Fernando Giménez

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Giménez and the second or maternal family name is Solís.

Fernando Giménez
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Augusto Giménez Solís
Date of birth	(1984-07-10) 10 July 1984
Place of birth	Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Emelec
Number	24
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2006	Nacional	13	(1)
2006	Puerto Montt	18	(7)
2007–2009	U. de Concepción	74	(6)
2007	→ Puerto Montt (loan)	14	(6)
2010–	Emelec	96	(11)
National team^‡
2012–	Paraguay	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 April 2012

Fernando Agustín Giménez Solís (born 10 July 1984) is a Paraguayan footballer that currently plays for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec as an attacking midfielder.

Aged nineteen, Giménez joined to Primera División side Nacional in 2005, for whom he made his professional debut the same season. He spent one season at the Asunción club, before moving to Puerto Montt of the Chilean Primera División for an undisclosed fee. In January 2007, he signed a two-season contract with Universidad de Concepción, club of the same tier of his old club, that will keep him until 2009 at Collao.^[1] In his first cycle with his new club, he only stayed six months, because the coach Marcelo Barticciotto not considered him for the next tournament due to his performance, being then loaned to Puerto Montt, his old club in the last season. Giménez again shone there, being the goalscorer of his team, but unfortunately relegating to the Primera B. After of that, he returned to Concepción the next season, in where he won the 2008 Copa Chile title under the coach Jorge Pellicer and also recovered his good level.

In January 2010, he joined to Ecuadorian Serie A powerhouse club Emelec, because the coach Jorge Sampaoli specially requested him to the club's dirigence.^[2] The guaraní arrived for a one-season loan with buy option.^[2] He made his debut in the match in where Emelec present their players, event called Explosión Azul, he scored a peace of goal against Independiente José Terán in a 2–0 home win. Thanks to his performances at Guayaquil's team, Giménez made that the coach Fernando Arce call him to the Paraguayan national football team.

Honours

Club

Universidad de Concepción

Copa Chile (1): 2008

Emelec

Ecuadorian Serie A (2): Runner-up 2010, 2011

References

↑ "El lunes se suma Fernando Giménez a la Universidad de Concepción". Purofutbol.cl. 15 January 2007.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Un vikingo azul, Fernando Gimenez se suma a Emelec". Emelec.com.ec. 13 January 2010.

External links

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Persondata
Name	Giménez, Fernando
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 July 1984
Place of birth	Paraguay
Date of death
Place of death

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