He is one of those we call the “Parisian titis” of the workforce. While most of them were forced to leave the capital to have playing time like Kingsley Coman or Adrien Rabiot, Presnel Kimpembe is a real success in the formation of Paris Saint-Germain. Arrived on tiptoe behind the indisputable duo Marquinhos and Thiago Silva, the 26-year-old defender ended up becoming an indisputable holder. World champion in 2018, the teammate of Messi and Mbappé is now part of the Parisian club’s tauliers.
Involved in charities, Presnel Kimpembe organized on November 1 an auction of works of art and sports objects to help children in Haiti. An operation that raised € 57,000 for the island where his mother is from. Born and raised in Val-d’Oise in the Paris region, the PSG player comes from a very modest background. “Looking back, even if we lacked certain things, I would say that I was happy in my youth”, he assures in an interview given to Liberation, a youth alongside his two older brothers and his little sister, with a mother devoted to her children. “My mother (editor’s note, she was a cashier) had two jobs, sometimes three. She even had night jobs from time to time, to support us “, he says today.
A father seen as an “example”
A sometimes complicated childhood but parents involved in the success of their child, like his father, his “example” as he calls it and who did not hesitate to make several sacrifices for the success of his son. “He gave me everything, took me to training when I was younger, did not go to work sometimes to be able to pick me up at Camp des Loges “, remembers Presnel Kimpembe. An omnipresent father who transmitted to him the strength of character that now lives in him. “He was also the one who transmitted this mentality to me,” he concludes.