Juanmi Jiménez

Southampton On 16 June 2015, Juanmi signed a four-year deal with Premier League side Southampton, for an undisclosed fee reported to be £5 million. He made his debut on 30 July, coming on for Jordy Clasie in the 62nd minute and setting up fellow substitute Shane Long for the final goal in a 3–0 victory over Vitesse at St. Mary's Stadium in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Real Sociedad On 9 June 2016, after 19 goalless appearances in all competitions – two starts – Juanmi returned to his home country and joined Real Sociedad for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut on 21 August, starting as they began the season with a 3–0 home loss to Real Madrid. Six days later, he scored his first goal to open a 2–0 win at Osasuna.

Juanmi was given a yellow card on 28 February 2017 for celebrating the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with Eibar at the Anoeta Stadium by lifting up his shirt to show a tribute to the recently deceased leukemia sufferer Pablo Ráez, and was sent off in the second half for a second booking.

Betis

On 14 June 2019, Juanmi signed a five-year contract with Real Betis for a €8 million fee. He spent the vast majority of his debut campaign on the sidelines, nursing a left-foot injury.

Juanmi scored his first competitive goal on 28 June 2020, but in a 4–2 away defeat against Levante. On 28 November 2021, against the same opposition but at home, his second-half hat-trick proved crucial to the 3–1 victory. He played in the team's cup final win over Valencia five months later, having scored twice away to his previous club in a 4–0 quarter-final win on 3 February. He concluded the 2021–22 season with a career-best 20 goals in all competitions, of which 16 in the league, where he was joint fifth top scorer.

On 8 September 2022, Juanmi suffered a left-ankle ligament break in a Europa League group game at HJK. He returned to action in December in friendly matches during the FIFA World Cup, and was fully recovered from setbacks by the end of January.

Having fallen out of favour with Manuel Pellegrini following the signing of Ayoze Pérez, Juanmi joined newly promoted Saudi Pro League side Al-Riyadh on a one-year loan on 20 August 2023. He scored his only goal on 5 October, in a 2–2 home draw with Al Shabab; this broke his eight-month drought. He netted in each half of a victory against Atlético Madrid on 9 March, ending a 23-match winless run.

After returning to Betis, still under the same manager, Juanmi continue to feature sparingly; he did score a last-minute goal to help the hosts defeat Celje 2–1 in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League.

Getafe On 31 January 2025, Juanmi was loaned to Getafe with an option to buy. On 11 June, the club exercised the clause.

International career Juanmi won two consecutive UEFA European Under-19 Championships, scoring two goals in the 2011 edition in Romania. On 23 March 2015, he was called up to the senior Spain national team for the first time by coach Vicente del Bosque, ahead of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Ukraine and a friendly with the Netherlands, after Diego Costa withdrew with a hamstring injury. He made his debut in the latter game at the Amsterdam Arena on 31 March, starting and making way for Álvaro Morata in a 2–0 defeat.

On 29 December 2016, Juanmi played for the Andalusian representative side in a 3–1 home win over a La Liga XI, to raise money for UNICEF.

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Honours Betis Copa del Rey: 2021–22 2012

Individual La Liga Player of the Month: December 2021