Manuel Jiménez (footballer, born 1956)

Manuel Jiménez
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo
Date of birth	27 October 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth	Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Carril
	Arosa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1979	Arosa
1979–1991	Sporting Gijón
1991–1992	Burgos
Total
International career
1980–1981	Spain B
1981	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo (born 27 October 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Jiménez was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. During his professional career, he played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Burgos CF; he spent 12 of his 13 professional seasons with the Asturias club, appearing in nearly 500 official matches – in La Liga he never played less than 30 games, and helped the team to the fourth place in the 1986–87 campaign after contributing with 43 appearances (3,870 minutes).

With Burgos, in his final season, Jiménez played in all the games and minutes, and the modest Castile and León side retained their top level status while posting the eighth-best defensive record in the league. He retired at nearly 36.

International career

Jiménez earned one cap for Spain on 18 November 1981, a 3–2 friendly win in Poland,^[1] being selected to the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad.

References

^ Stanski, Gzregorz (19 November 1981). "2–3: España remontó a Polonia en un final alucinante" [2–3: Spain came back from behind against Poland in mind-blowing finale] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2016.

External links

Manuel Jiménez at BDFutbol
Manuel Jiménez at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Stanski, Gzregorz (19 November 1981). "2–3: España remontó a Polonia en un final alucinante" [2–3: Spain came back from behind against Poland in mind-blowing finale] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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