Juan Giménez (footballer)

{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1927–2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Giménez

| image = Juan Carlos Giménez (Racing) - El Gráfico 1919.jpg

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|12|29|1927|2|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1946-1950

| clubs1 = Huracán

| caps1 = 45

| goals1 = ?

| years2 = 1951-1957

| clubs2 = Racing Club

| caps2 = 170

| goals2 = ?

| clubs3 = Banfield

| clubs4 = Oriente

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalyears1 = 1956–1957

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1967

| managerclubs1 = Argentina U20

| managerclubs2 =Racing Club (caretaker)

| manageryears3 = 1971-1972

| managerclubs3 = Ferro Carril Oeste (caretaker)

| managerclubs4 = FAS

| managerclubs5 = Municipal

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Copa América}}

{{Medal|Winner|1957 Peru|}}

}}

Juan Carlos Giménez (16 February 1927 – 29 December 2000) was an Argentine footballer.{{cite web |title=Se fue un gran jugador y un señor fuera de la cancha |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/se-fue-un-gran-jugador-y-un-senor-fuera-de-la-cancha-nid46958/ |website=La Nacion |access-date=24 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Idolos : Juan Carlos Giménez |url=https://www.racingclub.com.ar/idolos/juan-carlos-gimenez/ |website=Racing Club |access-date=24 February 2024}}

He was part of Argentina's squad which won the 1957 South American Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/57safull.html |title=South American Championship 1957 |work=RSSSF |access-date=6 June 2021}} Giménez died in Buenos Aires on 29 December 2000, at the age of 73.{{cite web |title=Juan Carlos Giménez,»Cacho» |url=https://www.lacomuderacing.com/juan-carlos-gimenez-cacho/amp/ |website=La Comu De Racing |access-date=24 February 2024}}