José Hernández (soccer, born 2000)

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

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

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. "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. "José Hernández". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. "Jose Hernandez". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. "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. "'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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