Luis Antonio Jiménez
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 Luis Jiménez at West Ham, November 2009 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Antonio Jiménez Garces | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | West Ham United (on loan from Internazionale) |
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| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2001 | Palestino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2002 | Palestino | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2008 | Ternana | 88 | (24) |
| 2006 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Lazio (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Internazionale (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2008– | Internazionale | 6 | (0) |
| 2009– | → West Ham United (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004- | Chile | 20 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Luis Antonio Jiménez Garces (born 17 June 1984) more commonly known as Luis Jiménez, is a Chilean footballer who plays for West Ham United as a attacking midfielder, on loan from Internazionale, and the Chilean national team.[1]
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Born in Santiago, Chile, Jiménez started his Italian footballing career at Ternana Calcio where he played from 2002 to 2005. During the January 2006 transfer window Jimenez completed his move to Serie A side ACF Fiorentina in a joint co-ownership with his former club. The Chilean generally plays as either a right sided winger, striker or occasionally a centre forward for Fiorentina. His right foot is his strongest but he can also make good use of his left foot. He appeared 19 times during the 2005-06 season for Fiorentina, scoring 3 goals in the process.
In late June 2006, Ternana purchased half of the rights to the player back from Fiorentina. Since Ternana would play in Italian Serie C1 in the 2006-07 season, it was highly unlikely that he would remain with them. However, although a loan accord was reached with Lazio of Serie A, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the loan, Ternana changed the terms and made extortionate demands. Lazio did not agree to these new terms (which included Lazio paying the salary for four of Ternana's players) and Jiménez remained in Ternana. In return, the player stated that he will not play for Ternana again and has asked FIFA to intervene and annul his contract with Ternana because of the team's unfair treatment.[2]
[edit] Lazio
On January 15, 2007, Lazio finally agreed on a move for Jimenez worth 11 million Euros, with the first season on loan,[2] and on January 27 he played his first Serie A match for Lazio against Palermo.[3]
[edit] Inter Milan
On 15 July 2007, Inter Milan signed him on loan from Ternana.[4] He scored his first Inter goal in the Champions League against Fenerbache, a goal coming in extra time, and was rewarded with his first Inter start on the 2 December against Fiorentina, where he scored the opening goal, and then went on to start the subsequent match against Lazio on the 5 December, where he set up Maicon's goal and had a goal disallowed offside, and set up another disallowed goal.
At the end of the 07/08 season, Inter officially signed him on a co-ownership deal.[5] Under current coach Jose Mourinho, he played his first game against A.S. Roma coming on as a second half substitute and scored a penalty in Inter's Italian Supercup win. Jimenez played his first game of the 2008-09 Serie A year against Sampdoria on 30 August 2008, but unfortunately picked up an injury later on in a practice session. He later returned from injury on 30 November 2008 when he was subbed in Inter Milan's Serie A game against Napoli. A subsequent months-long injury limited Jiménez to a total of 6 appearances for the 08/09 Serie A season.
The co-ownership deal with Ternana was renewed on 23 June 2009.[6]
[edit] West Ham United
Jiménez signed for West Ham United on the 23 June 2009.[7] Although a work permit was successfully granted a couple of weeks before, the deal was only announced after personal terms were agreed. West Ham have signed Jiménez for a one year loan initially, with an option to purchase at the end of his loan.[8] He made his full debut for West Ham in their 2–0 away win against Wolves on 15 August 2009.[9] He scored his first goal for West Ham, a penalty and West Ham's fifth, in a 5-3 home win against Burnley on 28 November 2009.[10]
[edit] International career
He made his international debut on April 28, 2004, in a match against Peru. On June 4, 2005, Jiménez assisted Marcelo Salas' historic 35th goal with the national team (with this goal Salas became Chile's exclusive top scorer). The goal came in a qualification match versus Bolivia which Chile went on to win 3-1. Four days later, he scored twice against Venezuela in another qualification match. Jiménez became captain of Chile during 2006 and also won the 2005-06 Chile Player of the Year award. However, he has seen little National Team activity under the direction of Marcelo Bielsa.
[edit] Personal life
Jiménez married Chilean model María José López in 2006.[11]
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| West Ham United (loan) | 2009-10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Internazionale | 2008-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Internazionale (loan) | 2007-08 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| Lazio (loan) | 2006-07 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Fiorentina (loan) | 2005-06 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Ternana | 2005-06 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 2004-05 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11 | |
| 2003-04 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | |
| 2002-03 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Palestino | 2001-02 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 159 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 33 | |
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Jimenez finally agrees Lazio deal". http://www.eurosport.co.uk. http://www.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2006-2007/sport_sto1055842.shtml.
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3609.php. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ "Jiménez with Inter squad". www.inter.it. http://inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26830&L=en.
- ^ "Jiménez joins on co-ownership deal". www.inter.it. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=29547&stringa=jimenez.
- ^ Lega Calcio official transfer list (co-ownership)
- ^ "Hammers get Inter striker Jimenez". BBC Sport. 2009-06-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8115828.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ "Jiménez signs". whufc.com. 2009-06-23.
- ^ Wolverhampton 0 - 2 West Ham
- ^ "West Ham 5 - 3 Burnley". BBC. 28 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8376425.stm. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Coté López confirma que se casó con Luis Jiménez en Italia". http://www.emol.com. http://www.emol.com/noticias/cultura_espectaculos/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=238338.
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