Nicknamed el Zurdo, Jiménez played 12 years for Alajuelense, making his senior debut in 1972. In 1978, he had a 4-month spell at Guanacasteca and in 1982 he had a stint abroad with Honduran side Real España. He returned to Costa Rica to play in the second division with El Carmen de Alajuela, then had another season at Alajuelense before retiring with Curridabat in 1985.[2] He scored 120 goals in the Costa Rican leagues, 73 of them for Liga for whom he totalled 293 league matches.[3]