Lucas Hernandez

Lucas François Bernard Hernandez (French pronunciation: [lukas ɛʁnɑ̃dɛz, - ɛʁnandɛs];[4][5] born 14 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.[6] He is known for his versatility and defensive prowess.[7][8][9][10] He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Théo Hernandez, and their father Jean-François Hernandez was also a footballer.

For the Uruguayan footballer, see Lucas Hernández (footballer, born 1992).

Lucas Hernandez
Hernandez playing for Bayern Munich in 2022
Personal information
Full name Lucas François Bernard Hernandez[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996[2]
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 21
Youth career
2002–2007 Rayo Majadahonda
2007–2014 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Atlético Madrid B 21 (1)
2014–2019 Atlético Madrid 67 (1)
2019–2023 Bayern Munich 74 (0)
2023– Paris Saint-Germain 8 (0)
International career‡
2012 France U16 1 (0)
2014 France U18 2 (0)
2014–2015 France U19 13 (0)
2015 France U20 3 (0)
2016–2017 France U21 9 (0)
2018– France 35 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Winner2018 Russia
Runner-up2022 Qatar
UEFA Nations League
Winner2021 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Hernandez started his career with Atlético Madrid, where he made more than 100 competitive appearances, reaching the 2016 UEFA Champions League final. He also won the 2018 Europa League and the Super Cup in the same year. He signed for Bayern in 2019, winning the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and Champions League in his first season as part of a treble. Hernandez joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2023.

A French international since 2018, Hernandez was part of the winning squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and also participated at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Atlético Madrid
Hernandez with Atlético Madrid

Born in Marseille while his father Jean-François Hernandez was playing for Marseille, Hernandez moved to Spain at age four (as a result, he would later speak French with a slight Spanish accent),[11] and joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2007 at age 11 from Rayo Majadahonda.[12][13] On 9 November 2013, while still a junior, he was called up by manager Diego Simeone for a La Liga match against Villarreal,[14] but remained unused in the 1–1 away draw on the following day.[15]

Hernandez made his senior debut on 26 April 2014, starting for the reserves in a 0–1 away loss against Real Sociedad B in the Segunda División B.[16] He appeared in three further matches during the season, as they narrowly avoided relegation; he also signed a new deal with the club in June, running until 2018.[17]

Hernandez made his first-team debut on 3 December 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away success over L'Hospitalet in the campaign's Copa del Rey.[18] His maiden appearance in the Spanish top level took place on the 21st, when he came on as a late substitute for Guilherme Siqueira in a 4–1 away win against Athletic Bilbao.[19]

2015–16 season

On 10 August 2015, Hernandez renewed his contract until 2019 and was definitively promoted to the main squad.[20] His maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 15 March 2016, as he replaced injured Diego Godín for extra time of the round-of-16 tie against PSV (0–0 after 120 minutes, 8–7 penalty shootout win);[21] he entered at the same point in the final, a shootout loss to neighbours Real Madrid in the San Siro on 28 May.[22]

2016–17 season

On 6 August 2016, Hernandez signed a contract extension with Atlético until 30 June 2020.[23] He played a more important role for Atlético during the 2016-17 season. Hernandez played in 22 matches in all competitions during the season. He was in the starting lineup in 20 of these matches.

2017–18 season

During the 2017–18 season, Hernandez was a key member of the team as he played in 44 matches in all competitions. Atlético reached the 2018 UEFA Europa League final. He started and played the whole match against French club Marseille. Atlético won the match 3–0 and Hernandez won his first international trophy.[24]

2018–19 season

Hernandez scored his first goal as a professional on 19 January 2019, in a 3–0 away defeat of Huesca.[25]

On 27 March 2019, Atlético confirmed that Hernandez would leave the club in the summer of 2019. Atlético confirmed they offered Hernandez a contract extension, but he decided to sign for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Atlético said that the German club activated Hernandez's release clause of €80 million.[26] During the medical examination by Bayern Munich medical staff, a damage to the medial collateral ligament in Hernandez's right knee was found. The injury required a surgical repair. On 28 March 2019, Hernandez had a successful operation on his right knee. The operation ended Hernandez's season with Atlético.[27]

Hernandez played in 14 La Liga matches and scored one goal. In all competitions, he played in 22 matches and scored one goal.

On 12 October 2019, Hernandez's former coach at Atlético, Diego Simeone, said in an interview with Marca that the left back's departure to Bayern had hurt Atlético a great deal: "The exit that hurt us the most was Lucas, who was a boy from the academy ... [It hurt] More than [Antoine] Griezmann," who left Atlético at the same time for Barcelona.[28]

Bayern Munich

On 27 March 2019, Bayern Munich announced that Hernandez would join the club on 1 July 2019 for a club record (and Bundesliga record) fee of €80 million, signing a five-year contract lasting until 2024.[29][30] He made his debut for Bayern on 10 August in a first round match against Energie Cottbus in the DFB-Pokal as an 89th-minute substitute.[31] On 23 August 2020, along with his Bayern Munich teammates, Hernandez became a Champions League winner after a 1–0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the final.[32]

On 3 November 2020, Hernandez scored his first goal for Bayern Munich in a 6–2 away win over Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League.[33] In April 2021, Bayern were eliminated from the European competition in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain on away goal rule after a 3–3 draw on aggregate.[34]

Hernandez missed three league matches at the start of the 2021–22 due to a knee injury sustained during the postponed Euro 2020.[35] However, he was part of the team which reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League before losing to Villarreal 2–1 on aggregate.[36]

On 13 September 2022, Hernandez scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season from a header in a 2–0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League.[37] Two months later, he sustained a cruciate ligament rupture in his right knee during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which sidelined him for the rest of the season.[38]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 9 July 2023, Hernandez signed for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract until 30 June 2028, for a transfer fee reported to be in the region of €40 million.[39][40] He made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Lorient at the Parc des Princes on 12 August.[41] On 4 October 2023, Hernandez scored his first PSG goal, a header in a 4–1 UEFA Champions League defeat away to Newcastle United.[42] On 25 October 2023, Hernandez for the first time faced his younger brother, Theo, as an opponent playing competitive senior football in the Champions League group stage home game against AC Milan, a 3–0 win for PSG.[43]

International career
Hernandez playing for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Hernandez earned his first cap for France on 6 March 2012, playing the full 90 minutes for the under-16 team in 1–1 friendly draw against Italy at Coverciano. In 2014, he also appeared with the under-18 and under-19 sides. The following year, he was selected for 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament for his performances.[44]

In March 2018, Hernandez was called up to the senior team by manager Didier Deschamps for friendlies with Colombia and Russia.[45] He made his debut against the former, replacing Lucas Digne for the last 14 minutes of the 2–3 loss in Paris.[46]

Hernandez was selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[47] He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, playing the entire 2–1 group stage win against Australia;[48] he featured in all of the matches for the eventual champions, playing for the full 90 minutes in six of France's seven matches on their way to winning the tournament.[49][50]

In October 2021, ahead of the UEFA Nations League semi-finals against Belgium, Lucas for the first time received a call-up to the national team from Didier Deschamps together with his brother Théo; the two were later fielded in the 3–4–1–2 formation as a left center back and a left wingback, respectively, making it the first time they played together in a senior competitive game, which turned out to be a 3–2 comeback victory for France, with Théo scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute.[51] Hernandez was selected for France's squad ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup but suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) 13 minutes into the first group match against Australia and was subsequently ruled out for the remainder of the tournament.[52] Théo substituted into the match for him after the injury and played out the remainder of France's World Cup 2022 run in his stead.[53]

Personal life

Hernandez's father, Jean-François, was also a footballer who played as a centre back. Of Spanish descent,[54] he also played for Atlético Madrid;[55] Hernandez's younger brother, Théo, was also raised at the club, and played in the same position.[56] In an interview with Marca in October 2018, he stated that his family had not heard from their father for 12 or 13 years.[57] In 2022, French newspaper L'Équipe found that Jean-François – who went missing in 2004 – was living in Thailand, and had allegedly been legally blocked by his ex-partner from seeing their children.[58]

On 3 February 2017, Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend,[59] who was also summoned to appear in court.[60] Both Hernandez and his girlfriend, Amelia Llorente, were sentenced to 31 days of community service, while Hernandez was also served with a restraining order preventing him from being within 500 metres of Llorente.[61][62]

Hernandez was arrested again in June of the same year for violating the restraining order after he and Llorente landed together in Madrid, returning from their honeymoon. For this violation, on 13 October 2021, Hernandez was sentenced to six-months in prison by a Spanish court; Hernandez successfully appealed his sentence and was instead given a four year suspended sentence and ordered to pay a €96,000 fine.[61][62][63]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 October 2023[64]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Madrid 2014–15 La Liga 1030000040
2015–16 La Liga 100204[lower-alpha 1]0—160
2016–17 La Liga 150504[lower-alpha 1]0—240
2017–18 La Liga 2706011[lower-alpha 2]0—440
2018–19 La Liga 141205[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 3]0221
Total 671180240101101
Bayern Munich 2019–20 Bundesliga 190303[lower-alpha 1]000250
2020–21 Bundesliga 230108[lower-alpha 1]15[lower-alpha 4]0371
2021–22 Bundesliga 250108[lower-alpha 1]000340
2022–23 Bundesliga 70102[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 5]0111
Total 74060232401072
Paris Saint-Germain 2023–24 Ligue 1 80003[lower-alpha 1]100111
Career total 1491240503502284
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in DFL-Supercup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 13 October 2023[65]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 2018150
201920
202050
202180
202230
202320
Total350

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Bayern Munich

France

Individual

Orders

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