Who is Kai Havertz? Biography, Profile, Career, Award
Updated: Nov 3, 2022
Who is Kai Havertz?
Kai Lukas Havertz plays attacking midfield for Premier League club Chelsea and the German national team. Havertz graduated from Bayer Leverkusen's youth academy in 2016 and made his senior debut the following season. It was Havertz's debut in the Bundesliga that made him the club's youngest-ever debutant and the debut goal that made him the club's youngest-ever goalscorer. Additionally, he is the youngest player to reach the milestones of 50 and 100 league appearances in the German topflight.
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Player Profile of Kai Havertz
Date of birth: Jun 11, 1999
Place of birth: Aachen
Age: 23
Height: 1.90 m
Citizenship: Germany
Position: midfield - Attacking Midfield
Foot: left
Current club: Chelsea FC
Career goal: 99
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Background of Kai Havertz
Kai Havertz date of birth is at the 11th of June 1999. It is interesting that He shares his birthday with former Chelsea player David Zappacosta, who is also born on the 11th of June.
Kai Havertz nationality is German. He was born in Aachen, Germany. Both of his parents were passionate football fans who supported Leverkusen long before He was born.
Kai Havertz's parents supported their son on the early stages of his footballing career. Havertz started playing amateur football at the age of 4 when he was enrolled in lemannia Mariadorf academy, where his grandfather, Richard was the chairman.
Havertz impressed right from the start of his footballing journey. His impressive performances at the Geibock-Cup in Cologne caught the attention of Germany's biggest academies including Cologne, Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Leverkusen. Havertz decided to join the latter academy and that was where he stayed until he started his professional career.
One of Havertz's best characteristics since his early days was his maturity on and off the field. Most of according to his coaches he was playing with boys much older than him because of his strong personality.
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Club Career of Kai Havertz
2020 – Now Chelsea
2018 – Now Germany
2016 – 2020 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2016 – 2016 Germany U-17
International Career of Kai Havertz (National Team)
Havertz received his first call-up to the Germany senior national team on August 29, 2018, having represented his country at various age group levels and captained them at U-19 level.
Havertz made his international debut on September 9, 2018, coming on as a substitute for Timo Werner against Peru. Germany won the game 2-1.
Havertz was named in Joachim Low's squad for Euro 2020. He scored in the 4-2 win over Portugal and the 2-2 draw with Hungary as Germany scraped through the group stage before crashing out in the round of 16 to England.
Awards of Kai Havertz
1x TM-Player Of The Season
1x FIFA Club World Cup Winner
1x Champions League Winner
1x UEFA Supercup Winner
1x Torneio Internacional Algarve U17
Personal Life of Kai Havertz
In particular, the attacking midfielder has a girlfriend named Sophia. There was no information on how the couple met, but the news was finally available to the public through his social media profiles.
Despite having no details on Sophia, we can safely say that she and Kai make a beautiful pair. Nonetheless, even if they are in cohabitation, the two don’t share any children and don’t have plans for it at the moment.