Joshua Kimmich

Joshua Walter Kimmich (born 8 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world,he is known for his versatility, aggression and playmaking ability, and has been compared with former Bayern Munich and Germany captain Philipp Lahm.

After coming through RB Leipzig's youth academy, Kimmich began playing for the club's first team in 2013. Two years later, he joined Bayern Munich. In the 2019–20 season, after winning the continental treble with Bayern Munich, Kimmich was included in the UEFA Team of the Year, the FIFA FIFPro Men's World11,and was recognized as the UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season.

Bayern Munich Career (2020-present) 

Kimmich playing for FC Bayern Münich in 2022 by acquiring the number 6 shirt.

On 17 April 2024, Kimmich scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Arsenal to secure a 3–2 aggregate win in the quarter-finals, helping Bayern into the semi-finals of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, reaching that stage for the first time since winning the title in 2019–20. In the latter half of the 2023–24 season, he played as a right-back under coach Thomas Tuchel.

Germany National Football Team

On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.

On 4 June 2022, he played the entire 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Italy in a group game in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League and scored a goal in the process. Ten days later, he scored a goal in a 5–2 win against the same opponent.

On 10 November 2022, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

On 7 June 2024, Kimmich was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.

In September 2024, he was appointed as captain of the German national team.

Honours

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021,2022
UEFA Champions League: 2019–20
UEFA Super Cup: 2020
FIFA Club World Cup: 2020

Individual

Germany national Player of the Year: 2017,2021
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18, 2019–20
UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 2019–20
UEFA Team of the Year: 2020
FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020
Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19,2019–20
Bundesliga Goal of the Month: May 2020, September 2020