Hernán Daniel Santana Trujillo (born 26 August 1990), known simply as Hernán, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder or a

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for

CD Mensajero Club Deportivo Mensajero is a Spanish football team based in Santa Cruz de la Palma, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 6 January 1922, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio S ...

Club career

Las Palmas

Born in

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, La Palma,

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

, Hernán finished his development at

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. Hernán played his first game as a professional on 12 February 2011, starting in a 5–0 away defeat against AD Alcorcón in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. His second appearance came only on 1 October, in the 1–1 home draw with Real Murcia. In June 2012, he was definitely promoted to the first team. Hernán scored his first goal in the second tier on 2 March 2013, in a 3–3 home draw against FC Barcelona B. He suffered a

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injury in August, being sparingly used during the campaign. Hernán was an undisputed starter in 2014–15, featuring in 36 matches – play-offs included – and netting three times as the ''Amarillos'' returned to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

after a 13-year absence. On 1 July 2015, he signed a new three-year contract until 2018. On 22 August 2015, Hernán made his debut in the Spanish top flight, in a 1–0 defeat at

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

. He scored for the first time in the competition on 31 October of the same year, but in a 3–1 away loss to

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Sporting Gijón

On 26 January 2018, Hernán signed with

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

until the end of the second-tier season and three more. On 25 October 2020, he was loaned to

Mumbai City FC Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014, during the inaugural season of ...

of the

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. He started in all but one of his appearances for the latter, as they clinched their maiden league title.

NorthEast United

Hernán joined

NorthEast United FC NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Supe ...

on 10 September 2021, on a two-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 20 November against Bengaluru FC in a 4–2 loss. He scored his first goal the following 14 January, opening the 1–1 draw at

FC Goa Football Club Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014. Nicknamed as '' Gaurs'', the club plays their ho ...

Sichuan Jiuniu

Hernán moved to

Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The te ...

from the

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on 18 April 2022.

Honours

Mumbai City *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernan Santana 1990 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santa Cruz de Tenerife Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players Sporting de Gijón players CD Mensajero players Indian Super League players Mumbai City FC players NorthEast United FC players FC Goa players China League One players Shenzhen Peng City F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China