# Christian Jimenez

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American soccer player

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Christian Jimenez Personal information Date of birth (1986-11-03) November 3, 1986 (age 39) Place of birth San Dimas, California, United States Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Position Midfielder Youth career 2002–2004 Strikers FC 2004 South Florida Bulls Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2001 San Gabriel Valley Highlanders 2005 Chivas USA 0 (0) 2006–2008 Real Salt Lake 1 (0) International career 2008 United States U23 * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 26, 2008

**Christian Jimenez** (born November 3, 1986) is an American former [soccer](/source/Association_football) player.

## Career

Jimenez trained with the United States under-17 national team at the [USSF](/source/United_States_Soccer_Federation)'s [Bradenton Academy](/source/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](/source/University_of_South_Florida) along with [Rodrigo Hidalgo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodrigo_Hidalgo&action=edit&redlink=1). At USF he played only one season of [college soccer](/source/College_soccer_in_the_United_States), appearing in 17 games and registering four goals and four assists, before turning professional by signing a [Generation Adidas](/source/Generation_Adidas) contract with MLS.

Jimenez was selected 14th overall in the [2005 MLS SuperDraft](/source/2005_MLS_SuperDraft) by [Chivas USA](/source/Club_Deportivo_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](/source/Douglas_Sequeira) for [Brian Dunseth](/source/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.[1] Failing to make an impact in 2007, he was waived by ownership and coach Jason Kreis.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Real's Jimenez out with ACL tear"](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). *[The Deseret News](/source/The_Deseret_News)*. 2006-06-16.

## External links

- [Christian Jimenez](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/christian-jimenez) at [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer)

- [Christian Jimenez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/56939) at [ESPN FC](/source/ESPN_FC)

- [Player profile at Yahoo!](https://sports.yahoo.com/mls/players/1168)

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