Abel Hernández
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 Hernández with CSKA in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Abel Mathías Hernández Platero[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1990[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pando, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Central Español | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Central Español | 30 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Peñarol | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Palermo | 111 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Hull City | 99 | (36) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | CSKA Moscow | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Al Ahli | 17 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Internacional | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Fluminense | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Atlético San Luis | 35 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Peñarol | 22 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Rosario Central | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Liverpool Montevideo | 42 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Peñarol | 24 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Uruguay U20 | 11 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Uruguay Olympic | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | Uruguay | 29 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 October 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Abel Mathías Hernández Platero (born 8 August 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Peñarol.
Hernández began his career with Central Español and Peñarol, and spent five and a half seasons in Italy with Palermo before joining Hull City for a club record £10 million in September 2014. Four years later, he joined CSKA Moscow, and upon his release signed for Al Ahli in 2019. After he was released by the Qatari club a year later, he moved to Brazil, first joining Internacional and later on Fluminense.
A full international since 2010, Hernández has competed at various international tournaments with Uruguay, including their victory at the 2011 Copa América.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Nicknamed La Joya,[2] he started his professional career with Uruguayan side Central Español, immediately scoring five goals in his first four games. He was subsequently acquired by Peñarol, where he played a handful of games and also gained a spot into the Under-20 Uruguayan side.
Palermo
[edit]On 2 February 2009, Italian Serie A club Palermo completed the signing of Hernández, where he joined fellow Uruguayan Edinson Cavani. He was presented by Palermo only one month later, due to some health concerns regarding a cardiac arrhythmia that led to a small surgical intervention.[4][5] He made his first team debut on 15 March, replacing Edinson Cavani in the final minutes of a 5–2 home win to Lecce.[6] He then won the Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti with the Primavera under-19 team in June 2009.[7]
After missing the initial weeks of the 2009–10 Serie A due to injury and his participation in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Hernández played his first game on 29 October 2009. Coming on as a half-time substitute for Cristian Melinte, he scored in the 5–3 loss to league leaders Internazionale.[8]
In 2012–13, Hernández scored only 1 goal in 14 league matches as Palermo suffered relegation. He equalised as a substitute against Udinese in the 81st minute of a home match on 8 May, only for Medhi Benatia to score a winner for the visitors two minutes later.[9] The following campaign, he struck 14 times in 28 Serie B games as the Sicilians returned to the top flight, netting braces in away victories over Padova and Siena, both of which included a penalty kick.[10][11]
Hull City
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Hernández signed for English club Hull City on 1 September 2014 for a club record £10 million on a three-year contract, with the club having an option for a fourth year.[12] Two weeks later he made his debut at the KC Stadium, and scored the first goal of a 2–2 draw with West Ham United.[13] In his next home game against Manchester City on the 27th, he won a penalty after being fouled in the area by Eliaquim Mangala, and scored it in an eventual 2–4 defeat.[14] His next goal came when he put his team into the lead during a 2–2 away draw against Arsenal.[15]
Hull were relegated on 24 May 2015 after a goalless draw with Manchester United on the final day of the season. During the match, Hérnandez punched United defender Phil Jones in an off-the-ball incident, not seen by match officials. Two days later, he was charged with violent conduct by The Football Association[16] and subsequently given a three-match ban.[17]
On 16 January 2016, in a Championship match against Charlton Athletic, Hernández scored his first club career hat-trick in a game that finished 6–0, taking his league tally to 14 goals for the season.