Manuel Jiménez (footballer, born 1956)

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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.

References

^ ^a ^b "What became of... Manuel Enrique Jiménez". La Liga. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ Rosety, Manuel (20 January 2019). "La máxima rentabilidad" [Maximum profit]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain, Final Tables 1989–1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ 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.

External links

Manuel Jiménez at BDFutbol
Manuel Jiménez at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Spain squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Arconada (c) 2 Camacho 3 Gordillo 4 Periko 5 Tendillo 6 Alexanko 7 Juanito 8 Joaquín 9 Satrústegui 10 Zamora 11 López 12 Urquiaga 13 Jiménez 14 Maceda 15 Saura 16 Sánchez 17 Gallego 18 Uralde 19 Santillana 20 Quini 21 Urruti 22 Miguel Ángel Coach: Santamaría

Sporting de Gijón Player of the Season

1967: Alonso
1968: Alberto
1969: Florín
1970: Puente
1971: J. Castro & G. Cuervo
1972: Churruca
1973: J. Castro
1974: Quini
1975: José Manuel
1976: Fanjul
1977: J. Castro
1978: Ferrero
1979: Quini
1980: Uría
1981: Cundi
1982: Redondo
1983: Maceda
1984: Maceda
1985: Ablanedo II
1986: Joaquín
1987: Jiménez
1988: Joaquín
1989: Jiménez
1990: Ablanedo II
1991: Ablanedo II
1992: Emilio
1993: Abelardo
1994: Abelardo
1995: Ablanedo II
1996: Ablanedo II
1997: Ablanedo II
1998: The supporters
1999: José Manuel
2000: Yago
2001: Amo
2002: Villa
2003: Borreguero
2004: Samuel
2005: Irurzun
2006: Roberto
2007: Congo
2008: Mateo
2009: D. Castro
2010: Rivera
2011: Lora
2012: Juan Pablo
2013: Cuéllar
2014: S. Álvarez
2015: Bernardo
2016: Meré
2018: Mariño
2019: Mariño
2020: Mariño
2021: Đurđević

Club career

International career

See also

References

External links