Javier Hernández (soccer player, 1961)

Javier Hernández
Personnel
Surname	Javier Hernández Gutiérrez
birthday	August 1, 1961
place of birth	Tototlán , Jalisco ,  Mexico
size	169 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1981-1989	UAG Tecos	226 (46)
1989-1991	Puebla FC	71 0(5)
1994-1995	UAG Tecos	19 0(2)
1995-1999	Monarcas Morelia	88 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1983-1994	Mexico	35 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
0000-2010	Deportivo Guadalajara B
1 Only league games are given.

Javier Hernández , whose full name Javier Hernández Gutiérrez (* 1. August 1961 in Tototlán , Jalisco ) and because of its low height and striking green eyes and chícharo (the pea called), is a former Mexican footballer , who usually an attacking midfielder was used . He took part in the 1986 World Cup in his own country with the Mexican national team .

Club career

Hernández began his professional career in 1981 with UAG Tecos , for which he completed 226 games and scored 46 goals in eight years. In 1989 he moved to Puebla FC , with whom he became Mexican champion in 1990, later returned to the Tecos and ended his active career in 1999 in the service of the Monarcas Morelia .

National team

Hernández made his international debut in a friendly game played on March 15, 1983 against Costa Rica, which was won 1-0. He scored his first international goal on August 16, 1984 in a 3-0 win over Finland. At the 1986 World Cup in his own country, he was part of the Mexican squad, but was not used. The following year was his most successful in the dress of the national team ; because in 1987 he brought it to a total of 564 minutes of international play, in which he scored five goals (in five different games). His 33rd and, for the time being, last international match was in a friendly game played on February 14, 1988, in which Guatemala was defeated 3-0. After a six-year absence, Hernández played two more international appearances in 1994 on February 24, 1994 against Sweden (where he contributed his last international goal to Mexico's 2-1 win) and on March 2, 1994 against Colombia (0-0), which was at the same time last international match was.

Coaching

While both his father-in-law and son were under contract with Deportivo Guadalajara for years , Hernández never played for that club. He later coached his reserve team before resigning in the spring of 2010 because the club refused to give him permission to see his son play live at the World Cup in South Africa: “I asked permission to watch my son play, but I was denied it. We thought back and forth in the family for two days. Then my decision was made to terminate the contract because I wanted to go to the World Cup and see my boy play. The work is secondary. "

family

Chicharo's son Javier (* 1988) is also a soccer player and is named after his father Chicharito (pea or small pea). His father-in-law is Tomás Balcázar .

successes

• Mexican champion : 1989/90 (with Puebla)

References and comments

1. ↑ See his profile on the FIFA website.
2. ↑ Data on Javier Hernández Balcázar on the association's official website (Spanish; accessed April 14, 2011)
3. ↑ According to the database of National Football Teams (see web links) he worked for Puebla between 1989 and 1991 and for the Tecos de la UAG in the 1994/95 season. No data are available for the intervening period from 1991 to 1994.
4. ↑ ESPN Soccernet: Hernandez's father quits to see him play (English; article from June 4, 2010)

Web links

• Javier Hernández in the FEMEXFUT database (Spanish)
• Javier Hernández in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)