| Carlos Hernández | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Hernández Valverde | |
| Date of birth | April 9, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | La Pastora, Costa Rica | |
| Height | 173cm | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Melbourne Victory |
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| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| LD Alajuelense | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-2007 2007- |
LD Alajuelense → Melbourne Victory (loan) |
20 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001 2004 2004- |
Costa Rica U-20 Costa Rica U-23 Costa Rica |
20 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carlos Hernández Valverde (born April 9, 1982) is a Costa Rican football player who currently plays as midfielder for Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Melbourne Victory Football Club is a football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Melbourne, Victoria. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition
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Club career
He has become one of the most important players for the Costa Rican soccer league, being the top assister in the last 2 seasons and due his great ability as a good striker of the ball that made him as well one of the most dangerous midfielders in the region, and he has already built a reputation as a great scorer from long and middle distances in his former team and picking up already six international goals with his national team.
Melbourne Victory
On June 12, 2007, it was confirmed by Melbourne Victory that Hernandez had signed for the Australian Club on a two year loan from LD Alajuelense. Melbourne Victory Football Club is a football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Melbourne, Victoria. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA is a Costa Rican football club currently playing in the Primera División de Costa Rica, is one of the most important He made his first appearance for the club in their 1-0 Pre-Season Cup loss to the Newcastle Jets, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. For the English club see Newcastle United FC Newcastle United Jets is an association football (soccer club based in In the next game on July 28th 2007 he got his first start against Perth Glory scoring his first goal for this team. Perth Glory FC is an association football (soccer club from Perth Western Australia, playing in the A-League.
Early on during his first season with Melbourne, he was criticised by a portion of the Melbourne supporters and was said to be 'overweight'.
Hernandez scored his first season goal for Melbourne Victory against Perth Glory at the Telstra Dome on the 21st October 2007, helping Melbourne to a 2-1 win at home, though fans continue to lament his lack of drive and mobility in central midfield. [1]
Towards the end of the season, Hernandez' fitness improved and he struck form, becoming a regular goal scorer and assister. He's now considered a key player. One of Hernández most famous games for the Victory was when he scored Melbourne's only goal against Juventus in a friendly at the Telstra Dome in May of 2008. Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The goal was a cracking curling effort from just outside the box leaving Juventus goalkeeper Jess Vanstrattan with no chance,
International career
He has been an important player for the Costa Rican national team at numerous levels, playing in the under 20 Football World Youth Championship held in Argentina, as well as representing the country with the U-23 team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of Association football for male players under the age of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated He has also been capped for the full national team on 20 occasions, playing for the team during 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and scoring some important goals. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament
References
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