Gaston Gimenez

Gaston Claudio Gimenez (born 27 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Paraguay national team. Born in Argentina and of Paraguayan descent, Gimenez represented Argentina in a friendly before switching to represent the Paraguay national team.

Club Career

Gimenez's career started in 2011 with Almirante Brown. His debut arrived at the beginning of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season, when he played the final fifteen minutes in a goalless draw away to Rosario Central on 1 October 2011. In February 2012, Gimenez scored the first goal of his career in a 2–0 win over Defensa y Justicia. After one goal in nineteen games in his first season, Gimenez went onto make another sixty-nine appearances and score three more goals for the club across the next two seasons. In June 2014, Gimenez signed for fellow Primera B Nacional team Atletico Tucuman. One goal in fifteen matches followed.

On 2 February 2015, Gimenez joined Argentine Primera Division side Godoy Cruz. Months later, on 30 May 2015, he was sent off in just his second start for the club versus Union Santa Fe; the second time in his career that he had received a red card in a match against Union Santa Fe, the first occurred in March 2014 whilst with Almirante Brown. Gimenez remained with Godoy Cruz for a total of four seasons, prior to departing in January 2018 to join Estudiantes of the Primera Division.Velez Sarsfield purchased Gimenez in the following July.

On 24 February 2020, Gimenez signed with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on a two-year deal. He made eighteen appearances in his first season there.

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