Eddie Hernández

Eddie Hernández
Personal information
Full name Eddie Gabriel Hernández Padilla
Date of birth (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991
Place of birth Trujillo, Honduras
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Municipal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Platense 76 (33)
2012 → BK Häcken (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2017 Motagua 61 (23)
2014 → Vida (loan) 32 (22)
2015 → Correcaminos UAT (loan) 16 (4)
2016 → Qingdao Jonoon (loan) 23 (7)
2017 → Deportes Tolima (loan) 1 (0)
2018 Irtysh Pavlodar 8 (1)
2018–2019 Zob Ahan 13 (3)
2019 Vida 16 (5)
2019–2022 Olimpia 64 (25)
2022 Motagua 32 (9)
2023 Mohammedan 21 (13)
2024–2025 Olancho 13 (5)
2025- Municipal 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Honduras U20 17 (4)
2012 Honduras U23 5 (2)
2011– Honduras 29 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2025

Eddie Gabriel Hernández Padilla (Latin American Spanish: [ˈeðjeɾˈnandes]; born 27 February 1991) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the Honduras national team.

Club career

A tall striker, Hernández started his career at Platense and joined Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken on loan for the 2012 season,[1] but in June 2012 El Cañonero del Aguán joined Motagua for the 2012 Apertura season.[2]

On 9 March 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Hernández.[3] On 13 June 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced that Hernández had left the club by mutual consent.[4]

On 13 September 2023, it was announced by the Indian I-League club Mohammedan Sporting that they have signed Hernández on a season-long deal.[5]

International career

Hernández made his debut for Honduras in a May 2011 friendly match against El Salvador. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 September 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vida 2013–14 Liga Nacional 178–178
2014–15 Liga Nacional 1514–1514
Total 3222003222
Correcaminos UAT 2014–15 Ascenso MX 16442–206
Montagua 2015–16 Liga Nacional 1811–1811
Deportes Tolima 2017 Categoría Primera A 10––10
Montagua 2017–18 Liga Nacional 950095
Irtysh 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League 8120–101
Zob Ahan 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 133–133
Vida 2018–19 Liga Nacional 165–165
Olimpia 2019–20 Liga Nacional 1361[b]0146
2020–21 Liga Nacional 21115[c]02611
2021–22 Liga Nacional 3081[b]23110
Total 6425727127
Montagua 2022–23 Liga Nacional 3299[d]24111
Mohammedan 2023–24 I-League 500–2113
Olancho 2024–25 Liga Nacional 513–43
Career total 2189662164240102
  1. ↑ Includes Copa MX, Kazakhstan Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance in CONCACAF League
  3. ↑ Three appearances in CONCACAF League, two appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
  4. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in CONCACAF League, four appearances and one goal in CONCACAF Champions Cup

International

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.[9]
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 November 2016Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Belize2–05–0Friendly
23–0
315 November 2016Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Trinidad and Tobago3–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
413 January 2017Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Nicaragua1–12–12017 Copa Centroamericana
517 January 2017Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Panama1–01–0
622 January 2017Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Belize1–01–0
77 October 2017Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
816 March 2025Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States Guatemala1–01–2Friendly

Honours

Mohammedan

References

  1. ↑ Eddie Hernández fichado por el BK Hacken de Suecia – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Eddie Hernández por fin firmó con Motagua – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЭДДИ ЭРНАНДЕС ИГРОК ИРТЫША. fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЭДДИ ЭРНАНДЕС ПОКИДАЕТ ИРТЫШ. fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mohammedan SC transfer news; Kolkata club sign Honduras international striker Eddie Hernandez". indianfootballnews.in. Kolkata: IFN Media. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Eddie Hernández – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ↑ CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 – Honduras roster Archived 2012-07-21 at the Wayback Machine – Gold Cup
  8. ↑ "Eddie Hernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Hernández, Eddie". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mohammedan SC beats Shillong Lajong to win maiden I-League title, joins Mohun Bagan SG, East Bengal in ISL". sportstar.thehindu.com. Shillong: Sportstar. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mohammedan SC clinch maiden I-League title". onmanorama.com. Shillong: Manorama News Online. PTI. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.