A promising, strongly built central defender, Kevin Wimmer was scouted by Spurs as a potential future star, but unfortunately, things didn't pan out for the Austrian as he might have hoped.
In his early career, Kevin played in the youth systems at FC Edt,
Fussballakadamie Linz and LASK Linz before he progressed
to the first team at LASK in 2011-12.
His potential was spotted by 1FC Koln, signing him in
2012 for 250,000 Euros and he became a regular in the
side's defence, helping them to promotion back to the
Bundesliga.
Kevin gained his first Austria cap in 2013, after
featuring in the country's Under-21 and Under-18 sides.
A strapping central defender, who likes to play the ball
out of defence, Spurs signed the central defender as one
for the future, making him their first
summer signing that year. However, he rarely got a
run in the side, although he deputised for Jan
Vertonghen well in the period between the end of January
to April of the 2015-16 season and won another cap for
Austria, but with the Belgian pairing of Vertonghen and
Alderweireld made it difficult for him to break into the
team and in the summer transfer widow of 2017, he was
sold to Stoke City for a handsome profit.