Miguel "El Chino[1]" Ximénez Acosta (born 13 September 1977, in Maldonado) is an Uruguayan former football striker.
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Full name | Miguel Alejandro Ximénez Acosta | ||
Date of birth | 13 September 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Maldonado, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2005 | Deportivo Maldonado | 74 | (27) |
2002 | → Atenas de San Carlos (loan) | 9 | (3) |
2003 | → Plaza Colonia (loan) | 19 | (9) |
2004 | → CSD Comunicaciones (loan) | 22 | (13) |
2005–2007 | Danubio F.C. | 4 | (1) |
2005–2006 | → Montevideo Wanderers (loan) | 43 | (27) |
2007 | → Junior Barranquilla (loan) | 19 | (8) |
2008–2011 | Sporting Cristal | 95 | (47) |
2009 | → Club Libertad (loan) | 16 | (8) |
2012–2013 | Universitario de Deportes | 55 | (24) |
2014 | Deportivo Maldonado | 12 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Cienciano | 23 | (4) |
2015-2016 | Atenas de San Carlos | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 28, 2011 |
Club career
editXiménez was the top goalscorer in the Torneo Apertura 2008, with 20 goals in 20 games playing for Sporting Cristal, also breaking Sergio Ibarra's record of 17 goals in a Torneo Apertura.
On October 26, 2008, Ximénez scored a hat-trick against José Gálvez FBC and broke Juan Caballero's record of 29 goals in a single season with Sporting Cristal.[2]
After a year with Club Libertad, Ximénez returned to Sporting Cristal for the 2010 season.
In 2012, he signed a new contract in the Peruvian First Division scoring 20 goals in 20 games playing for Club Universitario de Deportes. In the Peruvian 2013 Championship, he won his first National title with Universitario de Deportes.
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ deportes.terra.com.pe, ed. (2012). "El 'Chino' Ximénez tiene la ilusión de campeonar con la 'U'". Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Este Chino sí cumple". libero.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
External links
edit- Profile (in Spanish)
- Miguel Ximénez at FootballDatabase.eu
- Miguel Ximénez at Depor.com