Champions League third qualifying round, but he refused to play and forced the transfer. In his four seasons with the club he played a total of 229 games for Basel scoring a total of 159 goals. 123 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 12 in the Swiss Cup, 31 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and UIC) and 63 were friendly games. He scored 94 goals in the domestic league, nine in the cup, 13 in the European games and the other 43 were scored during the test games. Later years In 2005, he moved to Olympique de Marseille. At first, Giménez was a regular in Marseille and scored a goal. It stayed that way. The Argentine failed to score and slipped out of the team. After a difficult year he signed a one-year loan agreement with German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, on 4 August 2006. With Hertha things turned for the better, he scored 12 Bundesliga goals in 28 games. In April it was revealed that the transfer to Hertha would be made definative at the end of the season. It was reported that the transfer costed one million Euros and that Giménez had signed a three-year contract, which was to run until 2009, but he was sold for double that fee just one month later. In August 2007, he was signed by Club Toluca on a three-year contract, but this contract was discontinued early, at the end of Clausura 2008 due to his poor performances. In 2008, Giménez signed for Skoda Xanthi, before departing to play on loan by FC Locarno. The loan was announced on 16 February 2009 and he returned to Xanthi in the summer of that year, but he left the club. As free agent on 4 January 2010, after months without a club he signed for Chacarita Juniors. Giménez was released by Chacarita Juniors after the end of the 2009–10 season. Private life Giménez lives in Argentina, in Buenos Aires. He is married and with his wife Natalia has three children Joaquin, was born in Basel, Constantino and Benicio. His current job still has a lot to do with playing football. He founded his own company called G & G 13 Sport and advises professional players and young players on their next career steps. Honours Club Lugano Swiss Challenge League promotion: 1997–98 Basel Swiss Super League: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05