Kevin Wimmer, an Austrian by birth on 15 November 1992, is a robust defender, chiefly plying his trade as a central defender for Slovan Bratislava. Boasting a height of 6ft 1in (1.87m) and a weight of 14st 6lb (92kg), Wimmer takes to the pitch in the number 6 jersey for his club.
As of current, Wimmer’s market value resides around the £560k mark, as per the data available on Transfermarkt. His tenure at Slovan Bratislava, with his contract set to run out on 30 June 2026, stretches 1 year and 9 months into the future.
Wimmer began his career as a first-team player in July 2011, joining LASK Linz in the Austrian Bundesliga. His debut season, 2011 - 2012, witnessed him accumulating 28 first team appearances and netting 4 goals in league matches. Post this season, he secured a transfer from LASK Linz to Cologne in the 2. Bundesliga in Germany in July 2012. Over the subsequent three seasons from 2012 - 2015, Wimmer made a total of 67 league appearances, scoring 2 goals in the 2013 - 2014 season.
Hopping over to the Premier League, Wimmer moved from Cologne to Tottenham Hotspur in July 2015 for a sum of approximately £4.3m. In his two seasons at Tottenham from 2015 – 2017, he made 15 league appearances in total.
His journey in England continued, transferring from Tottenham Hotspur to Stoke City in the Championship in August 2017 for a fee circling around £18m. His stint here was fleeting, accumulating 17 league appearances in the 2017 - 2018 season before embarking on a series of loan spells.
He was loaned to Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga back in Germany in July 2018 where he accumulated 22 league appearances during the 2018 - 2019 season. The following season saw him being loaned to Royal Excel Mouscron in the Derde Klasse in Belgium, where he performed in 17 league matches.
Another loan followed in February 2021, this time to Karlsruher in the 2. Bundesliga in Germany where he made 10 league appearances in the 2020 - 2021 season.
Eventually, July 2021 saw Wimmer make a permanent transfer from Stoke City to Rapid Vienna in the Austrian Bundesliga. He showed a steady performance over two seasons amassing 28 league appearances and netting a goal in the 2021 - 2022 season.
His journey led him to Slovan Bratislava in the First Football League in Slovakia in July 2023. As of the current season of 2024 - 2025, Wimmer has made six first team appearances in league matches.
His international credentials include participation in Champions League Qualifiers 2024 - 2025 for Slovan Bratislava with eight starts, Conference League 2023 - 2024 for Slovan Bratislava with six starts and one substitute appearance, and Champions League 2024 - 2025 for Slovan Bratislava, where he scored a goal in two starts.