Eduardo "Volkswagen" Hernández Martínez is a retired

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from

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who played as a

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. He holds a record for being one of the top 10 goalscorers for the El Salvador national team with 11 goals. "Volkswagen" Hernández participated at the

1961 CCCF Championship The 1961 CCCF Championship was played in March 1961 in San José, Costa Rica. Costa Rica emerged as champion. It was the final edition of the tournament, as shortly afterward the CCCF was subsumed into CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Ce ...

1963 CONCACAF Championship The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams partici ...

and the

1965 CONCACAF Championship The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, the second edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April. Qualifying Tournament Caribbean zone Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedu ...

. Hernández also played at

Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even m ...

of the Salvadoran Premier League in the 1960s.

International career

Nicknamed ''Volkswagen'', Hernández played only one game at the 1961 CCCF Championship against Nicaragua where El Salvador won by a score of 10–2. He scored 2 goals at the 69th and 74th minute. At the 1963 CONCACAF Championship, hosted in El Salvador, Hernández started in all 7 games, scoring in 6. He played against Nicaragua (6–1) and scored at the 1st minute; against Panama (1–1) and scored at the 87th minute; against Honduras (2–2) and scored at the 65th minute; against Guatemala (1–1) and scored at the 24th minute; against Costa Rica (1–4) but did not score; against Honduras (3–0) and scored 2 goals at the 13th and 34th minute; against Curaçao (3–2) and scored 2 goals at the 15th and 80th minute. El Salvador were runner-up in the competition. At the 1965 CONCACAF Championship, Hernández played only one game against Curaçao (1–1) and scored one goal at the 8th minute.

References

Salvadoran men's footballers Men's association football forwards El Salvador men's international footballers Alianza F.C. footballers Year of birth missing {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub