Javi Jiménez (footballer, born 1987)

Javier 'Javi' Jiménez Camarero (born 8 June 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SD Compostela.

For other people named Javier Jiménez, see Javier Jiménez (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Camarero.
Javi Jiménez
Personal information
Full name Javier Jiménez Camarero
Date of birth (1987-06-08) 8 June 1987
Place of birth Logroño, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Compostela
Youth career
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Alavés B
2008–2011 Valladolid B 77 (0)
2011 Valladolid 19 (0)
2011–2013 Murcia 49 (0)
2013–2015 Levante 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Alcorcón (loan) 22 (0)
2015–2016 Elche 40 (0)
2016–2017 Huesca 0 (0)
2017 Tromsø 0 (0)
2018 UCAM Murcia 15 (0)
2019 Sanluqueño 18 (0)
2020 Algeciras 6 (0)
2020–2021 Salamanca 4 (0)
2022 Surkhon 2 (0)
2023– Compostela 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:07, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Logroño, La Rioja, Jiménez joined Real Valladolid in 2008 from Deportivo Alavés. During three seasons, he played for the Castile and León side's reserves in both the Segunda División B and the Tercera División.[1]

Jiménez started training regularly with the first team in 2010–11. On 29 January 2011 he made his Segunda División debut, being sent off in a 2–0 away loss against Villarreal CF B.[2] He finished the campaign as first choice, and appeared in the promotion playoffs against Elche CF in an eventual 3–2 aggregate defeat.[3]

After two seasons in the second division with Real Murcia,[4] appearing in 40 games in his second to suffer relegation but later reinstatement,[5] Jiménez moved to La Liga in the summer of 2013 by signing with Levante UD for three years.[6] He made his first appearance in the competition on 24 November, replacing field player Jordi Xumetra in the early stages of an eventual 0–3 home loss to Villarreal CF after Keylor Navas was sent off.[7]

On 1 September 2014, Jiménez was loaned to second-tier club AD Alcorcón in a season-long deal.[8] On 19 August of the following year, he terminated his contract at the Estadi Ciutat de València[9] and joined Elche CF hours later.[10]

Jiménez signed a two-year deal with SD Huesca also in division two on 5 July 2016.[11] On 26 July of the following year, after spending the campaign nursing a knee injury, he terminated his contract.[12]

A very brief spell in Norway with Tromsø IL notwithstanding, Jiménez competed in the Spanish third tier until his retirement.[13][14][15]

References
  1. Arrancó el Promesas (Promesas got going); Real Valladolid, 21 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. El Villarreal B sigue escalando y el Valladolid, en caída libre (Villarreal B up the charts, Valladolid freefalling); Marca, 29 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. La fe mueve montañas y se lleva por delante al Valladolid (Faith moves mountains and runs Valladolid over); Marca, 12 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. El Murcia ata a Javi Jiménez (Murcia tie Javi Jiménez); La Opinión de Murcia, 6 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Javi Jiménez, adiós en un vestuario roto (Javi Jiménez, goodbye in broken locker room) Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; La Verdad, 9 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. El portero Javi Jiménez confirma su fichaje por el Levante (Goalkeeper Javi Jiménez confirms Levante move); Marca, 8 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. Uche eases Villarreal past Levante; ESPN FC, 24 November 2013
  8. Javi Jiménez jugará cedido en la AD Alcorcón esta temporada (Javi Jiménez will play on loan at AD Alcorcón this season); Levante UD, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. Javi Jiménez deja de ser jugador del Levante UD (Javi Jiménez is no longer a Levante UD player); Levante UD, 19 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. Javi Jiménez se desvincula del Levante y ficha por el Elche (Javi Jiménez cuts ties with Levante and signs for Elche); Marca, 19 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. Javi Jiménez se une a la SD Huesca (Javi Jiménez joins SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 5 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. El Huesca libera a Javi Jiménez (Huesca release Javi Jiménez); Marca, 26 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  13. El exportero del Murcia Javi Jiménez llega al UCAM (Former Murcia goalkeeper Javi Jiménez arrives at UCAM); La Verdad, 9 January 2018 (in Spanish)
  14. El Algeciras ficha al meta Javi Jiménez y prescinde de Lopito (Algeciras sign keeper Javi Jiménez and release Lopito); Europa Sur, 27 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  15. El meta Javi Jiménez defenderá la portería del Salamanca CF UDS en la 2020–2021 (Keeper Javi Jiménez will stand in goal for Salamanca CF UDS in 2020–2021); El Norte de Castilla, 16 July 2020 (in Spanish)
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