{{short description|American soccer player}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2008}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Christian Jimenez | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|11|3}} | birth_place = [[San Dimas, California]], United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2002–2004 | youthclubs1 = Strikers FC | youthyears2 = 2004 | youthclubs2 = [[South Florida Bulls]] | years1 = 2001 | years2 = 2005 | years3 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = [[San Gabriel Valley Highlanders]] | clubs2 = [[Chivas USA]] | clubs3 = [[Real Salt Lake]] | caps1 = | caps2 = 0 | caps3 = 1 | goals1 = | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = June 26, 2008 | ntupdate = }}
'''Christian Jimenez''' (born November 3, 1986) is an American former [[association football|soccer]] player.
==Career==
Jimenez trained with the United States under-17 national team at the [[United States Soccer Federation|USSF]]'s [[Bradenton Academy]] from the Fall 2002 to Spring 2004, and competed in a Youth World Championship. Upon graduating from Bradenton, Jimenez moved to the [[University of South Florida]] along with [[Rodrigo Hidalgo]]. At USF he played only one season of [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]], appearing in 17 games and registering four goals and four assists, before turning professional by signing a [[Generation Adidas]] contract with MLS.
Jimenez was selected 14th overall in the [[2005 MLS SuperDraft]] by [[Club Deportivo Chivas USA|Chivas USA]], a team dedicated to fielding a largely Hispanic, Spanish-speaking team in MLS. He never played a first-team match for Chivas and was traded to Real Salt Lake after the 2005 season along with [[Douglas Sequeira]] for [[Brian Dunseth]]. He made one appearance in the 2006 season, but missed the rest of the season due to a torn ACL to his left knee.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Deseret News]]|title=Real's Jimenez out with ACL tear|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1124BAA4A5A6DAE0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=2006-06-16}}</ref> Failing to make an impact in 2007, he was waived by ownership and coach Jason Kreis.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{MLS player|christian-jimenez}} * {{ESPN FC|56939}} * [https://sports.yahoo.com/mls/players/1168 Player profile at Yahoo!]
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