Miguel Ximénez

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1977)}}

{{for|another person|Miguel Ximénez (artist)}}

{{family name hatnote|Ximénez|Acosta|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Miguel Ximénez

| image = XimenezMiguel20131215.jpg

| caption = Ximénez in 2013

| full_name = Miguel Alejandro Ximénez Acosta

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|09|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Maldonado, Uruguay

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1997–2005

| years2 = 2002

| years3 = 2003

| years4 = 2004

| years5 = 2005–2007

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2007

| years8 = 2008–2011

| years9 = 2009

| years10 = 2012–2013

| years11 = 2014

| years12 = 2014–2015

| years13 = 2015-2016

| clubs1 = Deportivo Maldonado

| clubs2 = → Atenas de San Carlos (loan)

| clubs3 = → Plaza Colonia (loan)

| clubs4 = → CSD Comunicaciones (loan)

| clubs5 = Danubio F.C.

| clubs6 = → Montevideo Wanderers (loan)

| clubs7 = → Junior Barranquilla (loan)

| clubs8 = Sporting Cristal

| clubs9 = → Club Libertad (loan)

| clubs10 = Universitario de Deportes

| clubs11 = Deportivo Maldonado

| clubs12 = Cienciano

| clubs13 = Atenas de San Carlos

| caps1 = 74

| caps2 = 9

| caps3 = 19

| caps4 = 22

| caps5 = 4

| caps6 = 43

| caps7 = 19

| caps8 = 95

| caps9 = 16

| caps10 = 55

| caps11 = 12

| caps12 = 23

| caps13 = 10

| goals1 = 27

| goals2 = 3

| goals3 = 9

| goals4 = 13

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 27

| goals7 = 8

| goals8 = 47

| goals9 = 8

| goals10 = 24

| goals11 = 5

| goals12 = 4

| goals13 = 2

| pcupdate = 28 August 2011

}}

Miguel "El Chino{{Cite web|year=2012|url=http://deportes.terra.com.pe/futbol/el-chino-ximenez-tiene-la-ilusion-de-campeonar-con-la-u,5398a8774ed75310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html|title=El 'Chino' Ximénez tiene la ilusión de campeonar con la 'U'|editor=deportes.terra.com.pe|accessdate=7 March 2012}}" Ximénez Acosta (born 13 September 1977) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Ximénez was born in Maldonado. He was the top goalscorer in the Torneo Apertura 2008, with 20 goals in 20 games playing for Sporting Cristal, also breaking Sergio Ibarra's record of 17 goals in a Torneo Apertura.

On 26 October 2008, Ximénez scored a hat-trick against José Gálvez FBC and broke Juan Caballero's record of 29 goals in a single season with Sporting Cristal.{{cite web| title=Este Chino sí cumple| work=libero.com| url=http://www.libero.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62011&Itemid=23| accessdate=27 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030031132/http://www.libero.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62011&Itemid=23| archive-date=30 October 2008| url-status=dead}}

After a year with Club Libertad, Ximénez returned to Sporting Cristal for the 2010 season.

In 2012, he signed a new contract in the Peruvian First Division scoring 20 goals in 20 games playing for Club Universitario de Deportes. In the Peruvian 2013 Championship, he won his first National title with Universitario de Deportes.

Honours

Universitario de Deportes

References

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