De Bruyne odohral prvý zápas v reprezentácii v roku 2010 a odvtedy odohral 65 zápasov a strelil 15 gólov. Bol súčasťou tímu, ktorý sa dostal do štvrťfinále naMajstrovstvách sveta 2014 a naEure 2016. V roku 2018 reprezentoval Belgicko naMajstrovstvách sveta, kde získal bronzovú medailu po výhre nadAnglickom.
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