By Wilson Florez
Santiago Gimenez It is one of the banners of Mexican football in Europe. The Milan striker He remembers his time in Liga MX with great nostalgia. Cruz Azul was the team that formed it. The “Bebote” hopes to return to “The Machine” at some point in his career.
The striker born in Resistencia, Argentina, He did his training categories at Cruz Azul. Santiago Giménez defended the Cementero team in the U18 and U20 categories. In January 2020 he made the jump to the first team.
Santiago Giménez’s best memories in football have been with Cruz Azul. “Bebote” remembered his time in the Cementero group. At times, “La Maquina” was one of the great entertainers of Mexican soccer. The young Giménez was part of these successes.
“A team that marked an erathat Cruz Azul of 2020, 2021, 2022, I think it was a team that made a record of points, that won the Cup, the Super Cup, the Liga MX and I had to be part of that team. It was something nice, beautiful and clear that one day I would like to return to La Maquina”Giménez recalled in an interview with Récord.
The Milan footballer acknowledged that Among his plans is to return to Cruz Azul. However, there is still a long time left for that moment to arrive. But with these statements, Giménez has already marked distances with other teams.
“It is a wish that I have internally that will surely be in many yearsI hope, because I like to be in Europe and compete at the highest level, but I would love to return to Cruz Azul”he added.
According to information from Transfermarkt, Santiago Giménez played 55 games with the Cruz Azul U19 category. At this stage the “Bebote” scored 22 goals in just over 4,300 minutes inside the field. This led to him being taken to the Cementero first team.
With the larger team of “La Maquina”, Santiago Giménez played another 105 games. The forward of the Mexican team He scored 21 goals and gave 11 assists in just over 5,100 minutes on the field. Feyenoord from the Netherlands noticed his quality and took him to Europe. This was a great decision. In the same number of games Giménez tripled his goals (65). His adaptation to Europe was immediate.
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