Donato Hernández

Donato Hernández
Personal information
Full name Donato Hernández Ucero
Date of birth (1923-12-12)12 December 1923
Place of birth Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 13 February 1987(1987-02-13) (aged 63)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941 Atlanta Luján
1943 Buzón
1944 Gimnasia La Plata
1946 Almagro
1947 San Telmo
1948 Gimnasia de Mendoza
1949 Racing
1950–1953 Independiente
1954 Huracán 6 (2)
Managerial career
1956–1960 Unión La Calera
1962 Rangers
1963 Santiago Wanderers
1964 Santiago Morning
1964 Ovalle Ferroviarios
1964–1965 Deportes Ovalle
1966 Santiago Wanderers
1967–1968 Magallanes
1969 Santiago Wanderers
1970 Unión La Calera
1971 Deportes La Serena
1972 Audax Italiano
1973 Unión San Felipe
1973–1974 Aucas
1974 Santiago Wanderers
1975 Magallanes
1976–1977 Unión La Calera
1977 Regional Antofagasta
1978 Deportivo Municipal
1979 Santiago Wanderers
1981 Loma Negra (advisor)
1983 Boca Juniors (assistant)
1983 Bolívar (interim)
1984 Deportes Ovalle
1986 Quintero Unido
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donato Hernández Ucero (12 December 1923 – 13 February 1987) was an Argentine football winger and manager.[1]

Playing career

A winger, Hernández developed all his career in his homeland with Atlanta de Luján, Buzón de Luján, Gimnasia La Plata, Almagro, San Telmo, Gimnasia de Mendoza, Racing Club, Independiente[2] and Huracán.[1][3] With Racing Club, he won the 1949 Argentine Primera División.[4]

Coaching career

As a football manager, Hernández developed almost all his career in Chile. In Chilean Primera División, he led Rangers de Talca,[5] Santiago Wanderers,[6] Santiago Morning, Magallanes,[7] Unión La Calera, Deportes La Serena[8] Unión San Felipe[9] and Regional Antofagasta.[1] With Santiago Wanderers, he took part in the 1969 Copa Libertadores[10] and made possible the senior debut of the historical Chile international player, Elías Figueroa.[6]

In Chilean Segunda División, he led Unión La Calera, Ovalle Ferroviarios[11] and Audax Italiano.[12]

In others countries, Hernández led Aucas in Ecuador,[1] Deportivo Municipal in Peru[13] and Bolívar in Bolivia.[14]

Personal life

Hernández was born in Luján, Buenos Aires, to a Spanish parents called Serafín and Valeriana. He married and settled in Chile.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Toro, Germán. "Donato HERNANDEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "La historia del clásico". C. A. Independiente (in Spanish). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2026. En la historia hubo más de 70 jugadores que cruzaron la vereda y jugaron con las dos camisetas. Algunos de ellos son: Albisbeascoechea,... Donato Hernández, Horacio Insaurralde,...
  3. 1 2 "Donato Hernández". Globopedia (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Palmarés: Campeonato de Primera División 1949". Racing Club (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "DE CÁBALAS, MUFAS Y CONTRAMUFAS EN EL FÚTBOL". Polar Comunicaciones (in Spanish). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2026. Donato Hernández, legendario director técnico argentino que entrenó equipos como Rangers y Wanderers en los 60.
  6. 1 2 "Donato Hernández: Destacado entrenador en la historia de Wanderers". SoyChile (in Spanish). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Magallanes 1967 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "La Serena 1971 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "En La Historia Grande". Unión San Felipe (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2026. Cuando Donato Hernández era el técnico, decidí retirarme
  10. ↑ "1969: Se habla de Wanderers en Sudamérica". Corporación Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Andaur Marín, Rafael (December 2009). FÚTBOL REGIONAL E IDENTIDAD: El caso del Club Deportivo Luis Cruz Martínez (1962-1966) (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 135, 139, 142, 145. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Donato Hernández, entrenador de Audax Italiano". AudaxItaliano.app (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Deportivo Municipal 0 – Alianza Lima 1". Historial Blanquiazul (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Pereyra, Omar (19 February 2020). "El reto de Vivas en el superclásico 285". eju.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2026. El segundo entrenador fue Donato Hernández