Former Argentine-Mexican soccer player Christian “Chaco” Giménez will relieve Diego Forlán at the helm of Atenas SAD, of the Second Division of Uruguayan soccer, as reported by the club on its social networks.
In a brief message on his Twitter account, which includes a photograph of Gimenez, the club welcomes the new coach, who comes from training in Mexico.
Giménez, born in the Argentine town of Resistencia (Chaco) but naturalized Mexican, was a player for the Argentines Boca Juniors, Unión de Santa Fe and Independiente and the Mexicans Veracruz, América, Cruz Azul and Pachuca until 2018, when he retired in this latest.
His greatest sporting achievements were obtained in the ‘xeneize’, where he won two Libertadores Cups (2000 and 2001) and an Intercontinental (2000), in addition to several local tournaments, while with Pachuca he achieved a local Clausura and four international titles, among which highlights a South American Cup. At the national team level, he was summoned by Argentina, although he did not make his debut, and by Mexico, with which he played five games.
The Atenas SAD (old Athens of San Carlos) It is a modest Uruguayan ‘B’ club, which belongs to the Pachuca Group, owner of other teams on the continent, such as the Argentine Talleres de Córdoba or the Mexican Pachuca himself.
On September 18, Forlán, who was announced as the new signing of the entity at the beginning of the season, left the Athens bench after 12 official matches and after the managers announced the end of the relationship via Zoom.
The president, Juan Pablo Fassi, declared to Efe, shortly after Forlán’s arrival, that the results were not going to be a key factor for the coach’s stability, since they bet with him on a long-term project until promotion to First.
However, a 2-1 defeat to Rampla Juniors on the 16th was the sentence for the former Uruguayan international, former player of Atlético de Madrid and Spanish Villarreal, Argentine Independiente and English Manchester United.