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Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)

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Javier Jiménez
Personal information
Full name Javier Jiménez Báez
Date of birth (1952-08-01) 1 August 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Alajuela, Costa Rica
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1981 Alajuelense
1978Guanacasteca (loan)
1982 Real España
1982–1983 El Carmen de Alajuela
1983–1984 Alajuelense
1984–1985 Curridabat
International career
1972–1980 Costa Rica 30 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Jiménez Báez (born 1 August 1952 in Alajuela[1]) is a retired Costa Rican football player.

Club career

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Nicknamed el Zurdo, Jiménez played 12 years for Alajuelense, making his senior debut in 1972. In 1978, he had a 4-month spell at Guanacasteca and in 1982 he had a stint abroad with Honduran side Real España. He returned to Costa Rica to play in the second division with El Carmen de Alajuela, then had another season at Alajuelense before retiring with Curridabat in 1985.[2] He scored 120 goals in the Costa Rican leagues, 73 of them for Liga for whom he totalled 293 league matches.[3]

International career

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Jiménez was capped by Costa Rica, playing 30 games and scoring 8 goals.[2] He represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4] He scored a hattrick in an Olympic Games qualifier against Suriname in March 1980.[5] Jiménez played for Costa Rica at the 1975 Pan American Games.[6]

His final international was an October 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras.

Personal life

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After retiring, Jiménez worked in fashion trade. He has three children. One named Joshua Jiménez[2]

References

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  1. ^ Historial de Javier El Zurdo Jiménez - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b c Javier “El zurdo” Jiménez: El virtuoso de la punta izquierda - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Un histórico "Pato" Datos manudos (1921-2010) Archived 2017-09-26 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Javier JiménezFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ Surinam regresa luego de 28 años - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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