Camilo César Jiménez Ballón (born 2 July 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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side Deportivo Llacuabamba.

Club career

FK Zeta

Jiménez is a product of Universidad San Martín. At the age of 18, Jiménez went on a trial at Montenegrin club

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in January 2015. He played his first game for the club on 31 January 2015 in a friendly game against FK Dečić.Camilo Jiménez debutó con el Zeta Goluvobci de Montenegro
, peru.com, 31 January 2015 In mid-February, he officially signed with the Montenegrin club. He got his official debut for the club on 11 March 2015 against

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. Jiménez started on the bench, before replacing Luka Klikovac in the 66th minute. He played a total of six games for Zeta.

Return to Peru

Jiménez returned to Peru and played a season with his former club Universidad San Martín, acting on the club's reserve team. In 2017 he moved to Deportivo Hualgayoc in the

, before joining fellow league club, Carlos A. Mannucci, on 2 February 2018. With 24 appearances in 2018, he helped Manucci securing promotion to the

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for the 2019 season. On 3 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Jiménez had joined

club FC Carlos Stein on a one-year deal. After a year at Stein, Jiménez moved to

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for the 2021, confirming the deal on 22 December 2020. In January 2022, Jiménez moved to

side Sport Chavelines. In January 2023, he joined Deportivo Llacuabamba.Camilo Jiménez, Julio Montero y Jhon Vega a Llacuabamba
, futboltrujillano.com, 30 January 2023

International career

Jímenez has played games for both the Peruvian U15 and U17 national teams. He was also called up for the Peruvian U20 national team, but never made his debut.

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