Cucho Hernández

Cucho Hernández
Personal information
Full name Juan Camilo Hernández Suárez[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999
Place of birth Pereira, Colombia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Huesca
(on loan from Watford)
Number 9
Youth career
2015 Deportivo Pereira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Deportivo Pereira 55 (23)
2017 Granada 0 (0)
2017 → América de Cali (loan) 17 (1)
2017– Watford 0 (0)
2017– → Huesca (loan) 31 (16)
National team‡
2017– Colombia U20 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2017

Juan Camilo "Cucho" Hernández Suárez (born 22 April 1999) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Huesca, on loan from English club Watford. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a right winger.

Club career

Hernández was born in Pereira, and joined Deportivo Pereira in 2015 after impressing with an amateur side.[2] He made his first team debut on 6 April 2015 at the age of just 15, starting in a 2–1 home win against Deportes Quindío for the Categoría Primera B championship.

Hernández scored his first senior goal on 5 September 2015, netting his team's first in a 3–2 away win against Real Santander. After finishing his first season with three goals, he netted 20 times during his second, being the tournament's top goalscorer; highlights included a hat-trick in a 3–0 home success over Tigres F.C. on 3 July 2016.

On 22 December 2016 Hernández joined América de Cali on loan from Granada CF, after signing for the latter side in September.[3] He made his Categoría Primera A debut on 23 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Jaguares de Córdoba.[4]

Hernández scored his first goal in the main category of Colombian football on 3 June 2017, netting the game's only in an away win over Deportivo Pasto.[5] On 8 July, after having his federative rights assigned to Watford, he moved to Segunda División side SD Huesca on loan for one year.[6]

Hernández scored 16 goals during the 2017–18 campaign, as his side achieved promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. On 4 June 2018, his loan was extended for a further season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Juan Camilo Hernández, el 'niño' que es goleador del Pereira en la B" [Juan Camilo Hernández, the 'kid' who is the goalscorer of Pereira in the B] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Juan Camilo Hernández llegó al América de Cali" [Juan Camilo Hernández arrived at América de Cali] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "América y un partido para el olvido: Jaguares lo superó 0–2" [América and a match to forget: Jaguares overcame them by 0–2] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liga Águila: América venció 1–0 a Pasto en el Departamental Libertad y se clasificó a semifinales de Liga" [Liga Águila: América defeated Pasto by 1–0 at the Departamental Libertad and qualified for the semifinals of the League] (in Spanish). Deportes RCN. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ↑ ""Cucho" Hernández se incorpora a la SD Huesca" ["Cucho" Hernández joins SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cucho amplía su contrato con la SD Huesca" [Cucho extends his contract with SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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