25 Facts About Joshua Kimmich

Joshua Walter Kimmich is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

Joshua Kimmich is often compared with former Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm and is considered his successor.

Joshua Kimmich then went on to join RB Leipzig in July 2013.

Joshua Kimmich left the club with a tally of three goals in 53 league appearances for the club.

Joshua Kimmich ended his first season at Bayern having made 23 league appearances of which 15 were starts.

Joshua Kimmich played the full 120 minutes in Bayern's 2016 DFB-Pokal Final defeat of Borussia Dortmund at the Berlin Olympiastadion on 21 May.

On 9 March 2018, Joshua Kimmich signed a three-year contract extension which lasts until 30 June 2023.

Joshua Kimmich played in the opening match of the Bundesliga season against 1899 Hoffenheim on 24 August 2018.

Joshua Kimmich played every single minute in all 34 matches in the Bundesliga.

In those 34 matches, Joshua Kimmich scored two goals and finished second in the league with 13 assists.

On 23 August 2020, Joshua Kimmich made an important assist for the winning goal against Paris Saint-Germain by Kingsley Coman in the final, to be his first Champions League title along with his teammate Serge Gnabry, another VfB Stuttgart academy product.

On 23 August 2021, Joshua Kimmich signed a new contract with Bayern, keeping him at the club until 2025.

On 17 May 2016, Joshua Kimmich was named in Germany's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016.

On 21 June 2016, Joshua Kimmich was selected to start for Germany in their final Group C match against Northern Ireland, replacing Benedikt Howedes at right-back.

Joshua Kimmich remained Germany's first-choice right-back as they reached the semi-finals and was named in UEFA's Team of the Tournament.

On 17 May 2017, Joshua Kimmich was included in Joachim Low's Germany squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Joshua Kimmich started in all five of the team's matches at the tournament, registering two assists, as Germany won its first Confederations Cup title.

On 4 June 2018, Joshua Kimmich was selected for Germany's final 23-man squad by Joachim Low for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 6 September 2018, Joshua Kimmich started Germany's UEFA Nations League opener against France, playing as a defensive midfielder for the first time in 18 months.

Joshua Kimmich has been used as a make-shift centre-back on occasion, as a central midfielder, or even as a deep-lying playmaker, due to his ability to dictate play in midfield.

Joshua Kimmich is very intelligent, always aggressive toward the ball, strong in the air, has an eye for free space, has superb vision and knows when to charge forward and when to sit back.

Joshua Kimmich has great timing in his tackles, can dribble and does not mind putting in the legwork.

Joshua Kimmich himself has cited Bastian Schweinsteiger, Xabi Alonso, and Xavi as some of his inspirations.

Joshua Kimmich has two children, a son, born in 2019, and a daughter, born in October 2020, with his girlfriend Lina Meyer.

Joshua Kimmich launched an online initiative "We Kick Corona" with his Bayern Munich teammate Leon Goretzka, to help charitable, social or medical institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.