Christian Jimenez (born November 3, 1986) is an American former

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player.

Career

Jimenez trained with the United States under-17 national team at the USSF's

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from the Fall 2002 to Spring 2004, and competed in a Youth World Championship. Upon graduating from Bradenton, Jimenez moved to the

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along with Rodrigo Hidalgo. At USF he played only one season of

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, appearing in 17 games and registering four goals and four assists, before turning professional by signing a

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contract with MLS. Jimenez was selected 14th overall in the

2005 MLS SuperDraft The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. ...

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guada ...

, a team dedicated to fielding a largely Hispanic, Spanish-speaking team in MLS. He never played a first-team match for Chivas and was traded to Real Salt Lake after the 2005 season along with Douglas Sequeira for Brian Dunseth. He made one appearance in the 2006 season, but missed the rest of the season due to a torn ACL to his left knee. Failing to make an impact in 2007, he was waived by ownership and coach Jason Kreis.

References

External links

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Player profile at Yahoo!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Christian 1986 births Living people American soccer players San Gabriel Valley Highlanders players Chivas USA players Real Salt Lake players American sportspeople of Mexican descent South Florida Bulls men's soccer players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players Chivas USA draft picks People from San Dimas, California Association football midfielders