.jpg) Imaz withJagiellonia Białystok in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Imaz Ballesté[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (age 35)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lleida, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jagiellonia Białystok | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lleida | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Lleida | 27 | (4) |
| 2011–2014 | Lleida Esportiu | 87 | (21) |
| 2014–2016 | Llagostera | 61 | (12) |
| 2016–2017 | UCAM Murcia | 14 | (5) |
| 2017 | Cádiz | 6 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Wisła Kraków | 47 | (14) |
| 2019– | Jagiellonia Białystok | 203 | (91) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:28, 11 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Jesús Imaz Ballesté (born 26 September 1990) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forEkstraklasa clubJagiellonia Białystok.
After spending the first years of his career in Spanish lower divisions, Imaz moved to the Polishtop tier to joinWisła Kraków in 2017. In 2019, he signed with Jagiellonia Białystok. Imaz was an integral part of the Jagiellonia teams that won the club'sfirst league title in 2024, and reached theUEFA Conference League quarter-finalsthe following year. With 91 goals, he is Jagiellonia's all-time best Ekstraklasa goalscorer. In August 2025, he became the second foreign player to score 100 goals in the Polish top-flight.
Born inLleida,Catalonia,[2] Imaz was aUE Lleida youth graduate.[3] He made his senior debut on 30 August 2009, as a second-halfsubstitute in a 1–1 home draw againstSant Andreu in theSegunda División B.[4]
In the summer of 2011, after Lleida's dissolution, Imaz joined the newly formedLleida Esportiu, also in the third division.[5] He was first choice in the following seasons, as the club missed out on promotion twice in the play-offs.
On 12 July 2014, Imaz signed a two-year deal withLlagostera,recently promoted toSegunda División.[6] He played his first match as a professional on 23 August, replacingVallho in the 78th minute of a 2–0 away loss toLas Palmas.[7]
Imaz scored his first second-tier goal on 19 October 2014, but in a 1–4 home defeat againstMallorca.[8] On 11 July 2016, havingsuffered relegation,[9] he agreed to a one-year contract atUCAM Murcia in the same league.[10]
On 27 January 2017, Imaz moved to fellow second division sideCádiz, signing until June 2018.[11]
On 31 August 2017, Imaz joined a host of compatriots at Polish clubWisła Kraków.[12][13] He remained in theEkstraklasa in January 2019, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal withJagiellonia Białystok.[14]
During the2022–23 season, Imaz had netted a career-best 14 times but his team narrowly avoided relegation.[15] With 12 goals in thefollowing campaign, he was Jagiellonia's joint-top scorer as they won the first league title in their 104-year history.[16]
On 17 August 2025, Imaz became the second non-Polish player in Ekstraklasa's history to reach the 100 goal milestone, after scoring his 99th and 100th goals in a 2–1 victory overRadomiak Radom.[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lleida | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| Total | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||||
| Lleida Esportiu | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
| Total | 87 | 21 | 5 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 98 | 25 | |||
| Llagostera | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Segunda División | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| Total | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 64 | 12 | ||||
| UCAM Murcia | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 6 | ||
| Cádiz | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Wisła Kraków | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 6 | |||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 14 | ||||
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 11 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 11 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 14 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 14 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 34 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 18[c] | 7 | 1[d] | 0 | 56 | 24 | |
| 2025–26 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9[e] | 4 | — | 24 | 12 | ||
| Total | 203 | 91 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 247 | 105 | ||
| Career total | 445 | 148 | 28 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 507 | 167 | ||
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