Abel Hernández

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Platero.
Abel Hernández

Hernández with Uruguay in 2011
Personal information
Full name Abel Mathías Hernández Platero
Date of birth (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990
Place of birth Pando, Uruguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2001 Peñarol
2001–2006 Central Español
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Central Español 30 (9)
2008–2009 Peñarol 8 (3)
2009–2014 Palermo 111 (31)
2014– Hull City 64 (23)
National team‡
2008–2010 Uruguay U20 11 (9)
2012 Uruguay Olympic 3 (1)
2010– Uruguay 24 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:50, 23 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:15, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Abel Mathías Hernández Platero[1][2] (born 8 August 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for English club Hull City and the Uruguay national team as a striker.

He began his career with Central Español and Peñarol, and spent five-and-a-half seasons in Italy with Palermo before joining Hull for a club record £10 million in September 2014.

A full international since 2010, Hernández has competed at various international tournaments with Uruguay, including their victory at the 2011 Copa América.

Club career

Early career

Nicknamed La Joya,[2] he started his professional career with Uruguayan side Central Español, immediately scoring five goals in his first four games. He was subsequently acquired by Peñarol, where he established himself as a regular and also gained a spot into the Under-20 Uruguayan side.

Palermo

On 2 February 2009 Italian Serie A club Palermo completed the signing of Hernández, where he joined fellow Uruguayan Edinson Cavani. He was presented by Palermo only one month later, due to some health concerns regarding a cardiac arrhythmia that led to a small surgical intervention.[3][4] He made his first team debut on 15 March, replacing Edinson Cavani in the final minutes of a 5–2 home win to Lecce.[5] He then won the Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti with the Primavera under-19 team in June 2009.[6]

After missing the initial weeks of the 2009–10 Serie A due to injury and his participation in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Hernández played his first game on 29 October 2009. Coming on as a half-time substitute for Cristian Melinte, he scored in the 5–3 loss to league leaders Inter.[7]

In 2012–13, Hernández scored only once in 14 league matches as Palermo suffered relegation: he equalised as a substitute against Udinese in the 81st minute of a home match on 8 May, only for Medhi Benatia to score a winner for the visitors two minutes later.[8] The following campaign, he struck 14 times in 28 Serie B games as the Sicilians returned to the top flight, netting braces in away victories over Padova and Siena, both of which included a penalty kick.[9][10]

Hull City

Hernández signed for English club Hull City on 1 September 2014 for a club record £10 million on a three-year contract, with the club having an option for a fourth year.[11] Two weeks later he made his debut at the KC Stadium, and scored the first goal of a 2–2 draw with West Ham United.[12] In his next home game against Manchester City on the 27th he won a penalty after being fouled in the area by Eliaquim Mangala, and scored it in an eventual 2–4 defeat.[13] His next goal came when he put his team into the lead during a 2–2 away draw against Arsenal.[14]

Hull were relegated on 24 May 2015 after a goalless draw with Manchester United on the final day of the season. During the match, Hérnandez punched United defender Phil Jones in an off the ball incident, not seen by match officials. Two days later, he was charged with violent conduct by The Football Association,[15] and subsequently given a three-match ban.[16]

On 16 January 2016, in a Championship match against Charlton Athletic, Hernández scored his first club career hat-trick in a game that finished 6–0, taking his league tally to 14 goals for the season.[17] With six goals in four games, he won January's Football League Championship Player of the Month, and his manager Steve Bruce won the equivalent.[18]

International career

On 27 July 2010, Hernández was called up for his debut with Uruguay, a friendly against Angola in Lisbon. The game, which was played on 11 August, ended in a 2–0 win for Uruguay, with Hernández being fouled for the penalty, which was scored by Edinson Cavani. Hernández then scored the second goal for the Celeste during injury time.[19] He was part of the Uruguayan team which won the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, making substitute appearances in their opening match and their semi-final victory, both against Peru. He was chosen by Óscar Tabárez for the London 2012 Olympic Uruguay squad, making a half-time substitute appearance in the 0–2 defeat to Senegal at Wembley Stadium, in an eventual group stage exit.

The following year, he was selected for Uruguay's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup; in his only appearance, the final group stage match against Tahiti, Hernández netted a first half hat-trick and eventually went on to become the fourth player in Confederations Cup history to score four goals in one match after converting a second-half penalty goal in Uruguay's 8–0 victory.[20] He was named Man of the match for this performance.[21] Hernández was also included in the Uruguayan squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making substitute appearances in their opener against Costa Rica and last-16 match against Colombia, both defeats. At the 2015 Copa América, he made one start and two substitute appearances as Uruguay reached the quarter-finals.

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 April 2016.[22]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Central Español 2006–07 60——60
2007–08 249——249
Total 309——309
Peñarol 2008–09 83——83
Total 83——83
Palermo 2008–09 60——60
2009–10 21710—227
2010–11 2233144298
2011–12 206——206
2012–13 14110—151
2013–14 281420—3014
Total 11131714412236
Hull City 2014–15 26410—274
2015–16 381931—4120
Total 642341—6824
Career total 213661124422872

International statistics

As of 10 November 2015.
Uruguay national team[23]
YearAppsGoals
201011
201172
201200
201334
201461
201562
Total2410

Honours

International

Uruguay

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "ABEL MATHIAS PLATERO HERNANDEZ" (in Italian). US Liverpool. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Arriva la JOYA ROSANERO Abel Hernandez è del Palermo". Mediagol.it. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Calcio/Palermo, Hernandez: felice di essere a Palermo". Sicilia Today (in Italian). 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Palermo: presentato Hernandez" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 26 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Palermo: Esordio per HERNANDEZ" (in Italian). Mediagol.it. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "Legsa Calcio" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Internazionale 5 – 3 Palermo". ESPN. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Palermo woes continue". Sky Sports. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Callarelli, Gloria (8 September 2013). "Padova-Palermo 0-3, fatal Sicilia: biancoscudati ancora ko". Padova Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Serie B, Siena-Palermo 2-3: gol di Grillo, doppietta di Hernandez, Giannetti e Belotti". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Transfer deadline day: Abel Hernandez joins Hull in £10m deal". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Hull 2–2 West Ham". BBC Sport. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Mike Keegan (27 September 2014). "Hull 2–4 Man City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  14. ↑ Richard Winton (18 October 2014). "Arsenal 2–2 Hull". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Hull City: Abel Hernandez charged for Jones 'punch'". BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Hull City: Abel Hernandez banned for Phil Jones punch". BBC Sport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hull City 6-0 Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Crellin, Mark (5 February 2016). "Hull's Steve Bruce and Abel Hernandez land January's Sky Bet Championship awards". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Cavani, Hernandez give Uruguay 2–0 win vs Angola". USA Today. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  20. ↑ "Uruguay 8 Tahiti 0". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  21. ↑ "Man of the Match". FIFA. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "A. Hernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  23. ↑ Abel Hernández at National-Football-Teams.com
  24. ↑ "Copa América 2011". rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  25. ↑ "XXIV Sudamericano Juvenil 2009 (Venezuela)". rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

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