Edison Giménez

Edison Giménez
Personal information
Full name Mario Edison Giménez
Date of birth (1981-04-05) 5 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 General Díaz 21 (11)
2004–2006 2 de Mayo 71 (27)
2005Candelaria (loan) (–)
2007 Colo-Colo 13 (1)
2007–2008 Olimpia 49 (16)
2009 Deportivo Pereira 30 (11)
2010 Independiente Medellín 17 (8)
2010–2011 Deportivo Cali 10 (1)
2011 Sportivo Luqueño 14 (2)
2011 Imbabura SC 9 (0)
2012 La Equidad 14 (2)
2013 Itagüí 4 (0)
2013–2014 Nacional Potosí 26 (1)
2014–2015 Deportivo Pereira 53 (12)
2016 Unión Magdalena 20 (3)
Total 351 (95)
International career
2006–2007 Paraguay 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Edison Giménez (born 5 April 1981 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker.

Career

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He began his football career at 2 de Mayo of the first tier of his country, in where scored 25 goals in 31 appearances during two seasons. In January 2007, was sold to Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo, for a US$400.000 transfer fee.[1] After a regular pass at the Chilean club that was runner-up of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana, he joined to Paraguayan powerhouse Club Olimpia along with his countrymen Gilberto Velásquez in June, after of proclaiming champion of the Apertura Tournament.

In January 2009, he traveled to Colombia and signed for Deportivo Pereira of the country's first tier, after having also spells at Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Cali of the same country. In 2011, he returned to Paraguay and joined to Sportivo Luqueño, after moving to Ecuadorian side Imbabura SC. The next season, Giménez signed for La Equidad.

Giménez also represented the Paraguay national football team in 2006, playing after the FIFA World Cup of that year. He scored one international goal in a 3–2 defeat with Chile at Estadio Sausalito during a friendly match. And also in 2007 playing another friendly against México in Monterrey, he entered the 77th minute by Salvador Cabañas being sent off eight minutes later.

International goals

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Honours

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Colo-Colo
Deportivo Cali

References

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  1. ^ "Colo Colo to sign Paraguan forward Edison Gimenez". People's Daily. 25 December 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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