Javi Jiménez (footballer, born 1996)

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

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 Moreno.
Javi Jiménez
Personal information
Full name Javier Jiménez Moreno[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996[1]
Place of birth Quesada, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
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)
International career
2012–2013 Spain U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Club career

Born in Quesada, Jaén, Andalusia, Jiménez represented CD Úbeda Viva and Villarreal CF as a youth.[2] 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.[3]

Jiménez scored his first senior goals on 13 March 2016, netting a brace in a 5–2 home routing of UD Benigànim.[4] In July, he signed for Málaga CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[5]

On 30 July 2017, Jiménez signed a three-year deal with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, after cutting ties with Málaga.[6] He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Almería.[7]

On 31 January 2019, after struggling with injuries, Jiménez terminated his contract with Nàstic[8] and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the third division.[9] On 30 August, he moved to UE Cornellà also in division three.[10]

On 11 August 2020, Jiménez returned to the second division after agreeing to a one-year deal with CD Mirandés.[11] 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.[12]

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

References
  1. "Javi Jiménez". Málaga CF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. "Negredo mantiene al Castellón líder" [Negredo maintains Castellón leader] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. "Javi Jiménez deja el Nàstic" [Javi Jiménez leaves Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. "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.
  10. "Bienvenido, Javi Jiménez" [Welcome, Javi Jiménez] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. "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.
  12. "Javi Jiménez signs until 2023". Málaga CF. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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