José Hernández (born 19 March 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Edmonton Internazionale | |||
| Edmonton Juventus | |||
| –2016 | FC Edmonton | ||
| 2016–2018 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Pacific FC | 19 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Cavalry FC | 20 | (0) |
| 2022 | Rivers FC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Canada U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Canada U20 | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2019 | |||
Early life
editThe son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorean mother,[1] Hernández started his career at the age of five with Edmonton Internazionale.[2] He later joined the academy programme of FC Edmonton before switching to the academy of Vancouver Whitecaps FC in August 2016.[3] In the 2016–17 season, he played for Vancouver's U16 team in the USSDA and scored 19 goals in 26 appearances.[3] The following year he moved up to the U18 team, where he made 15 appearances and scored 13 goals.[4]
Club career
editOn 7 February 2019, Hernández signed his first professional contract with Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC.[5] He made his debut as a substitute on 28 April 2019 in the club's inaugural match.[4] He scored his first goal for the club, which was also his first professional goal, in their next game against Valour FC on May 1.[6] It would be his only goal for Pacific. After the conclusion of the 2019 season, Hernández did not resign with Pacific.[7]
On 11 December 2019, Hernández signed for Cavalry FC, becoming the first player to ever switch from one Canadian Premier League side to another.[8] In November 2020, Hernández would re-sign with the club for the 2021 season.[9] After the 2021 season, Cavalry announced that Hernandez would leave the club after two seasons.[10]
In April 2022, he joined League1 British Columbia club Rivers FC.[11]
International career
editHernández received his first Canada U17 call-up in October 2016 for an evaluation camp in Vaughan.[2] He was called up to two further camps, including a pair of friendlies against Jamaica U17, where he made his international debut on November 27, 2016.[12] and was then named to the roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he made one appearance in a match against Cuba.[2]
In November 2018, Hernández was called up by the Canada U20 team for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where he made three appearances and scored a goal in the opening match against Dominica.[2] In February 2021, it was rumoured that the El Salvador national football team started talks with Hernández to play for the homeland of his mother.[1][13]
Personal life
editBorn in Canada, is of Mexican and Salvadorean descent.[14] His father played for Unam in Mexico,[14] his brother Christian played for MacEwan Griffins men soccer team[15] and his other siblings, played amateur soccer in Alberta.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "José Hernández: el nuevo objetivo de la Selecta que juega en Canadá" [José Hernández: the new goal of the Selecta that plays in Canada] (in Spanish). Futbol Centro America. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "José Hernández". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Jose Hernandez". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "José Hernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Pacific FC adds three ex-Whitecaps to CPL roster". Sportsnet. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "WATCH: Pacific's José Hernandez registers first professional goal of career – Pacific FC". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "Pacific FC Announce First Roster Moves – Pacific FC". Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "Jose Hernandez makes history in Pacific-Cavalry switch". Canadian Premier League. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Three Young Canadian Players Re-sign with Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. November 13, 2020.
- ^ Charlie O'Connor-Clarke (November 25, 2021). "Cavalry FC announce departure of six players including Farsi, Yao". Canadian Premier League.
- ^ Jacques, John (April 18, 2022). "Rivers FC Adds CPL Original Jose Hernandez". Northern Tribune.
- ^ @CanadaSoccerEN (November 27, 2016). "From Canada's 3:0 win over Jamaica, congrats to José Hernández, Matthew Roberts & Jake Ruby who all made their international youth debuts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Futbolcentroame (February 6, 2021). "La nueva promesa salvadoreña: José Hernández" [The new Salvadoran promise: José Hernández] (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "'Dream come true': Hernandez rising to new level with Pacific FC". February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Christian Hernandez younger brother Jose Hernandez was in the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program". February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Getting to know your U SPORTS student-athletes: Christian Hernandez, MacEwan Griffins". February 8, 2019.
External links
edit- José Hernández at the Canadian Soccer Association
- José Hernández at Soccerway