Carlos Giménez Bachiller (born 18 February 2003) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Atlético Madrid B Atlético de Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid. Founded on 17 September 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid and currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 2. They play their home games at Cerro del Espin ...

Club career

Born in

Sedaví Sedaví is a municipality in the province of Valencia in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Sp ...

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, Giménez joined

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

's youth setup in 2016, from cross-town rivals

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

. Promoted to the reserves in Segunda División RFEF ahead of the 2021–22 season, he made his senior debut on 3 October 2021, coming on as a first-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against

CF La Nucía Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Team colo ...

. On 14 March 2022, after establishing himself as a regular starter for the B-team, Giménez renewed his contract with the ''Granotes'' until 2024. He scored his first senior goal on 2 October, netting the B's winner through a

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in a 1–0

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away success over

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Season to season ...

. Giménez made his first team debut for Levante on 9 April 2023, replacing

Marc Pubill Marc Pubill Pagès (born 20 June 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Segunda División club Almería. Club career Levante Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Pubill represented CE Manresa, RCD Espanyol, ...

in a 1–1 draw at

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

in the

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. On 17 July, he was loaned to

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side

Unionistas de Salamanca CF Unionistas de Salamanca Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013, the club plays in , holding home games at ''Campo de Fútbol Municipal Reina Sofía'' with a 4895- ...

, for one year. On 31 May 2024, after being a regular starter for Unionistas, Giménez renewed his contract with the ''Granotas'' until June 2026. On 24 June, however, he moved to

on a three-year deal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gimenez, Carlos 2003 births Living people People from Horta Sud Footballers from the Province of Valencia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players Atlético Levante UD players Levante UD footballers Unionistas de Salamanca CF players Atlético Madrid B players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen