Javier 'Javi' Jiménez Camarero (born 8 June 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career Born in Logroño, La Rioja, Jiménez joined Real Valladolid in 2008 from Deportivo Alavés. During three seasons, he played for the Castile and León side's reserves in both the Segunda División B and the Tercera División.Arrancó el Promesas (Promesas got going); Real Valladolid, 21 July 2008 (in Spanish)
Jiménez started training regularly with the first team in 2010–11. On 29 January 2011 he made his Segunda División debut, being sent off in a 2–0 away loss against Villarreal CF B.El Villarreal B sigue escalando y el Valladolid, en caída libre (Villarreal B up the charts, Valladolid freefalling); Marca, 29 January 2011 (in Spanish) He finished the campaign as first choice, and appeared in the promotion playoffs against Elche CF in an eventual 3–2 aggregate defeat.La fe mueve montañas y se lleva por delante al Valladolid (Faith moves mountains and runs Valladolid over); Marca, 12 June 2011 (in Spanish)
After two seasons in the second division with Real Murcia CF,El Murcia ata a Javi Jiménez (Murcia tie Javi Jiménez); La Opinión de Murcia, 6 August 2011 (in Spanish) appearing in 40 games in his second to suffer relegation but later reinstatement,Javi Jiménez, adiós en un vestuario roto (Javi Jiménez, goodbye in broken locker room) ; La Verdad, 9 June 2013 (in Spanish) Jiménez moved to La Liga in the summer of 2013 by signing with Levante UD for three years.El portero Javi Jiménez confirma su fichaje por el Levante (Goalkeeper Javi Jiménez confirms Levante move); Marca, 8 June 2013 (in Spanish) He made his first appearance in the competition on 24 November, replacing field player Jordi Xumetra in the early stages of an eventual 0–3 home loss to Villarreal CF after Keylor Navas was sent off.Uche eases Villarreal past Levante; ESPN FC, 24 November 2013
On 1 September 2014, Jiménez was loaned to second-tier club AD Alcorcón in a season-long deal.Javi Jiménez jugará cedido en la AD Alcorcón esta temporada (Javi Jiménez will play on loan at AD Alcorcón this season); Levante UD, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish) On 19 August of the following year, he terminated his contract at the Estadi Ciutat de ValènciaJavi Jiménez deja de ser jugador del Levante UD (Javi Jiménez is no longer a Levante UD player); Levante UD, 19 August 2015 (in Spanish) and joined Elche CF hours later.Javi Jiménez se desvincula del Levante y ficha por el Elche (Javi Jiménez cuts ties with Levante and signs for Elche); Marca, 19 August 2015 (in Spanish)
Jiménez signed a two-year deal with SD Huesca also in division two on 5 July 2016.Javi Jiménez se une a la SD Huesca (Javi Jiménez joins SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 5 July 2016 (in Spanish) On 26 July of the following year, after spending the campaign nursing a knee injury, he terminated his contract.El Huesca libera a Javi Jiménez (Huesca release Javi Jiménez); Marca, 26 July 2017 (in Spanish)
Brief spells in Norway with Tromsø IL and Uzbekistan with FC Surkhon notwithstanding, Jiménez competed in the Spanish lower leagues until his retirement.El exportero del Murcia Javi Jiménez llega al UCAM (Former Murcia goalkeeper Javi Jiménez arrives at UCAM); La Verdad, 9 January 2018 (in Spanish)El Algeciras ficha al meta Javi Jiménez y prescinde de Lopito (Algeciras sign keeper Javi Jiménez and release Lopito); Europa Sur, 27 January 2020 (in Spanish)El meta Javi Jiménez defenderá la portería del Salamanca CF UDS en la 2020–2021 (Keeper Javi Jiménez will stand in goal for Salamanca CF UDS in 2020–2021); El Norte de Castilla, 16 July 2020 (in Spanish)La exótica aventura en Uzbekistán de Javi Jiménez, el exportero del Salamanca UDS (The exotic adventure in Uzbekistan of Javi Jiménez, Salamanca UDS's former goalkeeper); Salamanca RTV al Día, 28 March 2022 (in Spanish)Javi Jiménez completa la portería de la SD Logroñés (Javi Jiménez completes goal of SD Logroñés); Cadena SER, 14 August 2024 (in Spanish)
Personal life Jiménez's twin brother, Diego, was also a footballer. He spent his entire career in the lower and amateur divisions.Gemelos sin minutos (Twins without minutes); El Norte de Castilla, 24 November 2008 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsValladolid2010–11Segunda División17000—20190Murcia2011–12Segunda División9010——1002012–1340000——400Total49010——500Levante2013–14La Liga2040——60Alcorcón (loan)2014–15Segunda División22010——230Elche2015–16 Segunda División40000——400Huesca2016–17 Segunda División0000—0000Tromsø2017 Eliteserien00———00UCAM Murcia2017–18 Segunda División B150———150Sanluqueño2018–19 Segunda División B180———180Algeciras2019–20 Segunda División B60———60Salamanca2020–21 Segunda División B40——1050Surkhon2022Uzbekistan Super League2000——20Compostela2022–23 Segunda Federación80——0080Ibiza Islas Pitiusas2023–24 Tercera Federación110——00110Logroñés2024–25Segunda Federación50——0050Career total19906000302080
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