Santiago Giménez

Santiago Tomás Giménez (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo toˈmas xiˈmenes]; born 18 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Feyenoord. Born in Argentina, he represents the Mexico national team.

Santiago Giménez
Personal information
Full name Santiago Tomás Giménez
Date of birth (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 29
Youth career
2014–2019 Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Cruz Azul 88 (20)
2022– Feyenoord 41 (28)
International career‡
2016 Mexico U16 3 (0)
2021– Mexico 22 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner2023 United States–Canada
CONCACAF Nations League
Third place2023 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

Cruz Azul

On 2 August 2017, Giménez made his professional debut with Cruz Azul in a Copa MX group stage match against Tigres UANL in a 1–1 draw.[3] Two years later, on 28 August 2019, he made his Liga MX debut against Tijuana in a 3–2 loss.[4] He would score his first goal with the club on 2 February 2020, in a league match against Toluca in a 3–3 tie, scoring within the first two minutes of the match.[5]

In August 2021, scoring in 4 separate league matches, Giménez was named Liga MX Player of the Month.[6]

2022–23: Debut season and Eredivisie champion

On 29 July 2022, Giménez joined Feyenoord on a four-year contract.[7]

He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August, scoring the second goal in the club's 4–0 win over FC Emmen while also providing the assist for Jacob Rasmussen to score the club's third goal.[8] On 8 September, he made his UEFA Europa League debut against Italian club Lazio in that season's edition in a group stage match, coming on as a substitute at the 64th minute and scoring twice in the club's 4–2 loss.[9] On 3 November, after coming on as a substitute, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory in the return game against Lazio in the Europa League group stage, securing Feyenoord's first place finish in the group and directly qualifying to the round of 16.[10]

Feyenoord went on to win 2022–23 Eredivisie, with Giménez scoring 15 goals in 32 matches, including the second goal in a 3–0 win over Go Ahead Eagles to secure the league title.[11]

2023–24: Second season in the Netherlands

In August 2023, Giménez extended his contract with Feyenoord with one year.[12]

Giménez began the 2023–24 season on 4 August in the Johan Cruyff Shield, playing 62 minutes as PSV Eindhoven defeated them 1–0 to win their third consecutive title.[13] On 20 August, Giménez scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. In the next following games on 27 August and 3 September, Giménez would score two braces, one in a 6–1 win against Almere City and another in a 5–1 away win against Utrecht.[14][15][16] On 27 September, Giménez completed a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win against Ajax by scoring the first and second goals on 24 September, and scoring the third on 27 September after the game was originally abandoned on the 24th.[17] Giménez would go on to be named as September's Player of the Month winner in the Eredivisie.[18] In the Champions League, he was suspended for the first two group stage matches, having received a red card against Roma in the Europa League quarter-final second leg from the previous season.[19] Giménez made his Champions League debut on 25 October, scoring the first and third goal in a 3–1 home win over SS Lazio.[20]

International career

Despite having the option of representing Argentina, his country of birth, Giménez decided to represent Mexico after becoming a naturalized Mexican citizen, stating "I feel more Mexican than Argentine,"[21] having lived in Mexico for the majority of his time since his father moved there. He has been called up by Mexico's U-15, U-18, U-20, and U-23 teams.[22][23] He made 3 appearances with the Mexico U16s at the 2016 International Dream Cup.[24]

In September 2020, Giménez received his first senior national team call up by Gerardo Martino for a training camp.[25] That same month, it was reported that the Argentina under-20 coach Fernando Batista was interested in calling him up.[26]

On 27 October 2021, Giménez made his senior debut for Mexico in a friendly match against Ecuador.[27] On 8 December, he scored his first goal for Mexico in a friendly match against Chile that ended at a 2–2 draw.[28]

In October 2022, Giménez was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man squad for the World Cup, but did not make the final 26.[29]

On 16 July 2023, Giménez scored the only goal in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Panama.[30]

Personal life

Santiago is the son of footballer Christian Giménez, who also played with Cruz Azul. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Giménez moved to Mexico at the age of three with his father after he was transferred to Primera División side Veracruz.[1] He is a devout Christian and was baptized in January 2019.[31][32] Giménez is married to Mexican model Fer Serrano.[33][34]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 October 2023[35][36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cruz Azul 2017–18 Liga MX —10——10
2019–20 Liga MX 122—2[lower-alpha 2]0—142
2020–21 Liga MX 366—5[lower-alpha 2]02[lower-alpha 3]0436
2021–22 Liga MX 357—6[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 4]1428
2022–23 Liga MX 55———55
Total 8820101303110521
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 3215439[lower-alpha 5]5—4523
2023–24 Eredivisie 913001[lower-alpha 6]21[lower-alpha 7]01115
Total 412843107105636
Career total 12948532374116159
  1. Includes Copa MX and KNVB Cup
  2. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. Appearance in Campeón de Campeones, appearance in Campeones Cup
  4. Appearance in Supercopa de la Liga MX
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International
As of match played 17 October 2023[37]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 202121
202271
2023132
Total224
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Giménez goal.
List of international goals scored by Santiago Giménez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 December 2021Q2 Stadium, Austin, United States Chile1–02–2Friendly
228 May 2022AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States Nigeria1–02–1Friendly
329 June 2023State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United States Haiti3–13–12023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
416 July 2023SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, United States Panama1–01–02023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Honours

Cruz Azul

Feyenoord

Mexico

Individual

References
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