Joshua Kimmich
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1995 | |||||
| Place of birth | Rottweil, Germany | |||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Centre back | |||||
| Club information | ||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | |||||
| Number | 32 | |||||
| Youth career | ||||||
| VfB Bösingen | ||||||
| VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||
| 2013–2015 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | (0) | |||
| 2013–2015 | → RB Leipzig (loan) | 53 | (3) | |||
| 2015– | Bayern Munich | 22 | (0) | |||
| National team‡ | ||||||
| 2011 | Germany U17 | 2 | (0) | |||
| 2013 | Germany U18 | 5 | (0) | |||
| 2013–2014 | Germany U19 | 9 | (1) | |||
| 2014– | Germany U21 | 14 | (2) | |||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 30 April 2016 (UTC). | ||||||
Joshua Kimmich (born 8 February 1995) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich.
Career
Early career
Kimmich played youth football for VfB Stuttgart before joining RB Leipzig in July 2013. VfB Stuttgart secured an option to rebuy.[2] He made his 3. Liga debut for the club on 28 September of that year, as a substitute for Thiago Rockenbach in a 2–2 draw with SpVgg Unterhaching. He scored his first professional goal in an 3–2 win against 1. FC Saarbrücken on 30 November 2013.[3]
Bayern Munich
On 2 January 2015, Kimmich agreed to join Bayern Munich in the summer of 2015 on a five-year contract, for a reported fee of €7 million.[4]
Style of play
Horst Hrubesch has praised Kimmich for his versatility. "Joshua has enormous quality and is versatile in both attacking and defensive roles", Hrubesch said, when talking about Kimmich. Amin Younes complimented Kimmich's defensive awareness as well in an interview, after the U21 EURO group stage. "Winning the ball back superbly. He does that really well", Younes told to the media. During the U21 competition, Philip Röber of UEFA.com, described Kimmich's playing style on the website and compared him to İlkay Gündoğan.[1]
At Leipzig, he was part of an extremely attack-minded team in which his ball-winning qualities in front of a high back four shone through. In the Germany U21 side, he has a deeper role, but he has also caught the eye as a tidy defensive midfielder. Kimmich has great timing in his tackles, can dribble and does not mind putting in the legwork.
Kimmich himself has cited Bastian Schweinsteiger as his inspiration.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 30 April 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| RB Leipzig | 2013–14 | 3. Liga | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | [5] | |||
| 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | [6] | |||||
| Totals | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 55 | 2 | — | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | [7] |
| Career totals | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2 | — | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Joshua Kimmich". UEFA. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Gold for Werner, silver for Kimmich". vfb.com. VfB Stuttgart. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
VfB have secured a re-purchase option for Kimmich at the end of his stint in Leipzig.
- ↑ "1. FC Saarbrücken - RB Leipzig" (in German). mdr.de. Retrieved 1 December 2013..
- ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Joshua Kimmich" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Joshua Kimmich". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Joshua Kimmich". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Joshua Kimmich". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2016.
External links
- Joshua Kimmich profile at Fussballdaten
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