Abel Hernández
Hernández with Uruguay in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Abel Mathías Hernández Platero | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Pando, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hull City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 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– | Hull City | 84 | (27) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Uruguay U20 | 11 | (9) |
| 2012 | Uruguay Olympic | 3 | (1) |
| 2010– | Uruguay | 27 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:48, 14 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Abel Mathías Hernández Platero (born 8 August 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Hull City and the Uruguay national team.
He began his career with Central Español and Peñarol, and spent five-and-a-half seasons in Italy with Palermo before joining Hull for a club record £10 million in September 2014.
A full international since 2010, Hernández has competed at various international tournaments with Uruguay, including their victory at the 2011 Copa América.
Nicknamed La Joya, 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 established himself as a regular and also gained a spot into the Under-20 Uruguayan side.
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. He made his first team debut on 15 March, replacing Edinson Cavani in the final minutes of a 5–2 home win to Lecce. He then won the Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti with the Primavera under-19 team in June 2009.
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 Inter.
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