Nicolás "Niko" Hernández (born 4 May 1979 in

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) is an Argentine retired

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 lea ...

Career

Hernández began his professional career with the Primera División side

Ferro Carril Oeste Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its assoc ...

in 1999. After a year with them he moved to

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for a season. In 2002, he was signed by Italian club

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. After a short spell with them he ended up back in Argentina playing for National B Division teams

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and

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until 2005 when he was picked up by

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an powerhouse

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. On 30 March 2006, he was signed by the

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

. He started his first game with the club on 2 April against the

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and scored 8 goals for the club. He was traded to the

on 27 February 2008 for Tim Ward. He was waived on 27 June 2008. Niko moved to Costa Rica for play with the

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Ala ...

during one-year contract. He was the only non-Costa Rican on the roster. In 2010, he joined V-League side SHB Đà Nẵng FC in 2010. In 2012, Niko moved to

Vietnamese First Division The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is ...

side QNK Quảng Nam. In the 2012 season, he scored five goals.

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