Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús Imaz Ballesté | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Lleida, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Jagiellonia Białystok | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lleida | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2009–2011 | Lleida | 27 | (4) |
2011–2014 | Lleida Esportiu | 87 | (21) |
2014–2016 | Llagostera | 61 | (12) |
2016–2017 | UCAM Murcia | 14 | (5) |
2017 | Cádiz | 6 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Wisła Kraków | 47 | (14) |
2019– | Jagiellonia Białystok | 155 | (67) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 |
Jesús Imaz Ballesté (born 26 September 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok.
Born in Lleida, Catalonia, Imaz graduated through local UE Lleida's youth system. He made his senior debut on 30 August 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against UE Sant Andreu in the Segunda División B. [1]
In the summer of 2011, after Lleida's dissolution, Imaz joined newly formed Lleida Esportiu also in the third division. [2] He was first choice in the following seasons, as the club missed out on promotion two times in the play-offs.
On 12 July 2014, Imaz signed a two-year deal with UE Llagostera, recently promoted to Segunda División. [3] He played his first match as a professional on 23 August, replacing Vallho in the 78th minute of a 2–0 away loss to UD Las Palmas. [4]
Imaz scored his first professional goal on 19 October 2014, but in a 1–4 home defeat against RCD Mallorca. [5] On 11 July 2016, after suffering relegation, he agreed to a one-year contract at UCAM Murcia CF also in division two. [6]
On 27 January 2017, Imaz moved to fellow second tier side Cádiz CF, signing until June 2018. [7] On 31 August, however, he joined a host of compatriots at Wisła Kraków. [8] [9]
Imaz continued in the Polish Ekstraklasa in January 2019, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with Jagiellonia Białystok. [10] With 12 goals across the 2023–24 league campaign, he was Jagiellonia's joint-top goalscorer as they won their first top-tier title in the club's history. [11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lleida | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | Segunda División B | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 4 | ||||
Total | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
Lleida Esportiu | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 6 | |||
2012–13 | Segunda División B | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||
2013–14 | Segunda División B | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
Total | 87 | 21 | 5 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 98 | 25 | |||
Llagostera | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 6 | |||
2015–16 | Segunda División | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 6 | ||||
Total | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | 64 | 12 | |||||
UCAM Murcia | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 16 | 6 | |||
Cádiz | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
2017–18 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
Wisła Kraków | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 8 | |||
2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | ||||
Total | 47 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 14 | |||||
Jagiellonia Białystok | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 10 | |||
2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 11 | ||||
2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 11 | ||||
2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 9 | ||||
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 14 | ||||
2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | 35 | 14 | ||||
Total | 155 | 67 | 12 | 2 | — | 167 | 69 | |||||
Career totals | 397 | 124 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 427 | 131 |
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