Cucho Hernández

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.
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(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Mallorca
(on loan from Watford)
Number 29
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)
2017–2019 → Huesca (loan) 60 (19)
2019– → Mallorca (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2017– Colombia U20 12 (5)
2018– Colombia 1 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2019

Club career

Juan Camilo “Cucho” Hernandez Suarez was born in Pereira. He has been called “cucho” since he was two years old because his father would shave his head leading him to be compared to a prominent Argentine soccer player at the time, Esteban “Cuchu” Cambiasso, who would also shave his hair off. Furthermore, people said Hernandez looked like an old man which is said “cucho” in Colombian slang. He became very prominent in Pereira by being the top scorer in the district’s team, winning 17 trophies, leading him to be approached by Deportivo Pereira at only the age of 15.[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]

On 26 August 2019, Hernández joined RCD Mallorca on a season-long loan.[8]

International Career

Youth: Hernandez represented Colombia U20(https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/) on numerous occasions and was part of the team that played in the 2019 U20 World Cup before being eliminated by the eventual champions, Ukraine, in the quarterfinal.

Senior: Hernandez received his first and only senior call up to represent Colombia in a friendly vs Costa Rica on October 17, 2018.(https://colombiareports.com/debutant-cucho-hernandez-fires-brace-as-colombia-stroll-past-costa-rica/) After subbing on in the 72nd minute, he scored just 30 seconds later on his very first touch as he headed home a header from point blank range. Then in the 92nd minute, he scored another goal to finish a debut to remember for the national team.


International goals
Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 October 2018Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Costa Rica
2–1
3–1
Friendly
2.
3–1

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. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 20 March 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. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. "Watford's Cucho Hernandez joins Mallorca on loan". FOX Sports. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  9. "Hernández, Cucho". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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