Full name Javier Jiménez Báez Years Team Apps (Gls) | Place of birth Alajuela, Costa Rica Team Apps | |
Date of birth (1952-08-01) 1 August 1952 (age 64) | ||
Javier Jiménez Báez (born 1 August 1952 in Alajuela) is a retired Costa Rican football player.
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Club career
Nicknamed el Zurdo, Jiménez played 12 years for Alajuelense, making his senior debut in 1972. In 1978 he had a 4-month spell at Guanacasteca and in 1982 he had a stint abroad with Honduran side Real España. He returned to Costa Rica to play in the second division with El Carmen de Alajuela, then had another season at Alajuelense before retiring with Curridabat in 1985. He scored 120 goals in the Costa Rican leagues, 73 of them for Liga for whom he totalled 293 league matches.
International career
Jiménez was capped by Costa Rica, playing 30 games and scoring 8 goals. He represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He scored a hattrick in an Olympic Games qualifier against Surinam in March 1980.
His final international was an October 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras.
Personal life
After retiring, Jiménez worked in fashion trade. He has three children.