Mario Edison Giménez (born 5 April 1981 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a former Paraguayan

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who played as a striker.

Career

He began his football career at 2 de Mayo of the first tier of his country, in where scored 25 goals in 31 appearances during two seasons. In January 2007, was sold to

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club

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, for a US$400.000 transfer fee. After a regular pass at the Chilean club that was runner-up of the

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, he joined to Paraguayan powerhouse

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along with his countrymen Gilberto Velásquez in June, after of proclaiming champion of the Apertura Tournament. In January 2009, he traveled to

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and signed for

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of the country's first tier, after having also spells at

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and

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of the same country. In 2011, he returned to Paraguay and joined to

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

, after moving to

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ian side Imbabura SC. The next season, Giménez signed for

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. Giménez also represented the

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in 2006, playing after the

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of that year. He scored one international goal in a 3–2 defeat with

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during a

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. And also in 2007 playing another friendly against

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, he entered the 77th minute by

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being sent off eight minutes later.

International goals

Honours

;Colo-Colo *

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(1): 2007 Apertura ;Deportivo Cali *

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(1):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gimenez, Edison 1981 births Living people Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Club General Díaz (Luque) footballers Torneo Argentino A players Paraguayan División Intermedia players Paraguayan Primera División players Club 2 de Mayo footballers Club Olimpia footballers Sportivo Luqueño players Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Deportivo Pereira footballers Independiente Medellín footballers Deportivo Cali footballers La Equidad footballers Águilas Doradas players Unión Magdalena footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Imbabura S.C. footballers Bolivian Primera División players C.A. Nacional Potosí players Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen