José Luis Jiménez
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José Luis Jiménez Marín (born 8 August 1983 in Curanilahue
Curanilahue
Curanilahue is a Chilean commune and city in Arauco Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Curanilahue spans an area of and has 31,943 inhabitants . Of these, 30,126 lived in urban areas and 1,817 in rural areas...

, Bío-Bío Region
Bío-Bío Region
The VIII Biobío Region , one of the fifteen first-order administrative divisions in Chile, comprises four provinces: Arauco, Biobio, Concepción, and Ñuble.The capital of the Region is Concepción...

) is a professional Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an footballer who currently plays as a Forward for Universidad de Concepción
Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción
Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción Futbol, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción. The club was founded August 8, 1994 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league...

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Club Career

Jiménez played at Universidad de Chile youth ranks until 2003, but he left the team, because he was not in the plans of coach. In 2003, he arrived to Deportes Talcahuano of the Chilean Primera B
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....

. In the next season, he arrived to Trasandino de Los Andes of the Tercera División Chilena. At the team of Los Andes, Jiménez was the top-scorer of the Tercera División with 26 goals.

During the summer of 2005, Jiménez was transferred to Santiago Wanderers of the Primera División Chilena, because his good performance in Tercera División. In the first season, Jiménez played very few matchs and in some moment, he was not in the plans of coach Carlos González, but because the departure of González, the new coach Mario Soto if had in their plans to the player. In 2007, Wanderers was relegated to Primera B and Jiménez canceled his contract with the club, having to pay 15 million pesos, signing with C.D. Universidad de Concepción for one-year deal on January 2008.

In the first season of Jiménez in the club, he scored 2 goals in 8 games. On January 2009, Jiménez won his first professional title, the Copa Chile 2008–09
Copa Chile 2008
The Copa Chile 2008 was the 31st season of the competition. It began on July 6, 2008, and ended on February 17, 2009. The winner of Copa Chile 2008 is eligible to play a berth in the Copa Sudamericana 2009...

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On 2009, he was loaned to his former club Santiago Wanderers for six months deal. With Wanderers the player achieved the promotion to Primera División Chilena. Lengthening his loan for one year. However, in December 2011, Jiménez return to Universidad de Concepción.

Club

  Universidad de Concepción
  • Copa Chile
    Copa Chile
    The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...

     (1): 2008–09
    Copa Chile 2008
    The Copa Chile 2008 was the 31st season of the competition. It began on July 6, 2008, and ended on February 17, 2009. The winner of Copa Chile 2008 is eligible to play a berth in the Copa Sudamericana 2009...


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