The most glorious era in Boca’s history began in 1998 at the hands of Carlos Bianchi. With the Viceroy,. At the beginning of Bianchi’s cycle, Christian Giménez appeared, a man from Chaco who could play as an offensive midfielder or also as a second striker.
Chaco had been formed in the Club Atlético Municipales de Resistencia Inferiores, then went to Chaco For Ever and in 1998 arrived in Boca. In his first season he did not add many minutes, but it was enough for him to be champion of the Apertura 98 and the Clausura 99. In 2000 he was champion of the Libertadores, the Intercontinental and the Apertura, In 2001 he repeated in the most important tournament in South America, but this time taking part in both finals against Cruz Azul.
Boca departure: Union and Independent
In mid-2002, Chaco Giménez left Boca and went to Uniónwhere he only played one season. The following year he represented Independiente and he also did it for a year and then moved on to Mexican soccer, where he would play for several important teams, win unforgettable titles, represent his team and stay to live.
Christian Giménez in Mexico
When Chaco Giménez arrived in Mexico in mid-2004, he never imagined that it would generate such an important roots that it remains to this day. In the first season he played in Veracruzthen went to Americathe following year he reached Pachuca and there he had two cycles: the first between 2006 and 2010, while the second was to close his career in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018 he wore the Blue Cross.
His record in Mexican soccer is impressive: He won the Concacaf Champions Cup four times -two with Pachuca, one with América and another with Cruz Azul- Also with the Tuzos jacket he was champion of the Copa Sudamericana in 2006 and of the North American SuperLiga in 2007. As for local titles, he won with those same three teams.
The present of Chaco Giménez
Once he left professional activity, Chaco Giménez began his career as a coach and his first experience was at Cancún FC in Mexico between 2020 and 2021. In 2021 he arrived in Uruguayan football to coach Atenas. Already in 2022 he was a field assistant in Mazatlán. Currently, Christian Giménez works for the Fox Sports network and is a soccer analyst.
Called by Maradona, but represented Mexico
In 2001, Chaco Giménez represented the Argentine National Team in the South American Under 20 in Ecuador. It was only in 2010, when he was shining in Mexican soccer, that Diego Maradona called him up for the Major League.was for the Qualifying matches against Colombia and Ecuador, although without adding minutes.
“Maradona calls me at 3 in the afternoon. Normally, when I concentrated I turned off my cell phone and that day I don’t know why I didn’t turn it off. ‘Chaco’, he tells me. I ask him who he was and he tells me ‘El Diego’. When he said that to me, I felt a familiar voice, but I didn’t know it was him. When he told me it was Maradona, it was like my anger subsided and he told me that he was going to call me up for the National Team and asked me if I wanted to. Obviously he wanted to. He told me that I deserved it because he was doing things well. I asked him if it was for friendlies and he told me no, for the Qualifiers. When I arrived in Argentina I seemed like a star with all the press there was,” Giménez recalled in conversation with Fox Sports México.
In 2013, Giménez accepted the call to the Mexican National Team, which he represented in a friendly and four matches for the Concacaf Qualifiers. Years later, history repeated itself with his son Santiago, who decided to represent the Mexican National Team. Santiago Giménez currently works for Feyenoord in the Netherlands.
