Kobe Hernandez-Foster

Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster (born June 26, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays for HamKam. Besides the United States, he has played in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga.[2]

Kobe Hernandez-Foster
Personal information
Full name Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster[1]
Date of birth (2002-06-26) June 26, 2002
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Left Back, Forward
Team information
Current team
 HamKam
Number 22
Youth career
2016–2020 LA Galaxy
2020–2021 VfL Wolfsburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 LA Galaxy II 3 (0)
2021 VfL Wolfsburg 0 (0)
2022– HamKam 34 (1)
International career‡
2018–2019 United States U17 23 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:07, October 13, 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Hernandez-Foster joined LA Galaxy's academy in 2016[3] and appeared for Galaxy's USL side LA Galaxy II as an injury-time substitute during a 3–1 loss to OKC Energy on September 12, 2018.[4]

On July 13, 2020, it was announced that Hernandez-Foster, along with fellow United States youth national teamer Bryang Kayo, signed with VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga.[5] It was announced that Hernandez-Foster would begin playing with the club's U-19 team.[5]

Herdanez trained with Norwegian club HamKam during the autumn of 2021, but was not signed due to the team having a foreign player limit. After the team secured promotion to Eliteserien they signed him on a two year deal on November 4, 2021.[6]

International career

Hernandez-Foster was born in the United States to a Honduran father and Guatemalan mother.[7] In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[8]

Honors

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. October 31, 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2019.
  2. Kobe Hernandez-Foster: Who is Wolfsburg’s American left-back? bundesliga.com
  3. "LA Galaxy".
  4. "LA Galaxy II vs. OKC Energy – 13 September 2018 – Soccerway".
  5. "USA teenagers Bryang Kayo and Kobe Hernandez-Foster join Wolfsburg". bundesliga.com – the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  6. "Fra Wolfsburg til Kamma!". HamKam.no. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  7. "Kobe Hernández-Foster, el jugador de sangre hondureña que sigue destacando en la primera división de Noruega". www.diez.hn.
  8. "Head Coach Raphael Wicky Names USA Roster for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
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