Presnel Kimpembe

Presnel Kimpembe

Kimpembe with France in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Presnel Kimpembe [1]
Date of birth	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29) [2]
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	163	(1)
International career‡
2014	DR Congo U20	1	(0)
2015	France U20	7	(0)
2015–2016	France U21	11	(0)
2018–2022	France	28	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   France FIFA World Cup Winner 2018 Russia UEFA Nations League Winner 2021 Italy
*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. ^[4]

Early years

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]

Club career

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]

Kimpembe with Paris Saint-Germain in September 2020

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 2021–22 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] In January 2024, he underwent an achilles tendon surgery, ^[19] which kept him off the field for the whole 2023–24 season. ^[20]

International career

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. ^[21] In January 2018, William Gallas, former Arsenal and Chelsea player said that Kimpembe is the future of the French team. ^[22] 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. ^[23] 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. ^[24]

On 18 May 2021, he was called up to the 26-man French squad for the 2020 European Championships. ^[25] 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. ^[26]

On 9 November 2022, he was named in the French squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. ^[27] On 14 November, he withdrew from the tournament with an injury and was replaced by Axel Disasi. ^[28]

Personal life

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'. ^[29]

Kimpembe provided the French voice acting for Spider-Man's enemy Scorpion in the 2018 Marvel film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . ^[30]

In June 2020, Kimpembe began his own streetwear collection called PK3 Paris. ^[31] 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. ^[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 February 2023 ^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		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 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	28	0
	2017–18	Ligue 1	28	0	4	0	3	0	3 [a]	0	0	0	38	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	24	0	3	0	1	0	8 [a]	1	0	0	36	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	16	0	0	0	2	0	10 [a]	0	0	0	28	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	28	0	0	0	—		11 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	40	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	30	1	3	1	—		7 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	41	2
	2022–23	Ligue 1	11	0	0	0	—		3 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	15	0
	2023–24	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2024–25	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

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 13 June 2022 ^[33]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2018	7	0
	2019	2	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	12	0
	2022	3	0
Total		28	0

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain ^[4]

• Ligue 1: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, ^[34] 2019–20, ^[35] 2021–22, ^[36] 2022–23 ^[37]
• Coupe de France: 2015–16, 2016–17,^{[ citation needed ]} 2017–18, ^[38] 2019–20 ^[39]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 ^[40]
• Trophée des Champions: 2016, 2017,^{[ citation needed ]} 2020, ^[41] 2022, ^[42] 2023 ^[43]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20 ^[44]

France

• FIFA World Cup: 2018 ^[45]
• UEFA Nations League: 2020–21 ^[46]

Individual

• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2020–21 ^[47]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2018 ^[1]

References

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External links

• Profile at the Paris Saint-Germain FC website
• Presnel Kimpembe at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Presnel Kimpembe – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
• Presnel Kimpembe – UEFA competition record ( archive )