Javi Jiménez (footballer, born 1996)

Javier "Javi" Jiménez Moreno (born 11 January 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back for Ibiza.[2]

Javi Jiménez
Personal information
Full name Javier Jiménez Moreno[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Quesada, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Ibiza
Number 5
Youth career
Úbeda Viva
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Villarreal C 29 (5)
2016–2017 Málaga B 36 (1)
2017–2019 Gimnàstic 36 (0)
2019 Cultural Leonesa 15 (0)
2019–2020 Cornellà 23 (0)
2020–2021 Mirandés 32 (0)
2021–2023 Málaga 53 (1)
2023– Ibiza 29 (2)
International career
2012–2013 Spain U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024

Club career

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Born in Quesada, Jaén, Andalusia, Jiménez represented CD Úbeda Viva and Villarreal CF as a youth.[3] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 11 January 2015, starting in a 0–1 Tercera División away loss against CD Castellón.[4]

Jiménez scored his first senior goals on 13 March 2016, netting a brace in a 5–2 home routing of UD Benigànim.[5] In July, he signed for Málaga CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[6]

On 30 July 2017, Jiménez signed a three-year deal with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, after cutting ties with Málaga.[7] He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Almería.[8]

On 31 January 2019, after struggling with injuries, Jiménez terminated his contract with Nàstic[9] and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the third division.[10] On 30 August, he moved to UE Cornellà also in division three.[11]

On 11 August 2020, Jiménez returned to the second division after agreeing to a one-year deal with CD Mirandés.[12] The following 16 June, he returned to Málaga on a two-year contract, now being assigned to the main squad also in the second division.[13]

Jiménez scored his first professional goal on 27 August 2022, netting the opener in a 3–1 away win over former side Mirandés.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Javi Jiménez". Málaga CF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ Javi Jiménez at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Javi Jiménez, el Alba de la sub´17" [Javi Jiménez, the dawn of the under-17s] (in Spanish). El Deporte Jaén. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Negredo mantiene al Castellón líder" [Negredo maintains Castellón leader] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "El Villarreal C lame sus heridas con un trabajado triunfo" [Villarreal C lick their wounds with a labored triumph] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ "El filial se rearma con las balas del juvenil" [The reserves rearm with the bullets from the juvenil] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Javi Jiménez s'incorpora als entrenaments del Nàstic" [Javi Jiménez joins the training ground of Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic de Tarragona. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ "El Almería sonríe a costa de un Nàstic sin pegada" [Almería smile at the expense of a Nàstic without strength] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Javi Jiménez deja el Nàstic" [Javi Jiménez leaves Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" [Javi Jiménez, new player of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Bienvenido, Javi Jiménez" [Welcome, Javi Jiménez] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Javi Jiménez, segundo refuerzo del C.D. Mirandés" [Javi Jiménez, second addition of C.D. Mirandés] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Javi Jiménez signs until 2023". Málaga CF. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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