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Presnel Kimpembe
Kimpembe with France in 2022
Personal information
Full name Presnel Kimpembe[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Qatar SC
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)
2014–2025 Paris Saint-Germain 165 (1)
2025– Qatar SC 7 (0)
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 as of 18:47, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 June 2022

Presnel Kimpembe (born 13 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC.[4]

A product of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy, Kimpembe made his debut for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2014. With PSG, he went on to win eight Ligue 1 titles, numerous domestic cup competitions, and a UEFA Champions League title. Several long-term injuries in the later years of his spell at PSG led to his eventual departure for Qatar SC in 2025.

Kimpembe was a part of the France national teams that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals. He was a starter at UEFA Euro 2020.

Early life

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Kimpembe was born in Beaumont-sur-Oise, France, to a Congolese father and Afro-Haitian mother.[5][6] He is named after his maternal grandfather.[7]

Club career

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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 entire 2023–24 season.[20]

On 4 February 2025, Kimpembe made his return to play for PSG in a 2–0 win over Le Mans in the Coupe de France, almost two years after his injury.[21]

On 7 September 2025, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that Kimpembe has joined Qatar Stars League side Qatar SC, bringing an end to his 20-year journey with the club.[22]

International career

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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.[23] In January 2018, William Gallas, former Arsenal and Chelsea player said that Kimpembe is the future of the French team.[24] 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 squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[25] Kimpembe won the tournament with France in 2018, a tournament in which he played a total of 90 minutes, against Denmark in the group stage.[26]

On 18 May 2021, he was called up to the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[27] 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.[28]

On 9 November 2022, he was named in the French squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[29] On 14 November, he withdrew from the tournament injured and was replaced by Axel Disasi.[30]

Personal life

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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'.[31]

Kimpembe provided the French voice acting for Spider-Man's enemy Scorpion in the 2018 Marvel film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.[32]

In June 2020, Kimpembe began his own streetwear collection called PK3 Paris.[33] 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.[34]

Kimpembe is a Muslim.[35]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 6 February 2026[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] 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 0 1[d] 0 28 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 28 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 38 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 24 0 3 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 36 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 16 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 28 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 28 0 0 0 — 11 0 1[d] 0 40 0
2021–22 Ligue 1 30 1 3 1 — 7 0 1[d] 0 41 2
2022–23 Ligue 1 11 0 0 0 — 3 0 1[d] 0 15 0
2023–24 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024–25 Ligue 1 2 0 2 0 — 1 0 0 0 5 0
Total 165 1 18 1 10 0 44 1 4 0 241 3
Qatar SC 2025–26 Qatar Stars League 7 0 0 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Career total 213 2 18 1 10 0 44 1 4 0 289 4
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ All appearances in UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

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As of match played 13 June 2022[36]
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

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Paris Saint-Germain[4]

France

Individual

Orders

See also

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References

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