Santiago Jimenez is already part of the history of Mexican football and Feyenoord in the Eredivisie. The Mexican footballer became the champion with the Eredivisie club. and he is the sixth Aztec to do so in the Dutch first division.
El Chaquito scored in Feyenoord’s 3-0 win over the Go Ahead Eagles thanks to a great goal from Jimenez. The Mexican made it 2-0 after a triangulation and a pass from Igor Paixao. Feyenoord added their 16th Eredivisie title and first since the 2016–17 campaign.
With this annotation the Mexican striker has scored 15 goals in the tournament and is third in the lead after two goals from Anastasios Douvikas. This was Jimenez’s first season in Europe and he will now have the opportunity to play in the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League.
Jimenez joins the Mexican champions in the Eredivisie
Santiago “Chaquito” Jiménez joins the unique list of Mexican football champions in the Netherlands. Other members Carlos Salcido, Hector Moreno, Andres Guardado, Hirving Lozano and Edson Alvarez.
The first to do so was Carlos Salcido in the 2006-2007 season for PSV Eindhoven and the last to be Edson Alvarez in the 2021-2022 season. El Machin did it two seasons in a row (2020-2021 and 2021-2022) and equaled the Mexican’s number of titles in the Netherlands with Andres Guardado and Hector Moreno.
From the moment he arrived at Feyenoord, Jimenez had to earn the title of the Dutch club, and thanks to a good game and goals, he became the striker of the champion team.
Jiménez made 42 appearances and scored 23 goals in all competitions, a record for most goals. in the same campaign for the Mexican football player.
With Serie A and the Eredivisie determined, two Mexican footballers became champions in the two major European leagues. Irving Lozano was Italian champion with Napoli and already has two league titles in two different countries.
Source: La Opinion
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