Felipe Giménez

Felipe Giménez
Personal information
Full name Felipe Ariel Giménez Miranda
Date of birth (1981-05-26) 26 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 2 de Mayo (manager)
Youth career
1998–2000 Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Olimpia 19 (0)
2001 → 12 de Octubre (loan)
2004 Cerro Porteño 2 (0)
2005 Newell's Old Boys 0 (0)
2006–2007 Guaraní 12 (1)
2008 3 de Febrero 5 (1)
2008–2009 12 de Octubre
2010 Sportivo Trinidense 16 (1)
2010 3 de Febrero 16 (0)
2011–2012 Sportivo Patria 15 (0)
2012 Independiente FBC 6 (0)
2013–2014 Fernando de la Mora
2015 Deportivo Capiatá 4 (0)
International career
2001 Paraguay U20 5 (1)
2004 Paraguay U23
Managerial career
2016 Caacupé FBC [es] (youth)
2017 Resistencia (youth)
2018–2020 Guaraní (youth)
2020 General Díaz (assistant)
2021–2022 General Caballero JLM (assistant)
2021 General Caballero JLM (interim)
2022 Deportivo Capiatá
2023– 2 de Mayo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felipe Ariel Giménez Miranda (born 26 May 1981) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a left back. He is the current manager of 2 de Mayo.

Playing career

Born in Asunción, Giménez was an Olimpia youth graduate. After a loan stint to 12 de Octubre in 2001, he returned to his parent club before joining Cerro Porteño in 2004.[1]

In 2005, Giménez moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed for Argentine Primera División side Newell's Old Boys. After just one friendly match, he returned to his home country in the following year with Guaraní,[1] but suffered a knee injury in October 2006.[2]

Giménez subsequently featured for 3 de Febrero (two stints), 12 de Octubre, Sportivo Trinidense, Sportivo Patria, Independiente FBC,[3] Fernando de la Mora and Deportivo Capiatá.[4] He retired with the latter in 2015, aged 34.

Managerial career

After retiring, Giménez worked as a youth coach at Caacupé FBC [es], Resistencia and Guaraní, and an assistant at General Díaz[5] and General Caballero JLM, being an interim of the latter for one match in October 2021 after Humberto Ovelar left.[6] On 19 April 2022, he left General Caballero.[7]

Shortly after leaving General Caballero, Giménez returned to his last club Capiatá, now as manager in the Primera División B Nacional, but was dismissed by the club on 6 August 2022,[8] He later took over División Intermedia side 2 de Mayo in December,[9] and led the club to a promotion to the Primera División after a 15-year absence.[10]

Personal life

Aside from playing football, Giménez graduated in law in 2020.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Giménez Felipe" (in Spanish). En Una Baldosa. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Felipe Giménez, con largo paro" [Felipe Giménez, a long time sidelined] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ "La ficha del Gato Giménez no llega" [The registration of Gato Giménez does not arrive] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Cuatro jugadores más se integran a Capiatá" [Four more players join Capiatá] (in Spanish). Hoy. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Marecos asume como técnico en General Díaz" [Marecos takes over as manager at General Díaz] (in Spanish). Hoy. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Voló el "Loro"; el campeón de la Intermedia se quedó sin entrenador" [The "Blonde" left; the champions of the Intermedia are managerless] (in Spanish). Versus. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Se desarma cuerpo técnico del General de Mallorquín" [The technical staff of General Díaz is dismantled] (in Spanish). Hoy. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ^ "El Deportivo Capiatá sufre su cuarta derrota al hilo y cambia a su técnico" [Deportivo Capiatá suffer their fourth consecutive defeat and change their manager] (in Spanish). Capiatá Digital. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ^ "El medallista olímpico y campeón de América que se suma al cuerpo técnico del 2 de Mayo" [The olympic medallist and champion of America who joins the technical staff of 2 de Mayo] (in Spanish). Versus. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Felipe Giménez y otro ascenso logrado a Primera División" [Felipe Giménez and another achieved promotion to the Primera División] (in Spanish). Versus. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. ^ ""Culminé mis estudios por mi mamá"" ["I ended my studies for my mother"] (in Spanish). Crónica. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2023.