Manuel Jiménez (footballer, born 1956)

For other people named Manuel Jiménez, see Manuel Jiménez (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Abalo.
Manuel Jiménez
Personal information
Full name Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo
Date of birth (1956-10-27) 27 October 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Carril
Arosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Arosa
1977–1979 Deportivo Gijón
1979–1991 Sporting Gijón 420 (8)
1991–1992 Burgos 38 (0)
Total 458 (8)
International career
1980–1981 Spain B 6 (0)
1981 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo (born 27 October 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Jiménez was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. During his professional career, he played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Burgos CF. He spent 12 of his 13 seasons with the Asturias club, appearing in nearly 500 official matches – he never played less than 30 games in La Liga, and helped the team to the fourth place in the 1986–87 campaign after contributing 43 appearances (3,870 minutes).[1][2]

With Burgos, in his final season, Jiménez played all the matches and minutes, and the modest Castile and León side retained their top-division status while posting the eighth-best defensive record in the league.[3] He retired at nearly 36, and later worked as a sports agent.[1]

International career

Jiménez earned one cap for Spain on 18 November 1981, a 3–2 friendly win in Poland,[4] being selected to the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "What became of... Manuel Enrique Jiménez". La Liga. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ Rosety, Manuel (20 January 2019). "La máxima rentabilidad" [Maximum profit]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain, Final Tables 1989–1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ Stanski, Gzregorz (19 November 1981). "2–3: España remontó a Polonia en un final alucinante" [2–3: Spain came back from behind against Poland in mind-blowing finale] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2016.