Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gastón Claudio Giménez | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Formosa, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
Almirante Brown | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011–2014 | Almirante Brown | 88 | (4) |
2014 | Atlético Tucumán | 15 | (1) |
2015–2018 | Godoy Cruz | 56 | (2) |
2018 | Estudiantes | 9 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Vélez Sarsfield | 43 | (1) |
2020– | Chicago Fire | 96 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Paraguay | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:28, 27 January 2022 (UTC) |
Gastón Claudio Giménez (born 27 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. [1] Born in Argentina, he plays for the Paraguay national team.
Giménez's career started in 2011 with Almirante Brown. [1] [2] His debut arrived at the beginning of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season, when he played the final fifteen minutes in a goalless draw away to Rosario Central on 1 October 2011. [1] In February 2012, Giménez scored the first goal of his career in a 2–0 win over Defensa y Justicia. [1] After one goal in nineteen games in his first season, Giménez went onto make another sixty-nine appearances and score three more goals for the club across the next two seasons. [1] In June 2014, Giménez signed for fellow Primera B Nacional team Atlético Tucumán. [1] One goal in fifteen matches followed. [1]
On 2 February 2015, Giménez joined Argentine Primera División side Godoy Cruz. [3] Months later, on 30 May 2015, he was sent off in just his second start for the club versus Unión Santa Fe; the second time in his career that he had received a red card in a match against Unión Santa Fe, the first occurred in March 2014 whilst with Almirante Brown. [1] Giménez remained with Godoy Cruz for a total of four seasons, prior to departing in January 2018 to join Estudiantes of the Primera División. [4] Vélez Sarsfield purchased Giménez in the following July. [1]
On 24 February 2020, Giménez signed with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on a two-year deal. [5] He made eighteen appearances in his first season there. [1]
Giménez was born in Argentina and is of Paraguayan descent. [6] In November 2018, Giménez was called up to the Argentina national team by Lionel Scaloni for friendlies with Mexico. [7] He made his international debut in the first friendly with Mexico on 16 November, being substituted on for Giovani Lo Celso with two minutes remaining. [1] He was selected on Scaloni's preliminary squad for the 2019 Copa América. [8] On 20 July 2020, Giménez confirmed claims by Paraguay national team coach Eduardo Berizzo and announced that he had finalized naturalization proceedings, making him eligible to play for Paraguay. [9] On 28 September 2020, he was called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Peru and Venezuela by Paraguay national team coach Eduardo Berizzo. [10] He made his competitive debut with Paraguay on 8 October as a starter of the match against Peru, making him cap-tied to Paraguay. [1] He scored on his second cap away to Venezuela. [1]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Almirante Brown | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
2013–14 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||||
Total | 88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 90 | 4 | ||||
Atlético Tucumán | 2014 | Primera B Nacional | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Godoy Cruz | 2015 | Primera División | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 [a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |||
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 56 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4 | |||
Estudiantes | 2017–18 | Primera División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Vélez Sarsfield | 2018–19 | Primera División | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
Chicago Fire | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
2021 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||||
2022 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
Total | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | ||
Career total | 276 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 11 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Argentina | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Paraguay | 2020 | 4 | 1 |
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 1 |
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 2 | 13 October 2020 | Estadio Metropolitano, Mérida, Venezuela | Venezuela | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [1] |