José Luis Jiménez

José Luis Jiménez
Personal information
Full name José Luis Jiménez Marín
Date of birth 8 August 1983 (1983-08-08) (age 28)
Place of birth Curanilahue, Bío-Bío Region, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Universidad de Concepción
Number 17
Youth career
1999–2003 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Deportes Naval ? (?)
2004 Trasandino ? (30)
2005–2007 Santiago Wanderers 86 (24)
2008– Universidad de Concepción 57 (7)
2009–2010 S. Wanderers (loan) 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

José Luis Jiménez Marín (born 8 August 1983 in Curanilahue, Bío-Bío Region) is a professional Chilean footballer who currently plays as a Forward for Universidad de Concepción.

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Club Career

Jiménez played at Universidad de Chile youth ranks until 2003, but he left the team, because he was not in the plans of coach. In 2003, he arrived to Deportes Talcahuano of the Chilean Primera B. In the next season, he arrived to Trasandino de Los Andes of the Tercera División Chilena. At the team of Los Andes, Jiménez was the top-scorer of the Tercera División with 26 goals.[1]

During the summer of 2005, Jiménez was transferred to Santiago Wanderers of the Primera División Chilena, because his good performance in Tercera División. In the first season, Jiménez played very few matchs and in some moment, he was not in the plans of coach Carlos González, but because the departure of González, the new coach Mario Soto if had in their plans to the player. In 2007, Wanderers was relegated to Primera B and Jiménez canceled his contract with the club, having to pay 15 million pesos, signing with C.D. Universidad de Concepción for one-year deal on January 2008.[2]

In the first season of Jiménez in the club, he scored 2 goals in 8 games. On January 2009, Jiménez won his first professional title, the Copa Chile 2008–09.

On 2009, he was loaned to his former club Santiago Wanderers for six months deal.[3] With Wanderers the player achieved the promotion to Primera División Chilena. Lengthening his loan for one year. However, in December 2011, Jiménez return to Universidad de Concepción.[4]

Honours

Club

Universidad de Concepción

Individual

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