José María Giménez
Uruguay · DF · age 31
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Uruguay
- Position
- DF
- Squad role
- Projected starter · #2
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 99
- Intl goals
- 8
- Intl assists
- 2
- Composite rating
- 0.56(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 0.8%
See José María Giménez on the full Uruguay scoring list →
Recent form
Cooling
2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.80 vs 6.89).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa América 2024 | 5 | 393 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 2 | 9 |
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 4 | 6 |
| World Cup 2018 | 4 | 379 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 31 | 8 | 8 |
| All tournaments | 12 | 1,069 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 11 | 1 | 161 | 83 | 14 | 23 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
183
Career matches
14,959
Career minutes
4
Goals
6
Assists
6.8
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.02
22
xG / 90
0.04
81
xAG / 90
0.01
53
vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 20 | 1,757 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 27 | 2,430 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 17 | 1,013 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 23 | 1,690 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| 2018-19 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 21 | 1,772 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 2019-20 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 21 | 1,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| 2020-21 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 21 | 1,765 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| 2021-22 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 24 | 2,042 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| 2022-23 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 8 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.