Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa (born 24 August 1964) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a forward. He is also known as ''El Grandote de Cerro Azul'' ("The big tall one from Cerro Azul"). He is the fifth all-time leading scorer of the

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with 34 goals.

Career

Hermosillo started his club career with América during the 1983–84 season. He spent most of his club career in his native Mexico, also playing for Monterrey,

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, Necaxa, Atlante, and Chivas. Carlos' best two seasons as a player were in 1994–95 and 1995–96, when he scored 35 and 36 goals respectively for Cruz Azul. Hermosillo made two stints of career football outside Mexico: Belgium's

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in 1989–90 and Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy in 1998–99. For Galaxy, he scored 14 goals and 15 assists in two regular seasons, adding five goals and an assist in the playoffs. On 17 August 1986, he sparked an all-out war with Guadalajara's Fernando Quirarte that included others from either side; he was suspended for 12 games. Hermosillo was once the all-time goalscoring leader for the national team with 34 goals in official matches and 35 goals in all matches (90 caps between 1984 and 1997). He played in the

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, in which he could not use his favoured no. 27 jersey due to FIFA's numbering rules for official competitions. Since 1 December 2006, Carlos Hermosillo was named the minister of Mexico national sporting policy, ''Comisión Nacional del Deporte'' (National Commission for Sports). President

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included him in cabinet-level matters. With an 18-year career with eight different clubs, Hermosillo retired. He last played with Guadalajara in 2001. He had a retirement game playing with Cruz Azul, his favorite team before professional play was Cruz Azul, also he won a championship with Cruz Azul in 1997.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hermosillo goal.''

Honours

América * Mexican Primera División: 1983–84, 1984–85, Prode-85, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup:

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Cruz Azul * Mexican Primera División: Invierno 1997 *

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: 1996–97 * CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1996,

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LA Galaxy * Supporters' Shield:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Necaxa * Mexican Primera División: Invierno 1998 Individual * Mexican Primera División Golden Boot: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 * Mexican Primera División Golden Ball: 1994–95 * Mexican Primera División Forward of the Tournament: 1994–95, 1995–96 * CONCACAF Champions' Cup Golden Boot: 1996,

Golden Boot: 1995–96, 1996–97 * MLS All-Star:

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

References

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