Onel Hernández

Onel Lázaro Hernández Mayea (born 1 February 1993) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Norwich City.[3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Mayea.
Onel Hernández
Hernández training with Arminia Bielefeld in 2011
Personal information
Full name Onel Lázaro Hernández Mayea
Date of birth (1993-02-01) 1 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Morón, Cuba[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 11
Youth career
TuS Westfalia Neuenkirchen
FC Gütersloh 2000
0000–2007 Rot Weiss Ahlen
2007–2010 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Arminia Bielefeld 28 (0)
2012–2013 Werder Bremen II 45 (4)
2014–2016 VfL Wolfsburg II 53 (7)
2016–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 51 (6)
2018– Norwich City 66 (9)
National team‡
2010 Germany U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:21, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2016

Club career

Born in Morón, Cuba, Hernández came through the academy system at TuS Westfalia Neuenkirchen, FC Gütersloh 2000, Rot Weiss Ahlen and Arminia Bielefeld. He made his professional league debut for Arminia Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga against SC Paderborn 07 on 1 October 2010. In this game, he was substituted in the 78th minute for Franck Manga Guela by Christian Ziege.[2] He played 28 league games for Arminia Bielefeld from 2010 to 2012.[3] After two years he moved to SV Werder Bremen II. On 10 January 2014, Hernández moved to VfL Wolfsburg II.[4][5]

On 2 June 2016, Hernández signed with 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig for the 2016–17 season.[6]

He moved to Norwich City in January 2018.[7] Since moving to Norwich City in the January transfer window, he has become a fan favourite scoring two late goals on the first game of the season against Birmingham City. On 9 August 2019, Hernández came on as a second-half substitute in Norwich's 4-1 away defeat to Liverpool, becoming the first Cuban-born player to play in the Premier League.[8]

Hernandez then became the first Cuban to score in the Premier League, after scoring in the 88th minute of a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United.

International career

Hernández has represented Germany once at the under-18 level, in a match against Ukraine in 2010.[9]

In November 2018, Hernández was called up for the first time by Cuba, but would not be permitted to play due to political rules that only allows Cuba-based players to take part in the national team matches.[10]

Personal life

Hernández grew up in Gütersloh after having emigrated from Cuba to Germany with his mother and sister at the age of six.[11] He was introduced to football by his German stepfather, who believed it would help Hernández integrate better into German society.[12]

Hernandez became a firm fan-favourite at Carrow Road during the 2018-19 season after revealing a love for retail chain Argos, which gained him national media attention.

Career statistics
As of match played 27 October 2019[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arminia Bielefeld II 2010–11 Regionalliga West 50———50
Arminia Bielefeld 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 10000——100
2011–12 3. Liga 18010——190
Total 28010—00290
Werder Bremen II 2012–13 Regionalliga Nord 310———310
2013–14 144———144
Total 454——00454
Wolfsburg II 2013–14 Regionalliga Nord 91——0091
2014–15 314———314
2015–16 132——2[lower-alpha 1]0152
Total 537——20557
Eintracht Braunschweig 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 34500—2[lower-alpha 2]0365
2017–18 17110——181
Total 51610—20546
Norwich City 2017–18 Championship 120——00120
2018–19 398102100429
2019-20 Premier League 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 5491021005710
Career total 2362630214024527
  1. Appearances in the Regionalliga promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in the 2. Bundesliga promotion play-offs

Honours

Norwich City

References
  1. "Onel Hernández - Midfielder". Norwich City Football Club. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. "Cuba - O. Hernández - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. "Onel Hernandez". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. "Onel Hernández - Football.com". Football.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. "Spieltag/Tabelle :: Staffel Nord :: Regionalliga :: Ligen Männer :: Ligen & Wettbewerbe :: DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V". Dfb.de. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. "Eintracht verpflichtet Onel Hernández". eintracht.com (in German). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. Thomas, Lyall (25 January 2018). "Norwich sign Cuba winger Onel Hernandez from German second division". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. "Ukraine U 18 1:2 (0:1) Deutschland U 18". dfb.de (in German). 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. Ames, Nick (29 March 2019). "Norwich's Onel Hernández: 'It's sad. Cuban players want to play for free'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  11. "Eine neue Chance". eintracht.com (in German). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. Ames, Nick (29 March 2019). "Norwich's Onel Hernández: 'It's sad. Cuban players want to play for free'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  13. Onel Hernández at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  14. Anderson, John, ed. (2019). Football Yearbook 2019–2020. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-1-4722-6111-3.
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