Joshua Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich

File:2015-05-01 Joshua Kimmich.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995
Place of birth	Rottweil, Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder/Centre back
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich
Number	32
Youth career
	VfB Bösingen
	VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	RB Leipzig	53	(3)
2015–	Bayern Munich	23	(0)
International career‡
2011	Germany U17	2	(0)
2013	Germany U18	5	(0)
2013–2014	Germany U19	9	(1)
2014–	Germany U21	14	(2)
2016–	Germany	1	(0)
Medal record Winner European U19 Championship 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:20, 7 May 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:11, 29 May 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. 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.

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.

On 9 August 2015, Kimmich made his debut for Bayern, starting in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against FC Nöttingen. His Bundesliga debut came at home to FC Augsburg as a late substitute on 12 September. Four days later, he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in Bayern's season opener away at Olympiakos. On 19 September, he started in the Bundesliga for the first time, playing 90 minutes against SV Darmstadt 98 in a 3–0 win.

Kimmich ended his first season at Bayern having made 15 league starts.

International career

On 17 May 2016, Kimmich was named in Germany's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016. On 31 May 2016, he was named in the final 23-man squad and given the shirt number 21.

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.

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.

Career statistics

As of 14 May 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RB Leipzig	2013–14	3. Liga	26	1	0	0	—				26	1
	2014–15	2. Bundesliga	27	2	2	0					29	2
	Totals		53	2	2	0	—				55	2	—
Bayern Munich	2015–16	Bundesliga	23	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	36	0
Career totals			76	2	6	0	9	0	0	0	91	2	—

Honours

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2015–16
• DFB-Pokal: 2015–16

External links

• Joshua Kimmich profile at Fussballdaten