Christian Gimenez
Personal information
Full name	Christian Eduardo Gimenez
Date of birth	November 13, 1974 (1974-11-13) (age 35)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	182 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chacarita Juniors
Number	13
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2009 2009 2010-	San Miguel Boca Juniors Nueva Chicago (loan) AC Lugano FC Basel Olympique de Marseille Hertha BSC Club Toluca Skoda Xanthi FC Locarno (loan) Chacarita Juniors	083 (26) 010 0(3) 024 0(7) 095 (55) 146 (99) 021 0(1) 036 (13) 034 0(7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Giménez (born 13 November 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer, who plays for Chacarita Juniors.

[edit] Career

Giménez started his career as a 17-year-old in the Argentine lower leagues, playing for Club Atlético San Miguel. In 1995 he was signed by the Boca Juniors, but he only played for them for 1 season before being loaned out to fellow Argentine team Nueva Chicago.

In 1997 Boca Juniors sold Giménez to Swiss team AC Lugano, in 2001 he was sold to fellow Swiss outfit FC Basel. It was with Basel that he had the most success, winning several titles and awards.

The forward whose career highlights include helping FC Basel win the Swiss League championship titles in 2002, 2004 and 2005. In 2001 and 2002 he was also the top scorer in the Swiss league.

In 2005 he moved to Olympique de Marseille, and after a difficult year he signed a one year loan agreement with German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, on August 4, 2006. He was transferred to Hertha BSC on May 27, 2007, the agreement was revealed in April. He has signed a 3-year contract, which runs until 2009.

In 2007 he was signed by Club Toluca for a 3 year contract, but his contract was discontinued early at the end of Clausura 2008 due to his poor performance.

Right now, he's at Xanthi^[1], he will play on loan by FC Locarno</ref>^[2], the loan was announced on 16 February 2009 and turned back in summer 2009. On 04 January 2010 resigns with Skoda Xanthi and signed for Chacarita Juniors^[3].

[edit] Clubs

• 1991-1995 : Club Atlético San Miguel
• 1995-1996 : Boca Juniors
• 1996-1997 : Nueva Chicago (loan)
• 1997-2001 : AC Lugano
• 2001-2005 : FC Basel
• 2005-2006 : Olympique de Marseille
• 2006-2007 : Hertha BSC
• 2007-2008 : Club Toluca
• Winter 2009 : Skoda Xanthi
• Winter 2009 : FC Locarno

[edit] Honours

• 2001: Swiss League top goalscorer (with FC Lugano)
• 2002: Swiss League champion with FC Basel
• 2002: Swiss League top goalscorer (with FCBasel)
• 2002: Swiss Cup champion with FC Basel
• 2004: Swiss League champion with FC Basel
• 2005: Swiss League champion with FC Basel
• 2005: Swiss League top goalscorer (with FC Basel)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre
• Christian Eduardo Giménez stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)