José Luis Jiménez

José Luis Jiménez
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Jiménez Marín
Date of birth	8 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Curanilahue, Chile
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1999–2003	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003	Naval
2004	Trasandino
2005–2007	Santiago Wanderers
2008–2013	Universidad de Concepción
2009–2010	→ Santiago Wanderers (loan)
2013–2017	Cobreloa
2018	Ñublense
2020–2021	Santiago Morning
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2021

José Luis Jiménez Marín (born 8 August 1983), nicknamed Guachupé,^[1] is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career[edit]

Jiménez played at Universidad de Chile youth ranks until 2003, but he left the team because he was not in the coach's plans. In 2003, he arrived to Deportes Talcahuano of the Chilean Primera B. In the next season, he arrived to Trasandino de Los Andes of the Tercera División Chilena. At the team of Los Andes, Jiménez was the top-scorer of the Tercera División with 26 goals.^[2]

During the summer of 2005, Jiménez was transferred to Santiago Wanderers of the Primera División Chilena, because of his good performance in Tercera División. In the first season, Jiménez played very few matches and at times was not in the plans of coach Carlos González, but because the departure of González, the new coach Mario Soto had his sights set on Jiménez. In 2007, Wanderers was relegated to Primera B and Jiménez canceled his contract with the club, having to pay 15 million pesos. He then signed with C.D. Universidad de Concepción for a one-year deal in January 2008.^[3]

In the first season of Jiménez in the club, he scored 2 goals in 8 games. In January 2009, Jiménez won his first professional title, the Copa Chile 2008–09.

In 2009, he was loaned to his former club Santiago Wanderers for a six-month deal.^[4] With Wanderers the player achieved the promotion to Primera División Chilena. Lengthening his loan for one year. However, in December 2011, Jiménez return to Universidad de Concepción.^[5]

In 2013, Jiménez was sent off, later being dismissed and having his contract torn up, for violently grabbing a dog that wandered onto the pitch by the neck and throwing it into a metal fence.

In April 2021, he announced his retirement from football activity after having played for eighteen years at professional level.^[6]

Club statistics[edit]

**Club Performance**
Club	Season	League		Copa Chile		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Santiago Wanderers	Apertura 2005	8	0	-	-	8	0
	Clausura 2005	1	0	-	-	1	0
	Apertura 2006	1	0	-	-	1	0
	Clausura 2006	19	5	-	-	19	5
	Apertura 2007	19	5	-	-	19	5
	Clausura 2007	15	3	-	-	13	3
	Clausura 2009	11	2	-	-	11	2
	Torneo 2010	25	1	-	-	25	1
Club Total		99	16	-	-	99	16
Universidad de Concepción	Apertura 2008	8	2	-	-	8	2
	Clausura 2008	15	0	-	-	15	0
	Apertura 2009	15	2	-	-	15	2
	Apertura 2011	17	3	-	-	17	3
	Clausura 2011	17	0	-	-	17	0
	Apertura 2012	13	2	-	-	13	2
	Clausura 2012	17	2	-	-	17	2
Club Total		102	11	-	-	102	11

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Universidad de Concepción

Primera B (1): 2013–T
Copa Chile (1): 2008–09

Individual[edit]

Tercera División Top Scorer: 2004

References[edit]

^ "Los apodos más conocidos del fútbol chileno en voz de sus protagonistas". ADNRadio.cl (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "La sorpresa Andina". Mercurio Valpo.cl. Retrieved 12 January 2005.
^ "Guachupé Jiménez le pagó 15 palos a Wanderers para irse". La Estrella de Valparaíso.cl. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
^ "José Luis Jiménez vuelve a vestir la verde del puerto". Santiago Wanderers.cl. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "La incógnita que rodea a dos históricos". Mercurio Valpo.cl. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "El silencioso retiro de 'Guachupé' Jiménez". Octava Pasión (in Spanish). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links[edit]

José Luis Jiménez at Soccerway

[1] "Los apodos más conocidos del fútbol chileno en voz de sus protagonistas". ADNRadio.cl (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[2] "La sorpresa Andina". Mercurio Valpo.cl. Retrieved 12 January 2005.

[3] "Guachupé Jiménez le pagó 15 palos a Wanderers para irse". La Estrella de Valparaíso.cl. Retrieved 25 February 2008.

[4] "José Luis Jiménez vuelve a vestir la verde del puerto". Santiago Wanderers.cl. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[5] "La incógnita que rodea a dos históricos". Mercurio Valpo.cl. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

[octavapasion-6] "El silencioso retiro de 'Guachupé' Jiménez". Octava Pasión (in Spanish). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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