Ángel Jiménez Gallego (born 22 June 2002) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper for
SD Ponferradina.
Club career
Born in
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
,
Andalusia, Jiménez joined hometown side
Granada CF's youth setup in 2013, aged just 11. On 8 November 2020, before even having appeared with
the reserves, he made his first team – and
La Liga – debut by starting and saving a
penalty in a 0–2 away loss against
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
, as his side was heavily impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic; at the age of 18 years, four months and 16 days, he became the youngest player to debut in the top tier with the club, overcoming previous record holder
Adalberto Peñaranda.
Jiménez subsequently featured exclusively for the B-team, helping in their promotion from
Segunda Federación
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in
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
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. On 2 August of that year, he signed for
SD Ponferradina,
freshly relegated to
Primera Federación
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.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Footballers from Granada
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Segunda Federación players
Granada CF footballers
Club Recreativo Granada players
SD Ponferradina players
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