Capital: | € 9 million |
Age: | 25th |
Born: | 02/08/1995 |
Country of origin: | Germany |
Source of wealth: | Soccer player |
Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Yosua Kimmich is a German soccer player who was born in Rottweil who was under contract with FC Bayern Munich. The defensive all-rounder, trained by VFB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig, has become a regular member of the club and the national team since his first step in adult football. This fact is also reflected in the benefits of Bayern players. Kimmich is one of the best paid footballers in Germany. In addition to several private awards, he also has several championships and trophies winning with FC Bayern Munich. In 2018 he participated in the World Cup for the first time with the national team.
Early life
Yosua Kimmich was born on February 8, 1995 in Rottweil. His parents Anja and Berghold Kimmich raised him at Bösingen, where he also found his desire for football and took the first step at VFB Bösingen local. When he was young, Kimmich was sometimes known as a goal scorer. This finally helped him move to VFB Stuttgart Football Boarding School, because a match against his youth team was very decisive. At the age of twelve he began his career in competitive sports, which was almost not marked by an injury or lack of the practice of the game until he entered the men’s division. In 2011 Yoshua Kimmich was first nominated for the U17 national team and came on February 12 and 15. Against Azerbaijan on the two first missions.
Career
After going through all the youth team, Joshua Kimmich turned to Leipzig RB for the 2013/14 season, with VFB Stuttgart securing the purchase rights after two years. At the third third division club, which is considered a favorite for promotion to the second Bundesliga, Joshua Kimmich did not get the opportunity in the ten matches first. He made his debut in professional football on February 28, 2013 against SPVGG Unterhaching after Kimmich came to Thiago Rockenbach. Since then at Yosua Kimmich belongs to the regular staff of Saxon and Rose after 26 matches with the 3rd division runner-up.
Even in the following season, coach Alexander Zorniger consistently relied on young defensive players. Yosua Kimmich also passed all age groups on the national team. After the promotion is missed to the Bundesliga in Leipzig, VFB Stuttgart runs a repurchase, but transfers Kimmich directly to Bayern Munich.
Yosua Kimmich was able to confirm himself quickly under coach Pep Guardiola and made 15 begins in his first season. From the following season no later than Yoshua Kimmich is a regular one who is very necessary in the Munich defense team. Yosua Kimmich gets a practical experience as a back and defense midfielder. But it is also used more often in the center of defense and midfield.
Joshua Kimmich made his debut on the senior team on May 29, 2016 in a 1-3 loss to Slovakia. Kimmich was appointed to the final squad for the following European championship and has become a regular player under the national coach Joachim Löw since then. In March 2018, the defender extended his contract with Bayern Munich until the end of the season 2022/23. Since then he has received around 9 million euros per year from Bayern. Assets assumed by Kimmich in the amount of 9 million euros must also increase through a profitable advertising contract.
Career highlights
Joshua Kimmich was one of the few players who received the Walter Fritz medal twice. He received an award for three of the best young players one year in 2013 in silver and 2014 in bronze. His first success as a soccer player in the field of men came at the end of the 2013/14 season with promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with Leipzig RB. The first championship in the Bundesliga was won by FC Bayern Munich in the match 33 matches in the 2015/16 season.
Yosua Kimmich became European champions in Hungary in 2014 with the U19 national team. As part of a senior team, he also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia in 2017.
Amazing facts
The letter “H” in his first name, Joshua was silent. Therefore, defensive players often have to improve the wrong pronunciation of “Joshua” who are right in front of reporters.
In time in Leipzig, Joshua Kimmich lived with his teammate RB Yussuf Poulsen in a shared apartment.
Alexander Zorniger, who was fired as coach Joshua Kimmich at RB Leipzig and was leased at his home club VfB Stuttgart, described his sales to Bayern Munich as one of the biggest mistakes in the history of the club recently.