Luis Antonio Jiménez
Jiménez in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Antonio Jiménez Garcés | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Arabi | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palestino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Palestino | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Ternana | 88 | (25) |
| 2006 | Fiorentina | 19 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Ternana | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Lazio (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Internazionale | 21 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → West Ham United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Parma (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ternana | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Cesena (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| 2011–2015 | Al-Ahli | 80 | (40) |
| 2015–2016 | Al-Nasr | 23 | (9) |
| 2016– | Al Arabi | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2011 | Chile | 26 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011 |
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Luis Antonio Jiménez Garcés (born 17 June 1984), more commonly known as Luis Jiménez, is a Chilean footballer who plays for Al Arabi as an attacking midfielder.
He was also a member of the Chilean national team, and scored 2 goals in 26 appearances for them, playing at the Copa América in 2004 and 2011.
Born in Santiago, Chile, Jiménez played youth football for Palestino in Chile, a club mostly made up of players of Palestinian descent. He gained Palestinian citizenship in June 2013. He started his Italian footballing career in 2002 at Ternana Calcio. During the January 2006 transfer window, Jimenez moved to Serie A side ACF Fiorentina while remaining under joint ownership with his former club, for €3 million. For Fiorentina, he generally played as a right sided winger, striker or occasionally a centre forward. His right foot is his strongest but he can also make good use of his left. He made 19 appearances during the 2005–06 season for Fiorentina, scoring 3 goals in the process.
In late June 2006, Ternana purchased back half of the rights to Jiménez from Fiorentina for €3 million. Since Ternana were to play in Italian Serie C1 in the 2006–07 season, it was highly unlikely that Jimenez would remain with them. However, although a loan deal was reached with Serie A Lazio, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the loan, Ternana changed the terms and made extortionate demands, which included Lazio paying the salary for four of Ternana's players. The deal fell through and Jiménez remained in Ternana. The unhappy player stated that he would not play for Ternana again and has asked FIFA to intervene and annul his contract with Ternana because of their unfair treatment.
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