Jean Zimmer (born 6 December 1993) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

1. FC Kaiserslautern II 1. FC Kaiserslautern II is the reserve team of German association football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team competes in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the fifth tier of German football. Prior 2 ...

Career

Zimmer made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 23 December 2013 in

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

's 1–2 away win against FC Ingolstadt. For the 2016–17 season Zimmer moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

. In his first season at the club, he made 16 2. Bundesliga appearances and one in the

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. In August 2017, he joined

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

on loan for the season. On 18 May 2018, Zimmer moved permanently to Düsseldorf. On 12 January 2021, he rejoined 1. FC Kaiserslautern on loan for the remainder of the season. On 1 July 2021, he returned to Kaiserslautern permanently. He was named club captain upon his return. In the 2023-24 season, he led Kaiserslautern to their first DFB Pokal final since 2002-03.

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

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runner-up: 2023–24

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* 1993 births Living people People from Bad Dürkheim Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players Fortuna Düsseldorf players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub