Eddie Gabriel Hernández Padilla (; born 27 February 1991) is a Honduran

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Honduras national team.

Club career

A tall striker, Hernández started his career at

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and joined Swedish

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side

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

on loan for the 2012 season, but in June 2012 ''El Cañonero del Aguán'' joined Motagua for the 2012 Apertura season. On 9 March 2018,

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1 ...

announced the signing of Hernández. On 13 June 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced that Hernández had left the club by mutual consent.

International career

Hernández made his debut for

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

in May 2011

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against

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, which is as of January 2013 his only cap. He has represented his country at the

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and was a non-playing squad member at the

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.CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 - Honduras roster
- Gold Cup

International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Eddie 1991 births Living people People from Colón Department (Honduras) Association football forwards Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers Honduran expatriate footballers Olympic footballers of Honduras Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 Copa Centroamericana players Platense F.C. players F.C. Motagua players BK Häcken players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990) players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Correcaminos UAT footballers Deportes Tolima footballers FC Irtysh Pavlodar players C.D.S. Vida players Al-Tai FC players China League One players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Ascenso MX players Categoría Primera A players Kazakhstan Premier League players Persian Gulf Pro League players Saudi First Division League players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Iran Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Copa Centroamericana-winning players C.D. Olimpia players