Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, known as Gimenez, was born on June 18, 1995 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. He was a right back defender for the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense.
Gimenez began his career in soccer under Olé Brasil and Comercial-SP's youth categories, eventually graduating and professionally debuting in 2013 with Comercial-SP. He joined Chapecoense for the 2016 Season, after playing for Botafogo-SP and Goiás between 2014 and 2015. He received an honor in 2016 with Chapecoense. His Chapecoense team number was 2. He was a talented soccer player, having played a total of 88 games and scored 1 goal.
Gimenez was a victim of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on November 28, 2016 over Cerro Gordo, Colombia. Gimenez and most of his Chapecoense teammates were traveling on a charter plane, from Bolivia to Colombia, to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against a Colombian team. At 10:00pm, the crew of the plane declared electrical and fuel emergencies while flying over Colombia, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane crashed into the mountains of Cerro Gordo moments later, killing 71 of the 77 people onboard. 19 out of 22 Chapecoense players on the plane died.
Gimenez's body was recovered and identified, and was buried at the Cemitério de Crevinhos in Crevinhos Municipal, São Paulo.
Gimenez began his career in soccer under Olé Brasil and Comercial-SP's youth categories, eventually graduating and professionally debuting in 2013 with Comercial-SP. He joined Chapecoense for the 2016 Season, after playing for Botafogo-SP and Goiás between 2014 and 2015. He received an honor in 2016 with Chapecoense. His Chapecoense team number was 2. He was a talented soccer player, having played a total of 88 games and scored 1 goal.
Gimenez was a victim of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on November 28, 2016 over Cerro Gordo, Colombia. Gimenez and most of his Chapecoense teammates were traveling on a charter plane, from Bolivia to Colombia, to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against a Colombian team. At 10:00pm, the crew of the plane declared electrical and fuel emergencies while flying over Colombia, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane crashed into the mountains of Cerro Gordo moments later, killing 71 of the 77 people onboard. 19 out of 22 Chapecoense players on the plane died.
Gimenez's body was recovered and identified, and was buried at the Cemitério de Crevinhos in Crevinhos Municipal, São Paulo.
Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, known as Gimenez, was born on June 18, 1995 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. He was a right back defender for the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense.
Gimenez began his career in soccer under Olé Brasil and Comercial-SP's youth categories, eventually graduating and professionally debuting in 2013 with Comercial-SP. He joined Chapecoense for the 2016 Season, after playing for Botafogo-SP and Goiás between 2014 and 2015. He received an honor in 2016 with Chapecoense. His Chapecoense team number was 2. He was a talented soccer player, having played a total of 88 games and scored 1 goal.
Gimenez was a victim of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on November 28, 2016 over Cerro Gordo, Colombia. Gimenez and most of his Chapecoense teammates were traveling on a charter plane, from Bolivia to Colombia, to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against a Colombian team. At 10:00pm, the crew of the plane declared electrical and fuel emergencies while flying over Colombia, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane crashed into the mountains of Cerro Gordo moments later, killing 71 of the 77 people onboard. 19 out of 22 Chapecoense players on the plane died.
Gimenez's body was recovered and identified, and was buried at the Cemitério de Crevinhos in Crevinhos Municipal, São Paulo.
Gimenez began his career in soccer under Olé Brasil and Comercial-SP's youth categories, eventually graduating and professionally debuting in 2013 with Comercial-SP. He joined Chapecoense for the 2016 Season, after playing for Botafogo-SP and Goiás between 2014 and 2015. He received an honor in 2016 with Chapecoense. His Chapecoense team number was 2. He was a talented soccer player, having played a total of 88 games and scored 1 goal.
Gimenez was a victim of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on November 28, 2016 over Cerro Gordo, Colombia. Gimenez and most of his Chapecoense teammates were traveling on a charter plane, from Bolivia to Colombia, to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against a Colombian team. At 10:00pm, the crew of the plane declared electrical and fuel emergencies while flying over Colombia, due to fuel exhaustion. The plane crashed into the mountains of Cerro Gordo moments later, killing 71 of the 77 people onboard. 19 out of 22 Chapecoense players on the plane died.
Gimenez's body was recovered and identified, and was buried at the Cemitério de Crevinhos in Crevinhos Municipal, São Paulo.
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