Adrián José Hernández Acosta (born 2 May 1983), known as Pollo, is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Born in
Mogán, Las Palmas, Pollo played youth football with
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 t ...
. His professional debut was made at neighbours
UD Vecindario
Unión Deportiva Vecindario is a Spanish football team based in Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1962, it helds home games at '' Estadio Municipal de Vecindario'', wit ...
, with whom he spent two years in the
Segunda División B.
In 2005, Pollo signed for
Atlético Madrid, spending two seasons with
the reserves also in the third tier. On 6 January 2007 he played his first and only game in
La Liga
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, coming on as a
substitute for
Luciano Galletti
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In a professional career that lasted 14 years he played mostly in Spain, with Zaragoza and Atlético Madrid, but also represented Ol ...
in the last minute of the home fixture against
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
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...
(0–0).
Pollo returned to his native
Canary Islands in summer 2007, joining
Universidad de Las Palmas CF in division three. After two solid campaigns, he returned to former youth club Las Palmas, now in the
Segunda División. He scored his only goal as a professional on 12 May 2011, closing the 2–0 home win over
FC Cartagena
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.
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1983 births
Living people
People from Mogán
Sportspeople from the Province of Las Palmas
Spanish footballers
Footballers from the Canary Islands
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
UD Las Palmas Atlético players
UD Vecindario players
Atlético Madrid B players
Atlético Madrid footballers
Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers
UD Las Palmas players
UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players