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Manuel Jiménez Abalo

Manuel Jiménez Abalo

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Jiménez was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. During his professional career, he played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Burgos CF. He spent 12 of his 13 seasons with the Asturias club, appearing in 534 competitive matches – he never played less than 30 games in La Liga, and helped the team to the fourth place in the 1986–87 campaign after contributing 43 appearances (3,870 minutes). With Burgos, in his final season, Jiménez played all the matches and minutes and the modest Castile and León side retained their top-division status while posting the eighth-best defensive record in the league. He retired aged 35, and later worked as a sports agent.

International career

Jiménez earned one cap for Spain on 18 November 1981, a 3–2 friendly win in Poland, being selected to the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad.

Club
Real Burgos CF (1991–1992)
Club
Arosa SC
Club
Sporting de Gijón (1979–1991)
Club
Spain B national football team (1980–1981)
Club
Spain men's national football team (1981–1981)
Club
Burgos CF (1991–1992)
National team
Spain

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Spanish footballer

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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