Edison Giménez Explained

Edison Giménez
Fullname:Mario Edison Giménez
Birth Date:1981 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Height:1.80NaN0
Position:Striker
Years1:2002–2003
Caps1:21
Goals1:11
Years2:2004–2006
Clubs2:2 de Mayo
Caps2:71
Goals2:27
Years3:2005
Clubs3:Candelaria (loan)
Caps3:
Goals3:
Years4:2007
Clubs4:Colo-Colo
Caps4:13
Goals4:1
Years5:2007–2008
Clubs5:Olimpia
Caps5:49
Goals5:16
Years6:2009
Clubs6:Deportivo Pereira
Caps6:30
Goals6:11
Years7:2010
Clubs7:Independiente Medellín
Caps7:17
Goals7:8
Years8:2010–2011
Clubs8:Deportivo Cali
Caps8:10
Goals8:1
Years9:2011
Clubs9:Sportivo Luqueño
Caps9:14
Goals9:2
Years10:2011
Clubs10:Imbabura SC
Caps10:9
Goals10:0
Years11:2012
Clubs11:La Equidad
Caps11:14
Goals11:2
Years12:2013
Clubs12:Itagüí
Caps12:4
Goals12:0
Years13:2013–2014
Caps13:26
Goals13:1
Years14:2014–2015
Clubs14:Deportivo Pereira
Caps14:53
Goals14:12
Years15:2016
Clubs15:Unión Magdalena
Caps15:20
Goals15:3
Totalcaps:351
Totalgoals:95
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:1

Mario Edison Giménez (born 5 April 1981 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker.

Career

He began his football career at 2 de Mayo of the first tier of his country, in where scored 25 goals in 31 appearances during two seasons. In January 2007, was sold to Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo, for a US$400.000 transfer fee.[1] After a regular pass at the Chilean club that was runner-up of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana, he joined to Paraguayan powerhouse Club Olimpia along with his countrymen Gilberto Velásquez in June, after of proclaiming champion of the Apertura Tournament.

In January 2009, he traveled to Colombia and signed for Deportivo Pereira of the country's first tier, after having also spells at Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Cali of the same country. In 2011, he returned to Paraguay and joined to Sportivo Luqueño, after moving to Ecuadorian side Imbabura SC. The next season, Giménez signed for La Equidad.

Giménez also represented the Paraguay national football team in 2006, playing after the FIFA World Cup of that year. He scored one international goal in a 3–2 defeat with Chile at Estadio Sausalito during a friendly match. And also in 2007 playing another friendly against México in Monterrey, he entered the 77th minute by Salvador Cabañas being sent off eight minutes later.

International goals

Honours

Colo-Colo
Deportivo Cali

Notes and References

  1. News: Colo Colo to sign Paraguan forward Edison Gimenez. People's Daily. December 25, 2006. March 25, 2018.