 During his professional career, he played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Burgos CF; he spent 12 of his 13 professional seasons with the Asturias club, appearing in nearly 500 official matches – in La Liga he never played less than 30 games, and helped the team to the fourth place in the 1986–87 campaign after contributing with 43 appearances (3,870 minutes).With Burgos, in his final season, Jiménez played in all the games and minutes, and the modest Castile and León side retained their top level status while posting the eighth-best defensive record in the league.He retired at nearly 36.