Maxim De Cuyper

Maxim De Cuyper is exactly the kind of player who sneaks up on you — a kid from the Belgian coast who quietly built himself into one of the more exciting left-backs in European football. Born in Knokke-Heist in 2000, he came through Club Brugge before making his move to the Premier League with Brighton, and watching him overlap down the left is genuinely fun: he has pace, he's brave on the ball, and he doesn't treat defending like an afterthought. Getting called up to the Belgium national team while still so young shows he's not just filling squad depth — people are taking him seriously. I'm curious how high his ceiling actually is, because the raw tools are clearly there.

Name (English)

Maxim De Cuyper

Name (Japanese)

マクシム・デ・カイペル

Reading

まくしむ・で・かいぺる

Born

December 22, 2000 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maxim.decuyper/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%20De%20Cuyper
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85928265

Tags

• West Flanders
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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