Javier Jiménez Camarero

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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)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Levante
Number	13
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–	Levante	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Javier 'Javi' Jiménez Camarero (born 8 June 1987 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Football career

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 third and the fourth divisions.

Jiménez started training regularly with the first team in the 2010–11 campaign. On 29 January 2011 he made his second level debut, being sent off in a 0–2 away loss against Villarreal CF B.^[1] He eventually finished the season as first-choice, and appeared in the promotion playoffs against Elche CF, in an eventual 2–3 aggregate loss.

After two seasons in division two with Real Murcia,^[2] appearing in 40 games in his second to suffer team relegation but later reinstatement,^[3] Jiménez moved to La Liga in the 2013 summer by signing with Levante UD, for three years.^[4] 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.^[5]

References

↑ El Villarreal B sigue escalando y el Valladolid, en caída libre (Villarreal B up the charts, Valladolid freefalling); Marca, 29 January 2011 (Spanish)
↑ El Murcia ata a Javi Jiménez (Murcia ties Javi Jiménez); La Opinión de Murcia, 6 August 2011 (Spanish)
↑ Javi Jiménez, adiós en un vestuario roto (Javi Jiménez, goodbye in broken locker room); La Verdad, 9 June 2013 (Spanish)
↑ El portero Javi Jiménez confirma su fichaje por el Levante (Goalkeeper Javi Jiménez confirms Levante move); Marca, 8 June 2013 (Spanish)
↑ Uche eases Villarreal past Levante; ESPN FC, 24 November 2013

External links

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1 Navas 3 Víctor 4 Navarro 5 Rodas (c) 6 Vyntra 7 Barral 8 El Zhar 9 Ángel 10 Diawara 11 R. García 12 Juanfran 13 Jiménez 14 Pallardó 15 Karabelas 16 El Adoua 17 Xumetra 18 Pinto 19 P. López 20 Ríos 21 Ivanschitz 22 Sissoko 23 Diop 24 Simão 25 Nagore Manager: Caparrós

Persondata
Name	Jiménez Camarero, Javier
Alternative names	Jiménez, Javi
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	8 June 1987
Place of birth	Logroño, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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