPL was worth the time.

He has promised he will be back and fans surely can’t wait.