| Nicolás Giménez | |
| Full Name: | Nicolás Ezequiel Giménez |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | San Justo, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder[2] |
| Currentclub: | Al Wasl |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Years2: | 2016–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Talleres |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → San Martín (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Baniyas (loan) |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Baniyas |
| Caps6: | 50 |
| Goals6: | 15 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Al Wasl |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 19:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC) |
Nicolás Ezequiel Giménez (born 16 January 1996) is an Argentine-Emirati professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for UAE Pro League club Al Wasl.[3] he acquired Emirati citizenship in 2023.
Giménez's career started with Nueva Chicago.[3] [4] He was promoted into their first-team in March 2015, when he made his professional debut in a 2–1 loss away from home against Gimnasia y Esgrima.[3] It occurred during the 2015 Primera División season, which included three goals in fourteen appearances as Nueva Chicago were relegated.[3] In Primera B Nacional, Giménez netted eight goals in twenty-one matches to help the club finish seventh.[3] On 5 July 2016, newly promoted Primera División team Talleres signed Giménez.[5] [6] He scored his first goal in November 2017 versus Arsenal de Sarandí.[3]
July 2018 saw Giménez depart on loan to Primera División team San Martín.[3] Two goals, against Banfield and Huracán, across twenty-two appearances followed as the club suffered relegation.[3] Giménez remained in the top-flight for 2019–20 after signing temporary terms with Arsenal de Sarandí.[3] He netted goals against Godoy Cruz, Unión Santa Fe, Racing Club, River Plate, Lanús, Patronato and Aldosivi in the curtailed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, campaign.[3] In July 2020, Giménez was loaned to the United Arab Emirates with Pro League outfit Baniyas; penning a contract until mid-2021.[2] [7]
Giménez, after a friendly goal against Al Ain, scored three goals in his first three competitive games for Baniyas, as a debut goal versus Al-Wasl was followed by strikes in victories over Fujairah and Khor Fakkan.[3] He went goalless across his next two appearances, before scoring in a League Cup first round encounter with Hatta on 12 November.[3] After then going twelve matches without a goal, Giménez netted twice in a 3–3 draw away to Al Jazira on 18 February.[3]
On 6 October 2023, Giménez acquired Emirati citizenship which qualified him to play for United Arab Emirates national team.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nueva Chicago | 2015 | Argentine Primera División | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | Primera B Nacional | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 11 | |||||
| Talleres | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||||
| San Martín (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 7 | ||
| 2020–21 | UAE Pro League | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 28 | 9 | |||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | |||
| Total | 74 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1! | 1 | 0 | 88 | 26 | |||
| 2023–24 | UAE Pro League | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 19 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 194 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 54 | |||