Joshua Kimmich

Kimmich scored a late winning goal in the 88th minute in a 1–0 away victory over Hamburger SV.

Joshua Walter Kimmich (born 8 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

Regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his versatility, aggression and playmaking ability.

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

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.

He then went on to join RB Leipzig in July 2013.

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 a 3–2 victory over 1. FC Saarbrücken on 30 November 2013.

He finished the 2013–14 season with one goal in 26 appearances.

He finished the 2014–15 season with two goals in 29 appearances.

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

Kimmich scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in a 3–2 victory against Union Berlin on 1 March 2015.

On 2 January 2015, Kimmich agreed to join Bayern Munich on a five-year contract lasting until 30 June 2020, for a reported fee of €7 million, most of which went to VfB Stuttgart.

He made his debut for the club on 9 August, starting in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against FC Nöttingen.

Pep Guardiola gave him his Bundesliga debut the following month on 12 September when he entered play as a late substitute at home against FC Augsburg.

Four days later, Kimmich made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in Bayern's tournament opener away at Olympiakos and he started in the Bundesliga for the first time three days thereafter, playing 90 minutes against SV Darmstadt 98 in a 3–0 victory.

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

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

Kimmich started the 2016–17 season by coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the 2016 DFL-Supercup.

On 9 September, he scored his first goal for FC Bayern in a 2–0 Bundesliga, away win at FC Schalke 04.

Four days later, he scored his first two Champions League goals in a 5–0 home win against FC Rostov.

He finished the 2016–17 season with nine goals in forty appearances.

Kimmich played in the 2017 DFL-Supercup and won the title as Bayern defeated their arch-rival Borussia Dortmund on 5–4 penalties after the extra time ended 2–2.

On 16 September, he provided overall three assists to Thomas Müller, Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski's goals to defeat 1. FSV Mainz 05 with a 4–0 victory.

Kimmich finished the 2017–18 season with six goals and seventeen assists in 47 appearances.

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

He managed to score each goal in both the first and second leg in the Champions League semi-final tie against Real Madrid, but his side were knocked out from the competition on 4–3 aggregate.

On 12 August, Kimmich started the 2018–19 season by playing in the German Super Cup and also won the title as his side defeated Eintracht Frankfurt with a 5–0 victory.

The following week, on 18 August 2018, Kimmich played in the 1–0 win against SV Drochtersen/Assel in the first round of the German Cup.

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

Bayern won the match 3–1.

Kimmich's first goal of the season came against Hannover 96 on 15 December 2018.

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.

Kimmich played youth football for VfB Stuttgart.

He made his 100th league appearance for the club on 9 February 2019 during a 3–1 win over rivals, Schalke.

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

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

On 14 August 2020, Kimmich scored one goal and provided an assist in an 8–2 win over Barcelona in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final.