Rosendo Hernández González (11 March 1922 – 3 August 2006) was a Spanish football forward and

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Club career

Born in

Santa Cruz de La Palma Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-large ...

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, Hernández started playing football with local Canary Islands clubs

SD Tenisca Sociedad Deportiva Tenisca is a Spanish football team club from the city of Santa Cruz de La Palma, on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands). It was founded in 1922 and currently plays in '' Tercera División RFEF – Group 12'', holding home g ...

and

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 ...

. At the end of the

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he joined

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

, followed by a move to Atlético Madrid which he never represented officially. From

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, Hernández competed almost exclusively in

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(the exception being the 1950–51 season in Segunda División), representing

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and

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

and amassing totals of 143 games and 62 goals. After retiring in Aragon with SD Escoriaza he went into management, working in the top flight with Córdoba CF,

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...

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– he split the 1964–65 campaign between the two clubs, being in charge for only ten matches combined – and Las Palmas; he died at the age of 84 in his hometown.

International career

Hernández gained four

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for the Spain national team, during one year and four months. He was selected to the squad that competed at the

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, appearing in the tournament against the

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(3–1 win, first group stage) and Sweden (1–3 loss, second group phase).Rosendo Hernández
at Historia del Fútbol Canario

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Rosendo 1922 births 2006 deaths Spanish men's footballers People from La Palma Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Atlético Madrid footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Real Zaragoza players Spain men's international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Real Zaragoza managers UD Las Palmas managers Córdoba CF managers Elche CF managers Real Betis managers UE Lleida managers Catalonia men's international guest footballers