Dani Giménez

Dani Giménez
	Giménez playing with Betis in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Giménez Hernández
Date of birth	30 July 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Vigo, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Celta
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Celta B
2004–2009	Zamora
2009–2013	Rayo Vallecano
2013–2014	Alcorcón
2014–2018	Betis
2018–2020	Deportivo La Coruña
2020–2021	Logroñés
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel "Dani" Giménez Hernández (born 30 July 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Giménez spent his first eight seasons as a senior in Segunda División B, with Celta de Vigo B and Zamora CF. With the latter, he faced Rayo Vallecano in 2007–08's playoffs, impressing well enough to sign for the club the following year after it had earned a Segunda División promotion.^[1]

In his first two seasons with Rayo, Giménez acted as understudy for David Cobeño, starting in the Copa del Rey. In his second, he appeared in seven games to help the team return to La Liga after an eight-year absence.^[2]

Giménez made his top-division debut on 28 August 2011 in a 1–1 away draw against Athletic Bilbao.^[3] He battled for first-choice status with Cobeño during the campaign.^[4]

On 19 July 2013, Giménez signed a one-year deal with AD Alcorcón of the second tier.^[5] On 4 July of the following year, he moved to Real Betis in the same league for two seasons.^[6]

On 23 May 2018, having acted as a backup for most of his spell,^[7] Giménez joined Deportivo de La Coruña, recently relegated to division two.^[8] He only missed two league matches during his tenure, but left in August 2020 after suffering relegation.^[9]

Giménez signed a short-term deal at UD Logroñés also in the second division on 9 December 2020,^[10] as all three first-team goalkeepers (Rubén Miño, Roberto Santamaría and Yaroslav Meykher) were sidelined with injuries.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 27 January 2019

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celta B	2001–02^[12]	Segunda División B	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2002–03^[12]	Segunda División B	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2003–04^[12]	Segunda División B	6	0	—		1^[a]	0	7	0
	Total		9	0	—		1	0	10	0
Zamora	2004–05^[12]	Segunda División B	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06^[12]	Segunda División B	27	0	1	0	—		28	0
	2006–07^[12]	Segunda División B	29	0	—		—		29	0
	2007–08^[12]	Segunda División B	37	0	—		4^[a]	0	41	0
	2008–09^[12]	Segunda División B	38	0	1	0	2^[a]	0	41	0
	Total		132	0	2	0	6	0	140	0
Rayo Vallecano	2009–10^[12]	Segunda División	17	0	6	0	—		23	0
	2010–11^[12]	Segunda División	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2011–12^[12]	La Liga	11	0	2	0	—		13	0
	2012–13^[12]	La Liga	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	Total		37	0	10	0	—		47	0
Alcorcón	2013–14^[12]	Segunda División	42	0	5	0	—		47	0
Betis	2014–15^[13]	Segunda División	2	0	4	0	—		6	0
	2015–16^[13]	La Liga	3	0	3	0	—		6	0
	2016–17^[13]	La Liga	1	0	2	0	—		3	0
	2017–18^[13]	La Liga	4	0	2	0	—		6	0
	Total		10	0	11	0	—		21	0
Deportivo	2018–19^[12]	Segunda División	23	0	0	0	—		23	0
Career total			253	0	28	0	7	0	288	0