Harry Kane

Harry Kane MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the England national team and Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. He is Spurs’ highest goalscorer of all time and England’s joint-highest all-time goal scorer. He is renowned for his prolific goalscoring record and his link-up play.

Early Life

Kane was born on July 28, 1993, in Walthamstow, London, England. Kane attended Larkswood Primary Academy, where he began playing football at a young age. He played for local club Ridgeway Rovers before joining the youth academy at Arsenal. However, he was released by the club at the age of eight due to his small size.

He had brief stints with his old club Rovers and Watford before being scouted by Tottenham in 2004, who molded the prodigy into the striker he is today. Kane quickly rose through the club ranks and represented the side in the Under-16 and Under-18 formats.

Club Career

In the 2010-11 season, Kane was loaned to Leyton Orient with whom he made his professional debut in a 1-1 draw against Rochdale. Kane finished the season with 5 goals under his bag in 18 matches.

Following successful loan stints with Millwall, Norwich City, and Leicester City, Kane cemented his spot in Tottenham's first team in the 2014-15 season. Kane had a glorious campaign, which saw him being included in the PFA team as well as being named the PFA Player of the Year. He was also the division's top scorer with 21 goals.

Kane continued his form in the next season, where he won the Premier League Golden Boot with 25 goals and helped Tottenham finish in third place. He was included in the PFA team for the second time in a row.

As the seasons progressed, so did the number of goals coming from Harry Kane's boot. The 2016-2017 season saw him finish with 29 goals and was awarded the Golden boot for a second time in a row, becoming the only fifth player to do so. He was also included in the PFA team for the third time in a row.

The 2017-2018 season saw him reigning supreme over Europe, as he became the continent's top scorer with 56 goals across all competitions. He also became the first player in Premier League's history to score 6 hat tricks in a year. He ended the season by scoring his 100th Premier League goal and also became Tottenham's all-time top scorer.

He led Spurs to the UEFA Champions League final in the 2018-19 season, however, they ended up losing 2-0 to winners Liverpool. He finished as the Premier League's top scorer once again in the 2020-21 season, despite Tottenham's relatively disappointing campaign.

In the 2022-23 season, Kane broke a record when he scored the only goal in the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, becoming the first player to score 185 goals in the Premier League for a single club, beating Sergio Aguero’s haul of 184 goals.

To date, Kane has scored 270 goals in 424 appearances for Spurs.

International Career

Harry Kane made his debut for the senior England team in 2015 in Euro 2016 qualifiers in a match against Lithuania, where he headed a goal just 80 seconds after appearing on the field. Kane then went on to score 2 more goals in the next two matches to end England's campaign successfully.

He then scored six goals in England's successful qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, including a hat-trick against Panama. Kane was instrumental in England reaching the semi-finals in the World Cup as he scored six goals, winning the Golden Boot.

He captained England to the UEFA Nations League semi-finals in 2019, scoring in the semi-final defeat to the Netherlands. He has featured in other major tournaments like the 2020 UEFA European Championship and 2022 FIFA World Cup, however, wasn’t successful in winning either.

To date, Kane has scored 53 goals in 80 appearances for England.

Records

• Kane surpassed Teddy Sheringham's previous record of 97 Premier League goals for Tottenham in December 2017, becoming the club’s all-time leading Premier League goal scorer.

• Kane broke the record for scoring the most Premier League goals in a calendar year. He scored 39 Premier League goals in 2017, breaking the previous record of 36 set by Alan Shearer in 1995.

• He scored the most hat-tricks in the Premier League in a calendar year in 2017, scoring eight.

• Kane broke the record for scoring the most goals in a Premier League season by a Tottenham player. He scored 29 goals in the 2016-17 season, breaking the previous record of 25 set by Gareth Bale in 2012-13.

Awards and Achievements

Personal Life

Off the pitch, Kane is actively involved in charitable work. He set up the Harry Kane Foundation in 2019 to support charities that help children and young adults with physical and mental disabilities. He has also donated money to the cause of helping fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, providing lodgings for NHS workers, and supporting various other charitable initiatives.

Net Worth

As of 2023, his net worth is estimated to be around $40 million.

Family

He has two siblings, a brother named Charlie and a sister named Daisy. His father, Pat, is a former amateur footballer, and his mother, Kim, worked as a nursery nurse. Kane comes from a family of footballers, with his father and older brother both having played the sport at various levels. His grandfather also played for a local club, and his uncle is the former professional footballer, Mitch Kane.

Wife

Harry Kane is married to his childhood sweetheart, Katie Goodland. The couple got engaged in July 2017 and tied the knot in June 2019. They have three children together: Ivy Jane, born in 2017, Vivienne Jane, born in 2019, and Louis Harry, born in 2021.

Houses

In 2020, Kane purchased a stunning new mansion in Hertfordshire, England, which reportedly cost around £17 million. The house features a swimming pool, a gym, a cinema room, and an indoor golf simulator, among other luxurious amenities.

Kane also owns a £7 million apartment in the exclusive One Thousand Museum tower in Miami, Florida. The apartment has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and panoramic views of the city.