Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne took to his Instagram page on Thursday, March 10, to share pictures of himself and his eldest son, Mason Milian De Bruyne to mark the boy’s 6th birthday.
Michèle Lacroix, the wife of Kevin De Bruyne conceived Mason in 2015 and gave birth to the bouncing baby boy on March 10, 2016. This means that the boy became 6-year-old on March 10, 2022.
To mark the special day, De Bruyne shared a series of pictures of the boy in an Instagram post. In the first slide, the Manchester City football star could be seen holding tight to the boy on a beach.
Mason and De Bruyne wore only shorts and flaunted a very happy face which captioned the amount of fun they were having at the bench.
In the second slide, Mason posed alone. The young man dressed like a karate kid and posed as if he was ready to take on an invader.
While in the second slide, Kevin De Bruyne flaunted a gigantic cake made for Mason’s 6th birthday. The name of the boy and his new age were embroidered on the cake that came in a lion-like head shape.
The Manchester City talisman captioned the pictures with “Happy birthday to my oldest boy. Daddy loves you”, and tagged his wife Michèle Lacroix.
What we know about the family of Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian who was born in Burundi on June 28, 1991. He spent a part of his childhood in the Ivory Coast before she moved to Belgium where he kick-started his football career.
The 30-year-old Belgian attacking midfielder was first known to be dating Caroline Lijen who reportedly left him for another footballer.
Shortly after, De Bruyne met Michèle Lacroix and started their relationship in 2014. Since then, Lacroix who graduated from the University of Hasselt in Belgium and worked briefly as a promotional director at Prime Impressions Hostesses has been with the footballer.
De Bruyne and Lacroix’s relationship started when the Belgian footballer was playing for German club VfL Wolfsburg and grew stronger when he joined Manchester City on August 30, 2015.
They welcomed their first child, Mason in 2016. After the arrival of Mason, De Bruyne and Lacroix decided to make their relationship official by becoming a husband and a wife in June 2017.
On October 31, 2018, the two lovers welcome another son named Rome De Bruyne. While in September 2020, Kevin De Bruyne and Michèle Lacroix became parents of three children when they welcomed their third child (daughter) named Suri De Bruyne.
They all live happily in the city of Manchester where Lacroix has no other job but to take care of the home front and stay busy on social media as an Instagram influencer. After all, De Bruyne who is reportedly earning £334,448 per week at Manchester City is making enough money for the whole family.
The football star who reportedly has a net worth of 55 million pounds has scored 10 goals and provided 8 assists in 31 games in all competitions this season. De Bruyne’s contract with City will expire on June 30, 2025.
