Francisco Hernández (footballer, born 1949)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Hernández Ramírez | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Costa Rica | ||
Date of death | 7 January 2019 | (aged 69)||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1967 | Saprissa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1983 | Saprissa | ||
International career | |||
1967–1980 | Costa Rica | 31 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco Hernández Ramírez (11 July 1949 – 7 January 2019) was a professional football player from Costa Rica.
Club career
[edit]Hernández played during the 70s and 80s with Costa Rica's national team and for Saprissa, winning a total of eight titles with them, including the six consecutive championships won by Saprissa from 1972 to 1977,[1] a record both in Costa Rica as well as in the Americas. His brother, Fernando Hernández, El Príncipe, played for Saprissa too. He retired on 27 November 1983.
International career
[edit]Hernández played 31 matches for Costa Rica and scored 5 goals.[2] He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and also played for Costa Rica at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Deportivo Saprissa
- Central American Club Championship (3): 1972, 1973, 1978
- Primera División de Costa Rica (8): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982
- Costa Rican Cup (2): 1970, 1972
- Costa Rican Super Cup: 1976
References
[edit]- ^ La "S" seis veces campeón seguido - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Rois Mata, Michael (22 February 2010). "'Príncipe' y 'Chico' Hernández R." (in Spanish). Nacion.com.
- ^ Francisco Hernández – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Francisco Hernández Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Pastor Pacheco, José Antonio (1998). Historia del Deportivo Saprissa. Fotorama de Centroamérica. ISBN 9977-9939-0-4.
- Francisco Hernández's obituary (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2019 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Costa Rica
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- Expatriate football managers in Mexico
- Costa Rican football managers
- Costa Rican football biography stubs