Santiago Giménez

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Santiago Giménez
File:Santiago Giménez - 2023.jpg
Giménez with Mexico in 2023
Personal information
Full name Santiago Tomás Giménez[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina[2]
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 7
Youth career
2014–2019 Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Cruz Azul 88 (20)
2022–2025 Feyenoord 73 (45)
2025– AC Milan 2 (2)
International career‡
2016 Mexico U16 3 (0)
2021– Mexico 32 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:43, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Santiago Tomás Giménez (es; born 18 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Mexico national team.

Giménez started his career with Mexican club Cruz Azul for four seasons, before a transfer to Feyenoord in July 2022. His time in the Netherlands saw him win the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. He joined AC Milan in 2025 for €37 million.

Giménez made his full international debut for Mexico in 2021; he represented the country at 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring the winning goal in the final. In the CONCACAF Nations League, he finished as runners-up in 2024.

Club career

Cruz Azul

On 2 August 2017, Giménez made his professional debut with Cruz Azul in a Copa MX group stage match against Tigres UANL in a 1–1 draw.[3] Two years later, on 28 August 2019, he made his Liga MX debut against Tijuana in a 3–2 loss.[4] He would score his first goal with the club on 2 February 2020, in a league match against Toluca in a 3–3 tie, scoring within the first two minutes of the match.[5]

In May 2021, Cruz Azul won its ninth league championship, ending a 23-year drought of league titles.[6]

In August, scoring in four separate league matches, Giménez was named Liga MX Player of the Month.[7] He won the award again the subsequent month.[8] On 26 June 2022, at the Supercopa de la Liga MX against Atlas, he scored in the match, ending at 2–2 and going into penalties, where he successfully converted his shot as his team won the cup.[9]

Feyenoord

2022–23: Debut season and Eredivisie champion

On 29 July 2022, Giménez joined Feyenoord on a four-year contract.[10]

He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August, scoring the second goal in the club's 4–0 win over FC Emmen while also providing the assist for Jacob Rasmussen to score the club's third goal.[11] On 8 September, he made his UEFA Europa League debut against Italian club Lazio in that season's edition in a group stage match, coming on as a substitute at the 64th minute and scoring twice in the club's 4–2 loss.[12] On 3 November, after coming on as a substitute, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory in the return game against Lazio in the Europa League group stage, securing Feyenoord's first-place finish in the group and directly qualifying to the round of 16.[13]

Feyenoord went on to win the 2022–23 Eredivisie, with Giménez scoring 15 goals in 32 matches, including the second goal in a 3–0 win over Go Ahead Eagles to secure the league title.[14]

2023–24: Individual success and KNVB Cup champion

In August 2023, Giménez extended his contract with Feyenoord for one year.[15]

Giménez began the 2023–24 season on 4 August in the Johan Cruyff Shield, playing 62 minutes as PSV Eindhoven defeated them 1–0 to win their third consecutive title.[16] On 20 August, Giménez scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. In the following games, on 27 August and 3 September, Giménez scored two braces, one in a 6–1 win against Almere City and another in a 5–1 away win against Utrecht.[17][18][19] On 27 September, Giménez completed a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win over Ajax by scoring the first and second goals on 24 September, and scoring the third on 27 September after the game was originally abandoned on the 24th.[20] He won the Eredivisie Player of the Month award for September.[21]

In the Champions League, Giménez was suspended for the first two group stage matches, having received a red card against Roma in the Europa League quarter-final second leg from the previous season.[22] He made his Champions League debut on 25 October, scoring the first and third goal in a 3–1 home win over Lazio.[23] On 25 November, he scored his second hat-trick of the season in a 4–2 Rotterdam derby win over Excelsior at the Stadion Woudestein, ending his six-game goal drought.[24] On 7 December, following Feyenoord's 3–1 win over Volendam, Giménez scored his 31st Eredivisie goal in a calendar year, surpassing previous record holder Luis Suárez who scored 30 goals in 2009.[25] With 31 goals for the year 2023, Giménez set a record for the number of goals scored in the Eredivisie in a calendar year.[26]

On 21 April 2024, he assisted Igor Paixão to score the winning goal in a 1–0 win over NEC Nijmegen in the KNVB Cup final to clinch a fourteenth KNVB Cup title for Feyenoord.[27] On 5 May, he came off the bench against PEC Zwolle and scored twice as well as an assist in a 5–0 win, putting an end to his seven-game goal drought.[28] Due to injuries and lack of form, he missed the rest of the season.[29] In his second season with the club, Giménez made 30 league appearances and scored 23 goals (26 goals in 40 appearances across all competitions) as the team finished second in the league, trailing to PSV by seven points.

2024–25: Final season in the Netherlands

Giménez began his 2024–25 campaign on 4 August in the Johan Cruyff Shield, he went on to convert two penalty kick goals, notching his 50th and 51st goals for the club, as well as assisting Bart Nieuwkoop's goal in a 4–4 draw with the three-time defending champions PSV. Following the end of extra time, Feyenoord were victorious in the penalty shoot-out, winning 4–2 as Giménez went on to win his third trophy with the club.[30] On 22 September, Giménez was substituted during the first half of a league match against NAC Breda after sustaining an upper thigh injury, which was later confirmed on the 24th, keeping him out of action for three months.[31][32] After just two months out injured, he returned on 26 November in the Champions League against Manchester City; with Feyenoord 3–0 down, Giménez scored his team's second goal to inspire a 3–3 comeback away from home.[32][33] On 12 January 2025, he scored a penalty in a 2–1 loss to Utrecht, becoming Mexico's all-time top scorer in the Eredivisie with 45 goals, surpassing the previous record held by Hirving Lozano.[34]

AC Milan

On 3 February 2025, Giménez signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Serie A club AC Milan,[35] for a reported transfer fee of €32 million.[36] Two days later, he made his debut, providing an assist to João Félix in a 3–1 victory over Roma in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.[37] On 8 February, he scored his first goal on his Serie A debut which ended in a 2–0 away win over Empoli.[38]

International career

Despite having the option of representing Argentina, his country of birth, Giménez decided to represent Mexico after becoming a naturalized Mexican citizen, stating "I feel more Mexican than Argentine,"[39] having lived in Mexico for the majority of his life since his father moved there. He has been called up by Mexico's U-15, U-18, U-20, and U-23 teams.[40][41] He made three appearances with the Mexico U16s at the 2016 International Dream Cup.[42]

In September 2020, Giménez received his first senior national team call up by Gerardo Martino for a training camp.[43] That same month, it was reported that the Argentina under-20 coach Fernando Batista was interested in calling him up.[44]

On 27 October 2021, Giménez made his senior debut for Mexico in a friendly match against Ecuador.[45] On 8 December, he scored his first goal for Mexico in a friendly match against Chile that ended at a 2–2 draw.[46]

In October 2022, Giménez was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but did not make the final 26.[47]

On 16 July 2023, Giménez scored the only goal in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Panama.[48]

Personal life

Santiago is the son of footballer Christian Giménez, who also played with Cruz Azul. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Giménez moved to Mexico at the age of three with his father after he was transferred to Primera División side Veracruz.[2] His paternal grandfather is from Paraguay[49] and he is of Italian ancestry through his mother's side.[50][51] He is a devout Christian and was baptized in January 2019.[52][53] Giménez is married to Mexican model Fernanda Serrano.[54]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 February 2025[55][56]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cruz Azul 2017–18 Liga MX — 1 0 — — 1 0
2019–20 12 2 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 — 14 2
2020–21 36 6 — 5[lower-alpha 2] 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 43 6
2021–22 35 7 — 6[lower-alpha 2] 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 1 42 8
2022–23 5 5 — — — 5 5
Total 88 20 1 0 13 0 3 1 105 21
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 32 15 4 3 9[lower-alpha 5] 5 — 45 23
2023–24 30 23 4 0 6[lower-alpha 6] 3 1[lower-alpha 7] 0 41 26
2024–25 11 7 2 2 5[lower-alpha 8] 5 1[lower-alpha 7] 2 19 16
Total 73 45 10 5 20 13 2 2 105 65
AC Milan 2024–25 Serie A 2 2 1 0 2[lower-alpha 8] 1 — 5 3
Career total 163 67 12 5 34 13 5 3 215 89

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International

As of match played 10 September 2024 [57]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2021 2 1
2022 7 1
2023 15 2
2024 8 0
Total 32 4
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Giménez goal.
List of international goals scored by Santiago Giménez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 December 2021 Q2 Stadium, Austin, United States  Chile 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2 28 May 2022 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States  Nigeria 1–0 2–1 Friendly
3 29 June 2023 State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United States  Haiti 3–1 3–1 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4 16 July 2023 SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, United States  Panama 1–0 1–0 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Honours

Cruz Azul

Feyenoord

Mexico

Individual

References

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