Iker Hernández Ezkerro (Born 8 April 1994) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

in the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later rena ...

as a striker. Besides Spain, he has played in the Netherlands and Bolivia.

Club career

Born in Urnieta,

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French de ...

, Basque Country, Hernández graduated from

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septemb ...

's youth system. On 30 June 2011 he signed his first professional deal, running until 2016. Hernández made his debut as a senior on 26 November 2011, appearing with the reserves in a 0–3 home loss against

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at t ...

in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

championship. On 10 June of the following year he was definitely promoted to the B-team, and went on to appear regularly for the side in the following campaigns. On 17 December Hernández made his first team debut, replacing Alfreð Finnbogason in a 2–0 home win against

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

, for the campaign's

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. He made his

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debut four days later, again from the bench in a 1–1 away draw against

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a Spanish football club in Valencia, in the namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante play in Segunda División, holding home games at Ci ...

. On 14 August 2015 Hernández was loaned to

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Lasesarre'', with a capacity o ...

, in a

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-long deal. On 1 July of the following year he signed for another

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Bilbao Athletic Athletic Club "B", commonly known as Bilbao Athletic, is the reserve team of Athletic Club, a football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country in Spain. The team are playing in the Primera Federación – Group 2. F ...

also in the third division. On 31 August 2018, after a one-season spell at

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1985, it started to play in 1994. It currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the '' Est ...

, Hernández moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

side

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called ' De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. ...

. Hernández signed with Bolivian club Bolívar on 31 January 2018. After only one month in his new club, he was loaned out to

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because he didn't impress the coach at Bolívar. In January 2020, he moved to fellow league club Royal Pari. On 28 January 2021. Hernández returned to Spain and joined to UD Melilla on

. On 23 June 2022, Hernández joined

in the

, his fourth experience playing for a South American club after Bolívar, San José and Royal Pari in Bolivia.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Iker 1994 births Living people People from Donostialdea Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División B players Antiguoko players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers Barakaldo CF footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers Burgos CF footballers UD Melilla footballers Eerste Divisie players FC Den Bosch players Bolivian Primera División players Club Bolívar players Club San José players Royal Pari F.C. players Primera B de Chile players Santiago Wanderers footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Chile Spain youth international footballers