Javi Hernández (footballer, born 1989)

Francisco Javier "Javi" Hernández González (born 6 June 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha.[1]

For another Spanish footballer with the same name, see Javi Chino. For people with a similar name, see Javier Hernández (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is González.
Javi Hernández
Hernández with Cracovia in 2018
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Hernández González
Date of birth (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989
Place of birth Salamanca, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Odisha
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2002 CDF Pizarrales
2002–2005 Salamanca
2005–2008 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Real Madrid B 34 (3)
2011 → Halmstad (loan) 9 (2)
2011–2013 Salamanca 57 (13)
2013–2014 Ourense 32 (5)
2014–2015 Burgos 35 (5)
2015–2016 Poli Timișoara 38 (6)
2016–2017 Górnik Łęczna 28 (4)
2017 Gabala 0 (0)
2017–2019 Cracovia 68 (15)
2019–2020 ATK 20 (2)
2020–2021 ATK Mohun Bagan 16 (1)
2021– Odisha 2 (3)
National team
2007 Spain U19 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:15, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Salamanca, Castile and León, Hernández reached Real Madrid's youth academy in 2005 at the age of 16, signing from local UD Salamanca. He made his senior debut in the 2008–09 season with Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División B, appearing in 24 games but only starting in three of those.

On 1 February 2011, after having totalled only ten league matches in one and a half seasons, Hernández was loaned to Halmstads BK in Sweden, alongside Castilla teammates Raúl and José Zamora.[2] He returned to his country in the summer, going on to continue competing in the third tier the following years with Salamanca, CD Ourense and Burgos CF.[3]

On 31 August 2016, Hernández joined Górnik Łęczna.[4] On 15 June 2017, he moved to Azerbaijan Premier League club Gabala FK on a one-year contract with an optional second year,[5] but left shortly after and returned to the Polish Ekstraklasa with KS Cracovia.[6]

In August 2019, Hernández signed a deal at ATK of the Indian Super League.[7][8] He scored twice in his debut campaign to win the national championship, with both of his goals coming in the 3–1 final win against Chennaiyin.[9]

After a merger, Hernández signed a one-year contract with the newly formed ATK Mohun Bagan on 30 September 2020.[10] The following 30 July, he moved to another Indian Super League side Odisha, on a one-year deal.[11] With Odisha, he helped the team winning their first match of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season against Bengaluru FC. He scored a brace as they won it by 3–1.[12] In the next match on 30 November, he scored an outstanding goal from direct corner kick as they thrashed SC East Bengal by 6–4.[13]

Personal life

Guti, who spent the vast majority of his professional career with Real Madrid, is Hernández's cousin.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 April 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid Castilla 2008–09 Segunda División B 242----242
2009–10 40----40
2010–11 61----61
Total 343--------343
Halmstad (loan) 2011 Allsvenskan 8111---92
Salamanca 2011–12 Segunda División B 34710---357
2012–13 22600---226
Total 561310------5713
Ourense 2013–14 Segunda División B 32500---325
Burgos 2014–15 Segunda División B 35500---355
Poli Timișoara 2015–16 Liga I 3452120--386
Górnik Łęczna 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 28400---284
Gabala 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League 0000-10-10
Cracovia 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 26510---275
Career total 25341522010--26143

Honours

ATK

References
  1. "ODISHA FC ANNOUNCED THE NAME OF FOOTBALLERS AND CAPTAINS FOR ISL". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. "Castilla players loaned to Halmstad". Real Madrid CF. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. Moreno, J. C. (23 July 2014). "Javi Hernández, el próximo en llegar" [Javi Hernández, next one to arrive]. Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. Kmita, Maciej (31 August 2016). "Oficjalnie: Javier Hernandez w Górniku Łęczna" [Official: Javier Hernandez to Górnik Łęczna] (in Polish). Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. "İspaniya yığmasının sabiq futbolçusu Qəbələ də" [Former Spain national team player to Gabala] (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. "Javi Hernández piłkarzem Cracovii" [Javi Hernández a Cracovia player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. Kundu, Abhishek (20 July 2019). "Indian football transfers: ATK to sign Javi Hernandez from Poland". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. "ISL: ATK ropes in Spanish midfielder Javier Hernandez". The Hindu. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  9. "ATK win record third ISL title, beat Chennaiyin 3–1 in final". Hindustan Times. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. Momin, Tasirul (30 September 2020). "ISL 2020–21: ATK Mohun Bagan FC sign Javi Hernández". The Sports News. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. Mishra, Siddharth (30 July 2021). "ISL: Odisha FC confirm the signing of former ISL winner Javi Hernandez". The Bridge. TB Sports Network Private Limited. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  12. "ISL 2021-22: Odisha FC boss Bengaluru FC to seal historic win". Olympics.com. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  13. "ISL: Odisha FC come from behind to beat SC East Bengal in 10-goal thriller". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  14. "Javier Hernández, primo hermano y heredero de Guti del Real Madrid" [Javier Hernández, first cousin and heir of Guti from Real Madrid] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  15. "Javi Hernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  16. "ATK best Chennaiyin in Hero ISL 2019–20 final to clinch record third title". Indian Super League. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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