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Full name | Presnel Kimpembe [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 August 1995||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Beaumont-sur-Oise, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | AS Éragny | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2013 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014– | Paris Saint-Germain | 277 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DR Congo U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | France U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | France U21 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | France | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 26 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022 |
Presnel Kimpembe (born 13 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. [4]
Kimpembe was born in Beaumont-sur-Oise, France, to a Congolese father and Afro-Haitian mother. [5] [6] He was named after his maternal grandfather. [7]
Kimpembe made his professional debut for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on 17 October 2014 against Lens, replacing Thiago Motta after 76 minutes in a 3–1 away win. [4] He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 14 February 2017, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 win against Barcelona. [8]
On 12 February 2019, Kimpembe scored his first goal for PSG against Manchester United in an away match at Old Trafford, turning home at the far-post from an Ángel Di María corner in the 53rd minute. [9] However, in the return leg at Parc des Princes in Paris, he jumped to block a shot from Diogo Dalot in injury time that was given as a penalty for handball after the referee consulted VAR. PSG went on to lose the match 3–1, and were subsequently knocked out due to the away goals rule. [10]
On 11 July 2020, Kimpembe signed a contract extension with PSG, a deal lasting until 2024. [11] In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, PSG went on to reach the final of the competition, losing 1–0 to Bayern Munich. Kimpembe participated in the match. [12] On 3 January 2022, he scored his second goal for the club in a 4–0 Coupe de France win over Vannes. [13] He also contributed an assist for a Kylian Mbappé goal. [14] Kimpembe scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 5–1 win away to Lille on 6 February 2022. [15]
During the 2021-2022 season, Kimpembe had a 95.5% pass success rate, more than any other player across the top five leagues. [16]
On 26 February 2023, Kimpembe was stretchered off the field after rupturing his achilles tendon in a 3–0 win over Le Classique rivals Marseille. [17] The injury would require surgery, and came just two weeks after his return from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him for three months. [17] On 20 December 2023, Kimpembe renewed his contract with PSG to 2026. [18]
Kimpembe got his first call up to the senior France side after Eliaquim Mangala withdrew through injury for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Netherlands in October 2016. [19] In January 2018, William Gallas, former Arsenal and Chelsea player said that Kimpembe is the future of the French team. [20] Kimpembe finally made his first team debut on 27 March 2018, a year and a half after his first call-up, in a friendly against Russia. [4] He came on for Ousmane Dembélé in the 72nd minute of a 3–1 away victory.
On 17 May 2018, he was called up to the 23 man French squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [21] Kimpembe won the World Cup with France in 2018, a tournament in which he played a total of 90 minutes, against Denmark in the group stage. [22]
On 18 May 2021, he was called up to the 26-man French squad for the 2020 European Championships. [23] He started in all four matches for France, playing in every minute of the tournament until their eventual defeat to Switzerland in the round of 16. [24]
On 9 November 2022, he was named in the French squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [25] On 14 November, he withdrew from the tournament with an injury and was replaced by Axel Disasi. [26]
In July 2018, Kimpembe's name featured in the hit Vegedream single Ramenez la coupe à la maison. The line featuring his name, ‘Maestro Kimpembe (x7)', earned him the nickname 'Maestro'. [27]
Kimpembe provided the French voice acting for Spider-Man's enemy Scorpion in the 2018 Marvel film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . [28]
In June 2020, Kimpembe began his own streetwear collection called PK3 Paris. [29] On 1 November 2021, he launched an auction for objects belonging to sportspeople for which the profits would be given to Médecins Sans Frontières in order to help the Haitian people. [30]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain B | 2013–14 | CFA | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | CFA | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||||
2015–16 | CFA | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
2016–17 | CFA | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 41 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 1 | ||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 163 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 3 | ||
Career total | 204 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 277 | 4 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2018 | 7 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 12 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 0 |
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