Marcos "Marc" Eusebio Jiménez de la Espada Martín (born 3 November 1985) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a striker for Campos.

Club career

Born in

Pollença Pollença () is a town and municipality in the northern part of the island of Mallorca, near Cap de Formentor and Alcúdia. It lies inland, about west of its port, Port de Pollença. History The origin of the name "Pollença" can be traced ba ...

Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...

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, Jiménez was a trainee of both SD La Salle and CD San Francisco, and made his senior debut with

CE Constància Club Esportiu Constància is a Spanish football team based in Inca, Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1922, its first men's team currently plays in the , the fifth division. Its first women's team is active ...

in 2004–05, in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He competed at that level the following three seasons, representing

RCD Mallorca B Real Club Deportivo Mallorca B is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1967, it is the reserve team of RCD Mallorca and currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadi i Son Bibiloni'', with ...

and

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football club based in the district of Sant Andreu in Barcelona, Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Camp Municipal Narcís Sala'', with an all-seated capacity of 6,56 ...

. In July 2008, Jiménez was loaned to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

club

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 seats. History On 4 August 1993, th ...

. He subsequently returned to the

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, with the team now in the same division. Jiménez moved to

CF Sporting Mahonés Club de Fútbol Sporting Mahonés was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Mahón, Menorca, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands prior to its 2012 dissolution. History C.F. Sporting Mahonés resulted from ...

also of the third tier in July 2010, and started in all his appearances in his only season to help to a 15th-place finish. On 15 July 2011, he rejoined Sant Andreu for a third spell. On 26 June 2012, Jiménez signed for

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, recently relegated to division three. He scored 17 goals in his debut campaign, with his side ranking sixth. After achieving promotion to

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, Jiménez renewed his contract with ''Nàstic'' for a further year on 29 June 2015. He made his professional debut on 23 August (two months shy of his 30th birthday), coming on as a second-half substitute for Mossa in a 2–2 home draw against

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

; he also scored the last goal through a

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. On 23 June 2016, after narrowly missing another promotion, Jiménez was released as his contract was due to expire. He resumed his career in the

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, with

Kitchee SC Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...

and

Southern District FC Southern District Recreation & Sports Assn Ltd (), commonly known as Southern and currently known for sponsorship reasons as Kwoon Chung Southern, is a professional association football, football club based in Southern District, Hong Kong. They c ...

. Jiménez joined

East Bengal F.C. East Bengal Football Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of the Indian football league system. The cl ...

of the Indian

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on 6 August 2019. He returned to his country and its third tier one year later, agreeing to a one-year deal at

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in , holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, wit ...

. In July 2021, Jiménez signed for

CE Andratx Club Esportiu Andratx is a Spanish football team based in Andratx, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Founded in 1957, its first team plays in the , the fourth tier of Spanish football. Moreover, its youth academy consists of a dozen of teams. The club' ...

in the newly created Segunda División RFEF.

Personal life

Jiménez was a member of the Hipster subculture, distinguishing himself with a thick beard and a long hair.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Marc 1985 births Footballers from Mallorca Living people Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players CE Constància players RCD Mallorca B players UE Sant Andreu footballers Orihuela CF players CF Sporting Mahonés players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Atlético Baleares footballers CE L'Hospitalet players CE Andratx footballers UD Poblense players Hong Kong Premier League players Kitchee SC players Southern District FC players I-League players East Bengal Club players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Spanish sportsmen