Gimenez (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gimenez and the second or paternal family name is Souza.

Gimenez

Personal information
Full name	Guilherme Gimenez de Souza
Date of birth	(1995-06-18)18 June 1995
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Date of death	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 21)
Place of death	La Unión, Colombia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Olé Brasil
	Comercial-SP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Comercial-SP	0	(0)
2015	Botafogo-SP	13	(1)
2015–2016	Cianorte	0	(0)
2015	→ Goiás (loan)	23	(0)
2016	→ Chapecoense (loan)	43	(0)
Total		79	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guilherme Gimenez de Souza (18 June 1995 – 28 November 2016), simply known as Gimenez, was a Brazilian footballer who last played for Chapecoense. Mainly a right back, he also played as a defensive midfielder.

Gimenez was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Gimenez represented Olé Brasil and Comercial-SP as a youth. Promoted to the latter's first team in the middle of 2013, he made his senior debut on 21 July of that year by starting in a 0–0 Copa Paulista away draw against Independente de Limeira.

Gimenez also appeared twice on the bench for two 2014 Campeonato Paulista matches before rescinding his contract on 17 April 2014, due to unpaid wages.[1] Eight days later, he signed a three-year contract with cross-town rivals Botafogo-SP.[2]

Gimenez scored his first senior goal on 5 April 2015, netting the last in a 2–0 home win against São Paulo for the Paulistão championship.[3] In June, he was bought by a group of businessmen and was signed by Série A club Goiás.[4] He made his top tier debut on 18 July, being booked in a 1–2 away loss against Internacional.[5]

Gimenez featured in 23 matches for the Esmeraldino, suffering relegation at the end of the campaign. On 17 December 2015, he signed a one-year contract with fellow top-level club Chapecoense.[6]

Death

On 28 November 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, Gimenez was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.[7]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2016[8]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Comercial-SP	2013	Paulista A2	—		0	0	—		—		10[a]	0	10	0
	2014	Paulista	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Subtotal		—		0	0	—		—		10	0	10	0
Botafogo-SP	2014	Paulista	—		0	0	—		—		19[a]	0	19	0
	2015	Série D	0	0	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	Subtotal		0	0	13	1	—		—		19	0	32	1
Goiás	2015	Série A	23	0	—		0	0	1[b]	0	—		24	0
Chapecoense	2016	Série A	31	0	12	0	3	0	5[b]	0	—		51	0
Career total			54	0	25	1	3	0	6	0	29	0	117	1

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Chapecoense

• Campeonato Catarinense: 2016
• Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)[9]

References

1. "Gimenez abre mão de salários atrasados, e Comercial libera jogador" [Gimenez let go of unpaid wages, and Comercial release the player] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. "Volante Gimenez assina contrato de 3 anos com o Botafogo" [Defensive midfielder Gimenez signs three-year contract with Botafogo] (in Portuguese). Botafogo FC. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. "Apático, São Paulo volta a jogar muito mal e perde para o Botafogo em Ribeirão Preto" [Lethargic, São Paulo play poorly again and lose to Botafogo in Ribeirão Preto] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. "Gimenez, de 20 anos, é mais uma aposta do Goiás para o Brasileirão" [Gimenez, 20 years old, is another bet from Goiás for the Brasileirão] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
5. "Inter reserva aproveita falhas de Renan e vence o Goiás no Beira-Rio" [Inter reserves take advantage of Renan's flaws and defeat Goiás at the Beira-Rio] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
6. "Chapecoense acerta a contratação do lateral-direito Gimenez, ex-Goiás" [Chapecoense sign right back Gimenez, formerly of Goiás] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
7. "Jogador de Ribeirão Preto estava em avião da Chapecoense que caiu" [Ribeirão Preto-born player was in Chapecoense's plane who crashed] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
8. Gimenez at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
9. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 Sudamericana champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

External links

• Gimenez at Soccerway