Dani Giménez

For other people named Daniel Giménez, see Daniel Giménez (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Dani Jiménez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giménez and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

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

Dani Giménez

Giménez playing with Betis in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Giménez Hernández
Date of birth	(1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Vigo, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Celta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Celta B	9	(0)
2004–2009	Zamora	132	(0)
2009–2013	Rayo Vallecano	37	(0)
2013–2014	Alcorcón	42	(0)
2014–2018	Betis	10	(0)
2018–2020	Deportivo La Coruña	82	(0)
2020–2021	Logroñés	8	(0)
Total		320	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12][13]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celta B	2001–02	Segunda División B	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2002–03	Segunda División B	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2003–04	Segunda División B	6	0	—		1[a]	0	7	0
	Total		9	0	—		1	0	10	0
Zamora	2004–05	Segunda División B	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06	Segunda División B	27	0	1	0	—		28	0
	2006–07	Segunda División B	29	0	—		—		29	0
	2007–08	Segunda División B	37	0	—		4[a]	0	41	0
	2008–09	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	Segunda División	17	0	6	0	—		23	0
	2010–11	Segunda División	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2011–12	La Liga	11	0	2	0	—		13	0
	2012–13	La Liga	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	Total		37	0	10	0	—		47	0
Alcorcón	2013–14	Segunda División	42	0	5	0	—		47	0
Betis	2014–15	Segunda División	2	0	4	0	—		6	0
	2015–16	La Liga	3	0	3	0	—		6	0
	2016–17	La Liga	1	0	2	0	—		3	0
	2017–18	La Liga	4	0	2	0	—		6	0
	Total		10	0	11	0	—		21	0
Deportivo de La Coruña	2018–19	Segunda División	41	0	0	0	4	0[b]	45	0
	2019–20	Segunda División	41	0	0	0	—		41	0
	Total		82	0	0	0	4	0	86	0
Logroñés	2020–21	Segunda División	8	0	1	0	—		9	0
Career total			320	0	29	0	11	0	360	0

1. Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
2. Appearances in Segunda División play-offs

Honours

Betis

• Segunda División: 2014–15^[13]