Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Alland Hernandez [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 3 February 1995||
Place of birth | Gibraltar [1] | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, Winger, Attacking Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FCB Magpies | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cádiz | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Cádiz B | 10 | (2) |
2014–2016 | Manchester 62 | 11 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Gibraltar United | 24 | (4) |
2017–2021 | Lincoln Red Imps | 50 | (16) |
2021–2023 | Europa | 32 | (10) |
2023– | FCB Magpies | 15 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Gibraltar unofficial | 1 | (1) |
2013 | Gibraltar U19 | 4 | (1) |
2015 | Gibraltar development squad | 3 | (0) |
2014– | Gibraltar | 28 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022 |
Anthony Alland Hernandez (born 3 February 1995) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FCB Magpies. He is also a member of the Gibraltar national team. His younger brother, Andrew "Pishu" Hernandez, currently plays for Europa.
Hernandez made his international debut for Gibraltar in a unofficial match against the Faroe Islands on 11 March 2011, two years before their first official international match, entering as a substitute and scoring in a 3–0 win, [3] and in doing so at the age of 16 years and 36 days, he became the third youngest goalscorer in the history of European international football, official or otherwise, only behind Samuel Johnston (15 years and 160 days) and József Horváth (16 years and 12 days). [4]
Hernandez was first called up to the official Gibraltar senior team in February 2014 for friendlies against Faroe Islands and Estonia on 1 and 5 March 2014. [5] He made his international début for Gibraltar on 1 March 2014 in a 4–1 home loss against the Faroe Islands as a 71-minute substitute.[ citation needed ] He was called up to the Gibraltar development squad for the 2015 Island Games in June 2015. He scored his first senior international goal on June 9, 2017 against Cyprus.
Score and result list Gibraltar's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 June 2017 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Cyprus | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Last updated 9 June 2017 |
Hernandez's younger brother Andrew is also a footballer, playing with the Gibraltar national team. [6]
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