Is called Santiago Gimenez. She is 21 years old, they call her Bebo and He is the son of Chaco Giménez, that player who went through Boca. For these hours, his name is synonymous with goal in Dutch football. This Sunday he turned again in the victory of the Feyenoord, which is heading towards the title. The Eredivisie leader leads Ajax and PSV by eight points with seven rounds remaining.
Born in Argentina, the striker who is already watched by some Premier teams chose to represent the Mexican team. When he was barely two years old, his father went to play in Liga MX and he grew up there. Despite an interest from Bocha Batista to summon him to the Argentina Under 23 National Team that played the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Giménez gave up because he wanted to play with the Tricolor. “I feel more Mexican than Argentine. I left Argentina when I was two years old and I don’t remember anything. When the time came to make a decision, I made the choice with my heart and not with my mind. My heart told me that it was Mexican and that I would not have to represent a country to which I did not feel I belonged. I belong to Mexico and I am Mexican, and it has always been like this,” he declared last year when dreamed of being on the list of 26 of the Tata Martino for the World Cup in Qatar. Finally, he was left out at the last minute.
El Bebo has already put on the Mexican jersey in the youth teams and in 2020, cited by Tata, he played some games with the Major (eight games and two goals). Now he is excited about the call of Diego Cocca, the brand new coach of the Mexican team. In the Netherlands he is making merits. He arrived at Feyenoord in mid-2022 and in his 35 games at the club he has already scored 16 goals (9 of them in the local tournament). His forcefulness is key to already scratching the title and a fact confirms his great moment: he has eight goals in his last ten games. On Sunday he converted the second in Feyenoord’s 3-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam.
Look at his goal:
Mexico national team – 3-4-2023
Great definition of Santiago Giménez for Feyenoord
As in the case of Mateo Retegui with the Italian team, another born in Argentina will shout goals with another team. Unlike his father, Chaco, who played in the Juvenil and was even called up by Diego Maradona in the Major, Santiago Giménez will not wear the albiceleste.
El Chaco Giménez with his son Santiago.