Edison Giménez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giménez.

Edison Giménez

Personal information
Full name	Mario Edison Giménez
Date of birth	(1981-04-05) 5 April 1981
Place of birth	Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Itagüí
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	2 de Mayo	31	(25)
2007	Colo-Colo	15	(3)
2007–2008	Olimpia	11	(6)
2009	Deportivo Pereira	8	(3)
2010	Independiente Medellín	17	(8)
2010	Deportivo Cali	10	(1)
2011	Sportivo Luqueño	14	(2)
2011	Imbabura SC	9	(0)
2012	La Equidad	15	(2)
2013–	Itagüí	4	(0)
International career‡
2006–2007	Paraguay	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2007

Mario Edison Giménez (born 5 April 1981 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a Paraguayan footballer that currently plays for Colombian Primera A side Itagüí as striker.

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 Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo, for a US$400.000 transfer fee. After a regular pass at the Chilean club that was runner-up of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana, he joined to Paraguayan powerhouse Club Olimpia along with his countrymen Gilberto Velásquez in June, after of proclaiming champion of the Apertura Tournament.

In January 2009, he traveled to Colombia and signed for Deportivo Pereira of the country's first tier, after having also spells at Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Cali of the same country. In 2011, he returned to Paraguay and joined to Sportivo Luqueño, after moving to Ecuadorian side Imbabura SC. The next season, Giménez signed for La Equidad.

Giménez also represented the Paraguay national football team in 2006, playing after the FIFA World Cup of that year. He scored one international goal in a 3–2 defeat with Chile at Estadio Sausalito during a friendly match. And also in 2007 playing another friendly against México in Monterrey, he entered the 77th minute by Salvador Cabañas being sent off eight minutes later.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2006	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	Chile	3–2	3–2	Friendly

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2007 Apertura

Deportivo Cali

• Copa Colombia (1): 2010