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Javier Hernández
harnandez playing for mexico
Personal information
Full name Javier Hernández Balcázar
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 14
Youth career
1997–2006 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Guadalajara 64 (26)
2010– Manchester United 0 (0)
International career‡
2007–2009 Mexico U-20 5 (1)
2009– Mexico 16 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2010

Javier "Chicharito" Hernández Balcázar (born 1 June 1988) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United, being the first Mexican to do so. He previously played for Mexican club Guadalajara. He made his début for the Mexico national football team in September 2009 in a match against Colombia. He is the son of Javier Hernández Gutiérrez and the grandson of Tomás Balcázar.

Early life

Hernández was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on 1 June 1988. He first played in a recreation league when he was seven years old. His father, Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, himself a previous Mexican international striker, said he never thought his son would actually make it as a professional. Hernández joined C.D. Guadalajara at the age of nine and signed his first professional contract when he was 15.[3] He was set to play in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, but an injury sidelined him from the team that ultimately won the championship.[4]

Club career

C.D. Guadalajara

Hernández began playing with Chivas' lower division team, Chivas Coras in Tepic, Nayarit in the 2005–06 season. He made his debut for Chivas in the 2006 Apertura in a win over Necaxa at Estadio Jalisco. With the score at 3–0, Hernández came on as a substitute for Omar Bravo in the 82nd minute, before scoring the fourth goal of the game five minutes later. It was his only goal in seven appearances in 2006–07. He made a further six appearances in 2007–08 without scoring.

Hernández made ten appearances in the 2008 Apertura without scoring, but he scored four goals in fifteen appearances in the 2009 Clausura. In the 2009 Apertura, Hernández finished as the joint-third top scorer, with eleven goals in seventeen appearances.[5] He started the 2010 Torneo Bicentenario with eight goals in five games.[6] He is currently leading the goalscoring charts for the 2010 Torneo Bicentenario, with ten goals in eleven games.[7]

Manchester United

English Premier League club Manchester United was first made aware of Hernández in October 2009; a scout went to Mexico that December and reported positively after watching a few games. Because of Hernández's age, the club originally planned to wait before making a move to sign him, but his potential involvement with the national team at the World Cup rushed the club into making a bid. United's chief scout, Jim Lawlor, was sent to Mexico for three weeks in February and March to watch Hernández and filed another positive report on him, before the club solicitor went over to Mexico to finalise the paperwork.[8]

On 8 April 2010, Hernández agreed a deal to sign for Manchester United for an undisclosed fee, subject to a work permit application.[9] The previous day, Hernández had been present at Manchester United's UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg win over Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.[10] The deal was conducted in complete discretion as Hernández's agent was left in the dark, so was his grandfather Tomás Balcázar who thought Hernández was going on a trip to Atlanta in the United States.[11][12] As part of the deal, United will play a friendly against Chivas to open their new 45,000-capacity stadium on 30 July 2010.[13] On 27 May 2010, the work permit was granted, allowing the transfer to be made official on 1 July.[14]

International career

Mexico national under-20 football team

Hernández was one of the 21 players called up to the Mexican under-20 national team for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup being held in Canada; he wore the number 11 shirt.[15]

Mexico national football team

On 30 September 2009, Hernández made his debut for Mexico against Colombia, where he made an assist in a 2–1 loss.[16] On 24 February 2010, Hernández scored two goals against Bolivia and had an assist for Braulio Luna's goal. On 3 March 2010, Hernández scored a header against New Zealand, giving Mexico the lead in a 2–0 victory.[17] On 17 March 2010, Hernández scored his fourth international goal to give Mexico a 2–1 victory over North Korea.[18] On 26 May 2010, he scored a consolation header against the Netherlands in a 2–1 loss.[19] On 30 May 2010, Hernández scored yet again, netting twice in a 5–1 victory over Gambia.[20]

On 11 June 2010, Hernández made his FIFA World Cup debut during the opening game of the 2010 tournament against South Africa in a 1-1 draw, coming on in the 73rd minute to replace Guillermo Franco.[21] On 17 June 2010, Hernández again came off the bench and this time scored his first ever World Cup goal, netting the first in a 2–0 victory over France by springing the offside trap, latching onto a through ball from Rafael Marquez, sidestepping Hugo Lloris and sidefooting into the net.[22][23] By scoring he emulated his grandfather, Tomas Balcazar, who scored in the 1954 World Cup against France.[24] He was elected as man of the match.[25] On 27 June 2010, Hernández made his first start at a World Cup and netted his second goal of the World Cup, by turning Martin Demichelis on the edge of the box before sending a left-foot shot into the roof of the net[26], in Mexico's 3-1 loss against Argentina in the round of 16.[27] FIFA's statistical analysis shows that Hernández is the quickest player in World Cup 2010, reaching a top speed of 32.15 km/h.[28]

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 24 February 2010 Candlestick Park, San Francisco, United States  Bolivia 2–0 5–0 Friendly
2. 4–0
3. 3 March 2010 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States  New Zealand 1–0 2–0 Friendly
4. 17 March 2010 Estadio Corona, Torreón, Mexico North Korea Korea DPR 2–1 2–1 Friendly
5. 26 May 2010 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany  Netherlands 1–2 1–2 Friendly
6. 30 May 2010 Hans-Walter Wild Stadion, Bayreuth, Germany  Gambia 1–0 5–1 Friendly
7. 2–0
8. 17 June 2010 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa  France 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup
9. 27 June 2010 Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa  Argentina 1–3 1–3 2010 FIFA World Cup

Style of play

Hernández has been described by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as two-footed, very quick, in possession of a good spring, and a natural goalscorer.[29] Hernández's former team-mate Jesús Padilla described him as "amazing in the air" despite his height.[3]

Statistics

Club Season League Cup1 League Cup Continental2 Other3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guadalajara 2006–07 8 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 8 1
2007–08 6 0 0 0 - - 4 0 1 0 11 0
2008–09 22 4 3 0 - - 6 3 1 0 32 7
2009–10 28 21 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 28 21
Total 64 26 3 0 - - 10 3 2 0 79 29
Manchester United 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 64 26 3 0 0 0 10 3 2 0 79 29

Statistics correct as of matches played 28 March 2010[30][31][32][33][34]

1Includes the InterLiga and FA Cup
2Includes the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Champions League
3Includes other competitive competitions, including the North American SuperLiga, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

Honors

Club

Guadalajara

Individual

Personal life

Hernández is the son of Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, who played for Tecos and was a member of the Mexico squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[35] Javier Hernández Gutiérrez quit his job as manager of Guadalajara's reserve side in order to watch Hernández play in the World Cup in South Africa.[36] Hernández is also the grandson of Tomás Balcázar[37] who played for C.D. Guadalajara and played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup for the Mexican national side.[38] It is reported that Hernández would be joined by his entire family in England, including Balcázar.[39][40]

During his time at Guadalajara, he took business administration classes at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac and lived with his parents.[3]

Nickname

Hernández is commonly known as Chicharito, meaning little pea, in reference to being the son of former footballer Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, who was nicknamed Chícharo (pea) because of his green eyes.[41]

References

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