What’s the buzz?
Quess East Bengal too followed the footsteps of other Indian football clubs and joined the race of signing Spanish footballers by bringing in Marcos Jimenez de La Espada to their squad ahead of their upcoming season in Indian football. Jimenez will join the squad following the Durand Cup.
The Grave Details
Jimenez started his career in San Francisco and signed professionally for the first time with club Constancia. He then spent some time with RD Mallorca B team and tried his luck out with several other spanish clubs.
He played 23 professional football matches with Saint Andreu until he was spotted by Catalonia based club Gimastic where he went on to represent 124 matches.
He then signed for Hong Kong based club Southern District FC before joining East Bengal.
What’s next?
Jimenez is a player who knows how to score and his addition will be a huge boost to East Bengal’s squad specially after losing last season’s top Indian Jobby Justin. With the inclusion of Marcos Jimenez, East Bengal will definitey be the club to watch out for in the upcoming I league season.