Harry Kane is an English professional football player who plays as striker for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
While at the academy of Tottenham, he showed promise with his work-rate off the ball, ability to track back whilst defending and technique on the ball.
He is undoubtedly one of the highest rated strikers in the world.
Harry Kane grew up playing football at Ridgeway Rovers before moving on to play for Arsenal’s youth team.
After getting an opportunity to play for the Ridgeway Rovers again, he played for the Watford academy before joining Spurs.
In 2011, he made his professional debut with Tottenham Hotspur in Europe’s second-tier club football contest- the Europa League.
Tottenham loaned Kane to several of their league counterparts such as Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester City and Norwich City before he would eventually establish himself as a first-teamer at the club.
Kane has won a number of awards while with the club, including being named in the ‘PFA Team of the Year’ three times. He also has three “Golden Boot” titles, in 2016, 2017 and 2021.
The 28 year old starting playing for England at the ‘Under-17’ level on a few occasions but later moved on to make his first senior international appearance in March 2015.
Harry Kane | Childhood & Early Life
- Kane was born in Galway of Walthamstow, England. He has an elder brother named Charlie and he is of Irish descent.
- After relocating to Chingford as a young child, Kane had the privilege of attending two prestigious schools – the first called ‘Larkswood Primary Academy’ and then on to ‘The Chingford Foundation School.
- Kane was born into a family (Father Patrick Kane and his wife Kim) that knew a lot about the ‘Tottenham Hotspur’ team and always supported them as his relatives.
Harry Kane | Career
- Kane began his career in 1999 playing for Ridgeway Rovers, where he was spotted by the youth academy of Arsenal in 2001.
- In 2002, after being released from Arsenal, he joined Ridgeway Rovers again on a season contract. Meanwhile, he failed to land a deal with Tottenham Hotspur.
- The England international later joined Tottenham in 2004, having passed a four to six week trial period at Watford.
- The young striker showed off his scoring boots in 2008 while playing for Spurs U16 team in the Bellinzona and Copa Chivas competition scoring 3 Goals.
- After signing his first professional contract in July 2010, he was loaned to Leyton Orient for the rest of that year.
- Kane made his debut for Tottenham Hotspur in a Europa League qualification match against Hearts but didn’t score in that fixture.
- It would not be until December 15th when he bagged his first goal, this time in an eventual 4-0 win over Shamrock Rovers.
- For the 2011-2012 season, he was loaned to Millwall. He scored nine goals in 27 matches and won their Young Player of Year award.
- In a match against Southend United on August 10, 2012 Kane scored three goals for ‘Tottenham Hotspur.’ His Premier League debut came some days later and resulted in a victory over Newcastle United.
- Kane was loaned to a ‘Premier League’ team once again, this time joining up with Norwich City on August 31st 2012.
- Tottenham however recalled Kane on February 1, 2013 so as to have depth in their attack but the Englishman went on loan again joining Leicester City.
- Harry Kane scored three goals on October 23, 2014, during the group stage of the ‘UEFA Europa League in what turned out to be his first professional hat-trick for the club.
- In a match against Sheffield United in 2015, Kane set up the late equalizer goal for Christian Eriksen to lead Tottenham in reaching finals of Football League Cup on March 1, but Chelsea won this tournament.
- He was rewarded for his fine performances by being named the Premier League Player of the Month in January 2015.
The Tottenham talisman set a new Premier League record by scoring his sixth hat-trick in 2017, becoming the first player to achieve this feat in the premier league.
The England international also finished the season with 39 Goals to his name, also breaking Alan Shearer previous record.
Harry Kane also scored a brace in a 4-0 win over Everton to become Tottenham highest goal scorer passing Sheringam’s 97 goals.
Also In a dramatic match with Liverpool, the Tottenham Hotspur striker scored his 100th Premier League goal to put the score at 2-2.
Harry Kane Man City
Kane’s future at Tottenham Hotspur looked bleak in the summer of 2021 when he was heavily linked with a move away from his club.
Teams interested in the forward included Man Utd, Chelsea and Man City who ended up buying Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for £100M.
But after much speculation, it turned out that Kane would be sticking around with Tottenham for another season.
International career
Kane’s England debut came in a qualifying match against Lithuania on September 6th, 2014 and he scored within 80 seconds of entering the game as substitute.
Harry finally made his full England start in June, 2014 in a 1-1 draw with Italy in Juventus stadium.
He went on to score England’s fifth goal in an emphatic victory over San Marino which ensured their qualification for Euro 2016.
Harry Kane had a great run leading up to the Euros 2016 in France, He scored against Switzerland and Lithuania.
But he however couldn’t replicate this performances in the major tournament as he failed to score during the competition.
Harry Kane didn’t stop there, though. He also scored a last minute goal as England captain in a 2-2 draw with Scotland at Hampden Park to secure their World Cup spot for 2018.
Kane was England’s captain at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He scored twice in an interesting 2-1 win against Tunisia before netting three times against Panama.
Harry Kane had a stellar tournament with the England national team in 2020leading them to their first Euro final in 4 years.
He scored four goals and assisted on two more as they lost 3-2 on penalties after initially playing a 1-1 against Italy.
Harry Kane scored four goals against San Marino during their 2022 world cup qualification campaign.
Harry Kane | Personal Life
Kane has been in love with his girlfriend for years, but it only took one meeting to know that she was the one.
They both attended the same school and quickly became friends- until they realized what a perfect match they were.
Harry’s children are the apple of his eye. He has two daughters, Ivy Jane and Vivienne; one son Louis Harry Jr., who shares an admiration for football.
Networth
Harry Kane has a net worth of 50 million pounds earning 200,000 pounds per week and a whopping salary of 10,400,000 pounds per year. His current market value stands at 120 million pounds which put him at number 3 among all players.
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