Place of birth Salamanca, Spain Name Javi Hernandez Siblings Ana Hernandez Balcazar 1999–2002 CDF Pizarrales Salary 4.68 million GBP (2014) | Number 11 Height 1.75 m Role Footballer | |
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Full name Francisco Javier Hernandez Gonzalez Date of birth (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 26) Current teams Bayer 04 Leverkusen (#7 / Forward), Mexico national football team (Forward) Parents Silvia Balcazar, Javier Hernandez Similar People Carlos Vela, Raul Jimenez, Guillermo Ochoa, Giovani dos Santos, Cristiano Ronaldo Profiles | ||
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Francisco Javier "Javi" Hernández González (born 6 June 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club Górnik Łęczna.
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Football career
Born in Salamanca, Castile and León, Hernández reached Real Madrid's youth academy in 2005 at the age of 16, signing from local UD Salamanca. He made his senior debuts in the 2008–09 season with Real Madrid Castilla, in Segunda División B, appearing in 24 games but only starting in three of those.
On 1 February 2011, after having played only ten league matches in one 1/2 seasons combined, Hernández was loaned to Halmstads BK in Sweden, alongside Castilla teammates Raúl and José Zamora. He returned to his country in the summer, going on to continue competing in the third level in the following years with UD Salamanca, CD Ourense and Burgos CF.
Personal life
Guti, who spent the vast majority of his professional career with Real Madrid, is Hernández's cousin.
