Kai Lukas Havertz is a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Chelsea. He made his debut for Bayer Leverkusen in 2016 at the age of 17 years and 126 days. In April 2018, he became the youngest player in the history of the Bundesliga to reach 50 appearances at 18 years and 307 days old. He was named German Footballer of the Year at the end of the 2014-15 season.
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Kai Lukas Havertz is a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Chelsea. He made his debut for Bayer Leverkusen in 2016 at the age of 17 years and 126 days. He became their youngest-ever goalscorer when he scored his first goal the following year. In April 2018, he became the youngest player in the history of the Bundesliga to reach 50 appearances at 18 years and 307 days old. He was named German Footballer of the Year at the end of the 2014-15 season. He is also the highest scoring teenager in the Bundesliga during the 2013-14 season, scoring 13 goals in 13 games. He has been called up to the German national team for the 2014 World Cup. He also played for Germany at the 2014 European Championships in Brazil. He played his first game in the Champions League against Atlético Madrid in March 2018.
He scored a brace against Hertha BSC on the final day of the season in the final game of the campaign. In January 2019, he scored on his 100th appearance for the club to help them to a 1–0 league win over Stuttgart. In May, he also scored his 15th goal of the league season during a 6–1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt; he saw him score seven goals in the first half of a match for the first time ever in the German top flight. In August, he was named the German Footballers’ Player of the year. He won the award ahead of Marco Reus and Julian Draxler. He is also the youngest German player to reach the milestones of 50 and 100 league appearances in the top flight of the German league. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Chelsea and the Germany national team.
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