Kimmich Joshua World Cup 2026 player profile
Kimmich Joshua is listed for Germany as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Kimmich Joshua is currently classified as a high-impact defender: senior international core, set-piece scoring defender, and lower aerial-size profile. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- senior international core; 110 caps and 10 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- high-impact player in this data package, ranked 1 by impact inside the Germany squad and 1 among defender entries.
- set-piece scoring defender; lower aerial-size profile.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Germany |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 110 |
| International goals | 10 |
| Impact score | 96 |
| Squad impact rank | 1 |
| Role impact rank | 1 |
| Role profile | high-impact · set-piece scoring defender |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Would late absence or reduced minutes materially change the team's ceiling?
- Does mobility and role fit matter more than aerial size in this matchup?
Archive context
| Team power score | 81 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 12 |
| Group path | E |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 32 |
Germany fixtures
- Germany vs CuraçaoFinished 7-1 · Jun 15, 01:00 · Houston
- Germany vs Ivory CoastFinished 2-1 · Jun 21, 04:00 · Toronto
- Ecuador vs GermanyFinished 2-1 · Jun 26, 04:00 · New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)
- Germany vs ParaguayFinished 1-1（点球 3-4） · Jun 30, 04:30 · Boston (Foxborough)
Related teammates
- Goretzka LeonMidfielder · impact 96
- Sane LeroyMidfielder · impact 96
- Havertz KaiForward · impact 96
- Neuer ManuelGoalkeeper · impact 90
- Wirtz FlorianMidfielder · impact 89
- Ruediger AntonioDefender · impact 87
- Musiala JamalMidfielder · impact 87
- Tah JonathanDefender · impact 77
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Germany team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.