José Hernández
Personal information
Full name José Hernández
Date of birth (2000-03-19) 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
0000–2016 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2019

José Hernández (born 19 March 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Rivers FC in League1 British Columbia.

Early life

The 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

On 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

Hernández 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

Born 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

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "José Hernández". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Jose Hernandez". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 "José Hernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pacific FC adds three ex-Whitecaps to CPL roster". Sportsnet. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "WATCH: Pacific's José Hernandez registers first professional goal of career – Pacific FC". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  7. ↑ "Pacific FC Announce First Roster Moves – Pacific FC". Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  8. ↑ "Jose Hernandez makes history in Pacific-Cavalry switch". Canadian Premier League. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  9. ↑ "Three Young Canadian Players Re-sign with Cavalry FC". Cavalry FC. November 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ Charlie O'Connor-Clarke (November 25, 2021). "Cavalry FC announce departure of six players including Farsi, Yao". Canadian Premier League.
  11. ↑ Jacques, John (April 18, 2022). "Rivers FC Adds CPL Original Jose Hernandez". Northern Tribune.
  12. ↑ @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.
  13. ↑ @Futbolcentroame (February 6, 2021). "La nueva promesa salvadoreña: José Hernández" [The new Salvadoran promise: José Hernández] (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  14. 1 2 "'Dream come true': Hernandez rising to new level with Pacific FC". February 8, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Christian Hernandez younger brother Jose Hernandez was in the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program". February 8, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Getting to know your U SPORTS student-athletes: Christian Hernandez, MacEwan Griffins". February 8, 2019.
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