Christian Giménez

Argentina

From a very early age, Giménez was playing football in a competitive environment. In 1989, he was signed by scouts working for Boca Juniors and was immediately enrolled in the team's youth squad. Almost a decade later, Giménez debuted in the professional Argentine league with Boca Juniors and quickly enjoyed success, being part of the teams that won the Apertura '98, Clausura '99 and Apertura 2002 championships for the Xeneizes, as well as two international titles, the Copa Libertadores of 2000 and 2001. In 2003, Giménez split time at Independiente and Unión and later returned to Independiente for the first half of the 2004 season. Then Giménez migrated to Mexico, as he was transferred to Veracruz.

Mexico

At Veracruz, Giménez was joined by a talented squad that included Walter Jiménez, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Kléber Boas, Braulio Luna and Gustavo Biscayzacú. In Giménez's first season at Veracruz, the team led the entire league in points, with Giménez scoring four goals throughout the regular season. Despite being the top-seeded team, Veracruz exited the playoffs in the first round. The following season, Veracruz lost Blanco and Boas in the transfer window, and new signing Leandro Romagnoli was not performing at top level despite his seven figure salary. As a result, the team's performance dropped and Veracruz missed the playoffs. Giménez also saw a drop in production at a personal level, failing to score a goal despite increased play. Before the…

Argentina

Giménez represented Argentina at the 2001 South American Youth Championship. Argentina finished the competition in second place but he was able to score two goals. In 2009, Diego Maradona called up Giménez for Argentina's World Cup qualifiers in June against Colombia and Ecuador, but he did not play in any of the two matches.

Mexico

In July 2013, Giménez became a naturalized Mexican citizen. On 14 August 2013, coach Jose Manuel de la Torre called up Giménez for the Mexico national team for a friendly against Ivory Coast, which Mexico won 4–1. Giménez played in four games for Mexico as part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, three games, those against Costa Rica, Honduras and the United States resulted in losses. The other was a 2–1 victory over Panama on 11 October 2013. On 30 October, the national football association of Panama requested that FIFA re-evaluate whether Giménez was eligible for Mexico. Giménez maintained that he was eligible for Mexico and that his appearances were non-binding for Argentina as they had already qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship as the host nation when he was playing for Argentina in CONMEBOL's 2001 South American Youth Championship. Giménez said that Argentina were considered to be a guest in the 2001 South American Youth Championship.

On 30 June 2020, Giménez was named as the first manager of Liga de Expansión MX club Cancún FC. In September 2021, he joined Uruguayan club Atenas de San Carlos. In March 2022, Giménez joined former Pachuca teammate, now manager Gabriel Caballero, as an assistant manager for Mazatlán. Caballero's coaching team was let go in January 2023.

Labeled an attacking midfielder, Giménez is one of many talented players to be exported from Boca Juniors. He was known for his strong shot and "vision to exploit the whole pitch with his range of passing."