Presnel Kimpembe

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Presnel Kimpembe
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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*
YearsTeamApps(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 Flag of France.svg  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]

Contents

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 Lens - PSG (10-09-2020) 10.jpg
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]

Kimpembe is a Muslim. [33] He has also performed the Islamic Pilgrimage of Umrah. [34]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 February 2023 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain B 2013–14 CFA 40————40
2014–15 CFA230————230
2015–16 CFA131————131
2016–17 CFA10————10
Total411————411
Paris Saint-Germain 2014–15 Ligue 1 100000000010
2015–16 Ligue 1602010000090
2016–17 Ligue 119040301 [a] 01 [b] 0280
2017–18 Ligue 128040303 [a] 000380
2018–19 Ligue 124030108 [a] 100361
2019–20 Ligue 1160002010 [a] 000280
2020–21 Ligue 128000—11 [a] 01 [b] 0400
2021–22 Ligue 130131—7 [a] 01 [b] 0412
2022–23 Ligue 111000—3 [a] 01 [b] 0150
2023–24 Ligue 10000—000000
2024–25 Ligue 10000—000000
Total1631161100431402363
Career total2042161100431402774

International

As of match played 13 June 2022 [35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 201870
201920
202040
2021120
202230
Total280

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain [4]

France

Individual

Orders

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