Porfirio Jiménez Gómez (born 16 February 1952) is a
Bolivia
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n retired professional
footballer
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who played primarily as a
striker.
Career
Jiménez began his career at age of 14 with the Club Irala. At senior level, he played for eight clubs:
Real Santa Cruz
Club Real Santa Cruz is a football
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Club Deportivo Guabirá
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Oriente Petrolero
Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...
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Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of military leader Simón Bolívar, the club has used light blue kits throughout its history, which is why ...
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Ferro Carril Oeste
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Chaco Petrolero
Club Deportivo Chaco Petrolero is a Bolivian football club based in La Paz. Founded on 20 October 1944, it currently plays in Bolivian Football Regional Leagues, holding home games at ''Estadio Hernando Siles'', with a 42,000-seat capacity.
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Club Aurora
Club Deportivo Aurora is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia, that plays in the División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of Bolivian football. The club was founded 27 May 1935, and plays its home games at the Estadio Félix Capriles.
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and Club Deportivo Libertad. He played in nineteen matches for the
Bolivia national football team
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from 1971 to 1977. He was also part of Bolivia's squad for the
1975 Copa América
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tournament.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''
Honours
Guabirá
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Primera División:
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Club Bolívar
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Liga de Fútbol Profesional
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Sports
Basketball
* Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain
* Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain
Football
Latin Amer ...
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1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
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Copa Bolivia: 1979
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Bolivian men's footballers
20th-century Bolivian sportsmen
Men's association football forwards
Bolivian Primera División players
Bolivia men's international footballers
Bolivian expatriate men's footballers
Real Santa Cruz players
Club Deportivo Guabirá players
Oriente Petrolero players
Club Bolívar players
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Chaco Petrolero players
Club Aurora players
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Argentine Primera División players
People from Tarija Department
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