Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster (born June 26, 2002) is an American

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player who currently plays for Birmingham Legion. Besides the United States, he has played in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg in the German

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Club career

Hernandez-Foster joined

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's academy in 2016 and appeared for Galaxy's

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side LA Galaxy II as an injury-time substitute during a 3–1 loss to

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on September 12, 2018. On July 13, 2020, it was announced that Hernandez-Foster, along with fellow United States youth national teamer

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, signed with VfL Wolfsburg of the German

. It was announced that Hernandez-Foster would begin playing with the club's U-19 team. Hernandez-Foster trained with Norwegian club HamKam during the autumn of 2021, but was not signed due to the team having a foreign player limit. After the team secured promotion to

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they signed him on a two year deal on November 4, 2021. On March 12, 2024, Hernandez-Foster returned to the United States, signing with USL Championship side Birmingham Legion.

International career

Hernandez-Foster was born in the United States to a Honduran father and Guatemalan mother. In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the

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in Brazil.

Honors

Individual * CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez-Foster, Kobe 2002 births Living people Soccer players from Los Angeles American men's soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players American people of Honduran descent American people of Guatemalan descent Men's association football forwards Ventura County FC players VfL Wolfsburg players Hamarkameratene players Birmingham Legion FC players USL Championship players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate soccer players in Germany American expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway