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Javi Jiménez
Personal information
Full name	Javier Jiménez Moreno
Date of birth	11 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Quesada, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Ibiza
Number	5
Youth career
	Úbeda Viva
	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	Villarreal C
2016–2017	Málaga B
2017–2019	Gimnàstic
2019	Cultural Leonesa
2019–2020	Cornellà
2020–2021	Mirandés
2021–2023	Málaga
2023–	Ibiza
International career
2012–2013	Spain U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024

Javier "Javi" Jiménez Moreno (born 11 January 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back for Ibiza.^[2]

Club career

Born in Quesada, Jaén, Andalusia, Jiménez represented CD Úbeda Viva and Villarreal CF as a youth.^[3] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 11 January 2015, starting in a 0–1 Tercera División away loss against CD Castellón.^[4]

Jiménez scored his first senior goals on 13 March 2016, netting a brace in a 5–2 home routing of UD Benigànim.^[5] In July, he signed for Málaga CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.^[6]

On 30 July 2017, Jiménez signed a three-year deal with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, after cutting ties with Málaga.^[7] He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against UD Almería.^[8]

On 31 January 2019, after struggling with injuries, Jiménez terminated his contract with Nàstic^[9] and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the third division.^[10] On 30 August, he moved to UE Cornellà also in division three.^[11]

On 11 August 2020, Jiménez returned to the second division after agreeing to a one-year deal with CD Mirandés.^[12] The following 16 June, he returned to Málaga on a two-year contract, now being assigned to the main squad also in the second division.^[13]

Jiménez scored his first professional goal on 27 August 2022, netting the opener in a 3–1 away win over former side Mirandés.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Javi Jiménez". Málaga CF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Javi Jiménez at Soccerway
^ "Javi Jiménez, el Alba de la sub´17" [Javi Jiménez, the dawn of the under-17s] (in Spanish). El Deporte Jaén. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Negredo mantiene al Castellón líder" [Negredo maintains Castellón leader] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "El Villarreal C lame sus heridas con un trabajado triunfo" [Villarreal C lick their wounds with a labored triumph] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "El filial se rearma con las balas del juvenil" [The reserves rearm with the bullets from the juvenil] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Javi Jiménez s'incorpora als entrenaments del Nàstic" [Javi Jiménez joins the training ground of Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic de Tarragona. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "El Almería sonríe a costa de un Nàstic sin pegada" [Almería smile at the expense of a Nàstic without strength] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ "Javi Jiménez deja el Nàstic" [Javi Jiménez leaves Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "Javi Jiménez, nuevo jugador de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" [Javi Jiménez, new player of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "Bienvenido, Javi Jiménez" [Welcome, Javi Jiménez] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Javi Jiménez, segundo refuerzo del C.D. Mirandés" [Javi Jiménez, second addition of C.D. Mirandés] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Javi Jiménez signs until 2023". Málaga CF. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.