Diego Jiménez

Diego Jiménez

Personal information
Full name	Diego Octavio Jiménez Villa
Date of birth	April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07) (age 25)
Place of birth	Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Morelia
Number	22
Youth career
2002–2004	Tecos UAG
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Tecomán	19	(0)
2005–	Tecos	97	(3)
2008-2009	→ New York Red Bulls (loan)	6	(0)
2011–	→ Morelia (loan)	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Diego Octavio Jiménez Villa (born April 7, 1986 in Tepatitlán, Jalisco) is a Mexican football defender. He currently plays for Morelia of the Primera División de México. He is known as "Tepa".

Club career

The Mexican defender began his career with the Estudiantes reserve side, appearing in 29 matches and scoring one goal. He then went to Tecos 2A side, where he anchored the back line during the 2004 Clausura appearing in all 17 matches. His play in 2005 with Tecomán drew the attention of the Tecos UAG first team and Jiménez was quickly called up by Tecos. He debuted with Tecos in the Mexican First Division during the 2005 Apertura and made 11 appearances including seven starts.

After a lengthy pursuit for his signature, Jiménez was loaned to New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer during the July 2008 transfer window by UAG Tecos. After signing it took awhile for Jiménez to establish himself at the club. Suspensions and ineffective play by the teams starting central defenders, opened up an opportunity for Diego. Jiménez started both legs of the clubs improbable 4-1 aggregate victory over defending champion Houston Dynamo in the 2008 MLS Playoffs, leading the backline in negating one of the league's most potent attacks. He then helped New York reach the 2008 MLS Cup by defeating Real Salt Lake 1-0 in Utah.^[1]

National team

Jiménez was a starter on Mexico’s Under-21 and Under-20 National Team, including playing in the Touloun Youth Tournament in France in 2006.

Statistics

League	Appearances	Goals
Mexican First Division	0 0 99	0 3
Major League Soccer	0 0 10	0 0

Honors

New York Red Bulls

• Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2008

References

1. ^ El "Tepa", guerrero azteca a dejar huella en MLS

External links

• statistics 2006-2008
• Mexican First Division Statistics
• Diego Jiménez stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Jimenez Villa, Diego Octavio
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Date of birth	1986-04-07
Place of birth	Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
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