José Hernández (born March 19, 2000) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays for

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Early life

The son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorean mother, Hernández started his career at the age of five with Edmonton Internazionale. He later joined the academy programme of

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before switching to the academy of

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in August 2016. In the 2016–17 season, he played for Vancouver's U16 team in the USSDA and scored 19 goals in 26 appearances. The following year he moved up to the U18 team, where he made 15 appearances and scored 13 goals.

Club career

On 7 February 2019, Hernández signed his first professional contract with

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side

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. He made his debut as a substitute on 28 April 2019 in the club's inaugural match. He scored his first goal for the club, which was also his first professional goal, in their next game against

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on May 1. It would be his only goal for Pacific. After the conclusion of the

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, Hernández did not resign with Pacific. On 11 December 2019, Hernández signed for

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, becoming the first player to ever switch from one Canadian Premier League side to another. In November 2020, Hernández would re-sign with the club for the 2021 season. After the 2021 season, Cavalry announced that Hernandez would leave the club after two seasons. In April 2022, he joined

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club Rivers FC.

International career

Hernández received his first Canada U17 call-up in October 2016 for an evaluation camp in

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. He was called up to two further camps, including a pair of friendlies against Jamaica U17, where he made his international debut on November 27, 2016. and was then named to the roster for the

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, where he made one appearance in a match against

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. In November 2018, Hernández was called up by the Canada U20 team for the

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, where he made three appearances and scored a goal in the opening match against

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. In February 2021, it was rumoured that the

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started talks with Hernández to play for the homeland of his mother.

Personal life

Born in Canada, is of Mexican and Salvadorean descent. His father played for Unam in Mexico, his brother Christian played for MacEwan Griffins men soccer team and his other siblings, played amateur soccer in Alberta.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Jose 2000 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canadian people of Mexican descent Canadian people of Salvadoran descent Soccer players from Edmonton FC Edmonton players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Pacific FC players Cavalry FC players Canadian Premier League players League1 British Columbia players Kamloops United FC players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen