Javi Jiménez | |
Full Name: | Javier Jiménez Moreno |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1996 |
Birth Place: | Quesada, Spain |
Height: | 1.70 m[1] |
Position: | Left back |
Currentclub: | Ibiza |
Clubnumber: | 5 |
Youthclubs1: | Úbeda Viva |
Youthclubs2: | Villarreal |
Years1: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs1: | Villarreal C |
Caps1: | 29 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs2: | Málaga B |
Caps2: | 36 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs3: | Gimnàstic |
Caps3: | 36 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2019 |
Clubs4: | Cultural Leonesa |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs5: | Cornellà |
Caps5: | 23 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs6: | Mirandés |
Caps6: | 32 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs7: | Málaga |
Caps7: | 53 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 2023– |
Clubs8: | Ibiza |
Caps8: | 29 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
Nationalteam1: | Spain U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 10 April 2024 |
Javier "Javi" Jiménez Moreno (born 11 January 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back for Ibiza.
Born in Quesada, Jaén, Andalusia, Jiménez represented CD Úbeda Viva and Villarreal CF as a youth.[2] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 11 January 2015, starting in a 0–1 Tercera División away loss against CD Castellón.[3]
Jiménez scored his first senior goals on 13 March 2016, netting a brace in a 5–2 home routing of UD Benigànim.[4] In July, he signed for Málaga CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[5]
On 30 July 2017, Jiménez signed a three-year deal with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, after cutting ties with Málaga.[6] He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Almería.[7]
On 31 January 2019, after struggling with injuries, Jiménez terminated his contract with Nàstic[8] and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the third division.[9] On 30 August, he moved to UE Cornellà also in division three.[10]
On 11 August 2020, Jiménez returned to the second division after agreeing to a one-year deal with CD Mirandés.[11] The following 16 June, he returned to Málaga on a two-year contract, now being assigned to the main squad also in the second division.[12]
Jiménez scored his first professional goal on 27 August 2022, netting the opener in a 3–1 away win over former side Mirandés.