He made his senior debut with Manchester City in 2010 and was their Young Player of the Year for 2009–10. His current salary is around £2,080,000 a year.
Dedryck Boyata was born on November 28, 1990, in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium. His birth sign is Sagittarius. Regarding his nationality, Boyata is a Belgian and of African ethnicity.
His father, Bienvenu Mandungu Boyata, is a retired Congolese football player who played during the 1990s in Belgium for Stade Leuven and Union Saint-Gilloise. At 13, Boyata started his football career on the youth team in Brussels in 2003. Three years later, he moved to Machester United.
He was a part of the club's 2008 "FA Youth Cup" winning side. He is the recipient of the City's Academy "Player of the Month" award for April 2009.
From the start of the 2009-10 season, Dedryck Boyata was one of the 7 Academy players to be promoted to training with senior players like David Silva and Kompany.
On January 2, 2010, he made his professional debut against Middlesbrough in the 3rd round of "FA Cup," which ended in a 1-0 victory. Nine days later, he made his league debut against Black Rover in a 4-1 home victory.
His first goal for the club came in early in the 2010-11 season, in the Europa League play-off match against FC Timisoara on August 26. He played overall 17 games during the season and was unused in City's victory over the "2010-11 FA Cup".
On August 26, 2011, Boyata signed a season-long loan deal with Bolton Wanderers. On September 10, he made his debut in Bolton's 5-0 home loss to Manchester United. His first goal for the club came on October 2 against Chelsea.
Boyata made 14 overall appearances and scored a goal for Bolton Wanderers.
On August 31, 2012, Boyata was again loaned out to Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente, signing a short-term loan deal. He made eight appearances without scoring a single goal.
On January 8, 2013, Boyata returned to his parent club, Manchester City. After his comeback, he debuted in a League Cup 3rd round match against Wigan Athletic on September 24, 2013.
In June 2015, Boyata arrived at Scottish Premiership champions Celtic, signing a 4-year contract for around $2.02 million. He was given shirt no.20 in the club. On July 15, he made his competitive debut against Stjarnan, scoring the opening goal in a 2-0 victory in a Championship League qualifier at Celtic Park.
The player remained with Celtic until 2019 and then moved to Hertha BSC. He played with the club for the next three seasons and appeared in seventy games. In early 2022, Dedryck moved to Club Brugge and signed until 2025.
Dedryck has represented his national side at senior and junior levels playing in various tournaments. He made 12 appearances for the Belgium U-19, scoring two goals.
On March 3, 2010, he made his Belgium U-21 debut in a 1-0 victory against Malta. In August, he received his first international call-up and was named to the team for a friendly against Finland.
In late 2010, Boyata was named for two Euro 2012 qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Austria. Though he didn't play against Kazakhstan, he made his international debut against Austria, coming in as a substitute for Vertonghen in a 4-4 draw on October 10.
Like all celebrities, Boyata prefers to maintain his personal life private. It seems that he doesn't want any emotional attachment to his career. Though he actively surfs social networking sites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, he has not posted any photos of the lady who could be his possible girlfriend or wife.
Hence, as per our record32, Dedryck Boyata is possibly single and unmarried.
The significant source of Boyata's earnings is his football career, as he has not revealed information regarding his endorsing deals. In Boyata earned $18,814 as his weekly salary, i.e., $978,328 per annum from his former club, Celtic. He has an estimated net worth of around $2 million, including his assets and all incomes.
Boyata receives an annual salary of £2,080,000 while playing with Club Brugge for the season.