Years Team Role Football player 1983–1989 America Height 1.88 m | 1990 Standard Liege Name Carlos Hermosillo | |
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Full name Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortua Date of birth (1964-08-14) August 14, 1964 (age 51) Similar Osvaldo Castro, José Cardozo, Horacio Casarín Profiles | ||
Former soccer great carlos hermosillo spreads message of humility respect education
Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa (born 24 August 1964 in Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican former football player. He is one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexico national team. He is also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul", (The big tall one from Cerro Azul).
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Career
Hermosillo started his club career with América during the 1983-84 season. He spent most of his club career in his native Mexico, also playing for Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Atlante, and Chivas. Carlos' best two seasons as a player were in 1994-95 and 1995–96, when he scored 35 and 36 goals respectively for Cruz Azul.
Hermosillo made two stints of career football outside Mexico: Belgium's Standard Liège in 1989-90 and Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998-99. For Galaxy, he scored 14 goals and 15 assists in two regular seasons, adding five goals and an assist in the playoffs.
On 17 August 1986 he sparked an all-out war with Guadalajara's Fernando Quirarte that included others from either side; he was suspended for 12 games.
Hermosillo was once the all-time goalscoring lead for the Mexico national team with 35 goals (90 caps between 1984 and 1997). He played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Since 1 December 2006, Carlos Hermosillo was named the minister of Mexico national sporting policy, Comisión Nacional del Deporte (National Commission for Sports). President Felipe Calderón included him in cabinet-level matters. Various scandals during the Hermosillo tenure prompted President Calderón requesting his resignation after 2 years in office. He became the first National Sports Minister to be fired.
With an 18-year career with eight different clubs, Hermosillo retired. He last played with Guadalajara in 2001. He had a retirement game playing with Cruz Azul, his favorite team before professional play was Cruz Azul, also he won a championship with Cruz Azul in 1997.