Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)

Javier Jiménez
Personal information
Full nameJavier Jiménez Báez
Date of birth1 August 1952
Place of birthAlajuela, Costa Rica
Playing positionWinger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1972-1981Alajuelense
1978→ Guanacasteca (loan)
1982Real España
1982-1983El Carmen de Alajuela
1983-1984Alajuelense
1984-1985Curridabat
National team
1972-1980Costa Rica30(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Báez.

Javier Jiménez Báez (born 1 August 1952 in Alajuela[1]) is a retired Costa Rican football player.

Club career

Nicknamed el Zurdo, Jiménez played 12 years for Alajuelense, making his senior debut in 1972. In 1978 he had a 4-month spell at Guanacasteca and in 1982 he had a stint abroad with Honduran side Real España. He returned to Costa Rica to play in the second division with El Carmen de Alajuela, then had another season at Alajuelense before retiring with Curridabat in 1985.[2] He scored 120 goals in the Costa Rican leagues, 73 of them for Liga for whom he totalled 293 league matches.[3]

International career

Jiménez was capped by Costa Rica, playing 30 games and scoring 8 goals.[2] He represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4] He scored a hattrick in an Olympic Games qualifier against Surinam in March 1980.[5]

His final international was an October 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras.

Personal life

After retiring, Jiménez worked in fashion trade. He has three children.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Historial de Javier El Zurdo Jiménez - Nación (Spanish)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Javier “El zurdo” Jiménez: El virtuoso de la punta izquierda - Nación (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Un histórico "Pato" Datos manudos (1921-2010) - UNAFUT (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Javier Jiménez – FIFA competition record
  5. ↑ Surinam regresa luego de 28 años - Nación (Spanish)

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