Israel Octavio Hernández Pat (born 27 June 1976) is a Mexican
football
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manager.
He has spent most of his career on the bench for youth teams of
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...
,
América and
Cruz Azul
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. He got the runner-up twice with Santos Laguna.
On September 20, 2016, he was the manager of the Club América first team after the dismissal of
Ignacio Ambriz. The only game under his direction, the team tied a goal against
Necaxa
Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...
.
In January 2018 he was the managerial assistant at
Celaya F.C., but he only stayed for one match.
On July 1, 2020 Hernández was named as the Manager of
Celaya F.C., a team that plays in the
Liga de Expansión MX
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. Being his first formal position as Manager in a first team. Hernández would remain in Celaya until the summer of 2022. Later he was appointed as manager of
Deportivo Malacateco
Club Deportivo Malacateco is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos.
They play their home games in the '' Estadio Santa Lucía''. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.
History ...
, a team that plays in
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
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.
References
1976 births
Living people
Mexican football managers
Celaya F.C. managers
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