Luis Jiménez (footballer, born 1984)

Luis Antonio Jiménez Garcés (born 17 June 1984) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

During the January 2006 transfer window, Jimenez moved to Serie A side ACF Fiorentina while remaining under joint ownership with his former club, for €3 million.

[2] For Fiorentina, he generally played as a right sided winger, striker or occasionally a centre forward.

In late June 2006, Ternana purchased back half of the rights to Jiménez from Fiorentina for €3 million.

However, although a loan deal was reached with Serie A Lazio, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the loan, Ternana changed the terms and made extortionate demands, which included Lazio paying the salaries of four of Ternana's players.

Under coach Jose Mourinho, he played his first game against A.S. Roma coming on as a second-half substitute and scored a penalty in Inter's Italian Supercup win.

Jiménez played his first game of the 2008–09 Serie A year against Sampdoria on 30 August 2008, but unfortunately picked up an injury later in a practice session.

A subsequent long-term injury limited Jiménez to a total of 6 appearances for the 2008–09 Serie A season.

[11] Although a work permit had been granted a couple of weeks before, the deal was only announced after personal terms were agreed.

At the end of the season, Parma wanted to sign him outright,[18] but the deal fell through after Ternana bought back Jiménez.

On 29 June 2011, Al-Ahli Dubai announced that Jiménez had joined the club on a four-year contract.

On 19 June 2011, he returned in an international friendly against Estonia[29] and was subsequently included by Claudio Borghi in the squad for the 2011 Copa America.

In March 2021, after a 10-year absence, he was recalled by Martín Lasarte for a friendly match against Bolivia, in which he scored his third international goal.

Jiménez (1st West Ham player on right) at the end of his debut game against Wolverhampton Wanderers . Other West Ham players are Frank Nouble , Junior Stanislas , Mark Noble and Jonathan Spector