Pedro Pablo Hernández
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Pablo Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Tucumán, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celta | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Racing Club | ||
| 2005–2006 | Atlético Tucumán | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Atlético Tucumán | 35 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Racing Montevideo | 15 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Defensor | 14 | (3) |
| 2010 | → DC United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Argentinos Juniors | 64 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | O'Higgins | 29 | (11) |
| 2014– | Celta | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2014 | |||
Pedro Pablo Hernández (born 24 October 1986) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Spanish club Celta de Vigo as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Born in Tucumán, Hernández moved to Buenos Aires at early age, and subsequently joined Racing Club's youth setup.[1] He was released in 2005, aged 19, and returned to his hometown. After failing in a trial at San Martín de Tucumán, Hernández moved to Atlético Tucumán. He made his senior debuts in 2006, and moved abroad two years later, joining Racing Montevideo.
On 7 August 2009 Hernández moved to Defensor Sporting.[2] He made his debut on the 23rd, starting in a 5–1 home routing over Atenas de San Carlos, and scored his first goal roughly a month later, netting the last of a 4–0 win at Central Español.
On 1 July 2010, D.C. United officially announced the loan signing of Hernández from Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting, after he trialed with the club.[3] Despite being a regular starter for DCU, he rescinded his link on 7 January of the following year,[4] and moved to Argentinos Juniors late in the month.[5]
In July 2013 Hernández joined O'Higgins, as a replacement for Universidad de Chile-bound Juan Rodrigo Rojas.[6] He was a part of the side which won the campaign's Apertura tournament, scoring seven goals in 18 matches (including one in the final against Universidad Católica).[7]
On 26 June 2014, Hernández moved teams and countries again, after agreeing to a four-year deal with La Liga side Celta de Vigo,[8] for an € 1.6 million fee.[9] He made his debut for the club on 30 August, replacing Nolito in the 85th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Córdoba CF.[10]
International career
Hernández obtained Chilean nationality in December 2013, after having ancestry from his grandmother.[11] He then was called up by Jorge Sampaoli to represent his new country's main squad in a friendly against Costa Rica.[12] He made his international debut on 22 January 2014, scoring the second and third in a 4–0 win at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso.[13]
References
- ^ Un crack del Interior (A skilled player from the countryside); Futbol South Africa 2010, 2 March 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ Pablo Hernández se sumó a Defensor (Pablo Hernández added to Defensor); Ovación, 7 August 2009 Template:Es icon
- ^ "D.C. United signs Argentine forward Pablo Hernandez". D.C. United.
- ^ D.C. United cuts ties with Pablo Hernandez; The Washington Post, 7 January 2011
- ^ Pablo Hernández se suma a Argentinos, Atlético lo objeta (Pablo Hernández added to Argentinos, Atlético objects); El Siglo, 29 January 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ Las credenciales de Pablo Hernández: El “10″ que llega a O’Higgins (The credentials of Pablo Hernández: the "10" who arrives at O'Higgins); El Tipógrafo, 23 July 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Pedro Pablo Hernández: El “chileno” que llevó a lo más alto a O’Higgins (Pedro Pablo Hernández: the "Chilean" who took O'Higgins at the highest); El Tipógrafo, 31 December 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Pablo Hernández: talento, potencia y llegada para el Real Club Celta (Pablo Hernández: talent, power and arrival to Real Club Celta); Celta's official website, 26 June 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Celta cierra el fichaje de Hernández (Celta completes signing of Hernández); Marca, 13 June 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ Fede da el primer punto (Fede gives the first point); Marca, 30 August 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ Comunicado de prensa: nacionalización de Pablo Hernández (Press release: Pablo Hernández's nationalization); O'Higgins' official website, 18 December 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Pedro Pablo Hernández será convocado a la selección para el amistoso ante Costa Rica (Pedro Pablo Hernández will be called up to the national squad for a friendly against Costa Rica); Cooperativa, 15 January 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ ‘Foreign’ debutants bag three in Chile’s 4-0 demolition of Costa Rica; The Santiago Times, 23 January 2014
External links
- ESPN Deportes profile
- Soccerway profile
- Hernández.html Pedro Pablo Hernández at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Tucumán Province
- Argentine emigrants to Chile
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Argentine footballers
- Chilean footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Atlético Tucumán footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Racing Club de Montevideo players
- Primera División Argentina players
- Defensor Sporting Club players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- D.C. United players
- Major League Soccer players
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Celta de Vigo players
- La Liga players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chilean expatriates in Uruguay
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Chilean expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Chilean expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Chile international footballers