Héctor Hernández (basketball)
![]() Hernández with Maccabi Haifa in 2012 | |
No. 12 – Libertadores de Querétaro | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | LNBP |
Personal information | |
Born | Chihuahua, Mexico | 15 June 1985
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Abraham Lincoln (Denver, Colorado) |
College | Fresno State (2004–2008) |
NBA draft | 2008: undrafted |
Playing career | 2008–present |
Career history | |
2008–2012 | Soles de Mexicali |
2012–2013 | Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
2013 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
2013–2014 | Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
2014 | Atléticos de San Germán |
2014 | Maccabi Haifa |
2014–2016 | Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
2016 | Bucaneros de La Guaira |
2016–2017 | Fuerza Regia de Monterrey |
2017 | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
2017–2020 | Capitanes de Ciudad de México |
2020–2022 | Astros de Jalisco |
2022–present | Libertadores de Querétaro |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Héctor Humberto Hernández Gallegos (born 15 June 1985) is a Mexican basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) and the Mexico national team. He participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1]
Hernández was named the LNBP Finals MVP after leading the Pioneros de Quintana Roo to a league title in 2016.[2] After a stint with the Bucaneros de La Guaira in Venezuela, he signed with the Fuerza Regia de Monterrey for the 2016–17 LNBP season.[3] Hernández won the LNBP National MVP award and led the Fuerza Regia to the 2017 LNBP title.[4][5]
Hernández signed with the Capitanes de Ciudad de México in August 2017.[6]
Hernández announced his retirement from the Mexico national team on 28 May 2018.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Cinco de los '12 Guerreros' se coronan en LNBP (Nota Informativa: 1376)" (in Spanish). CONADE. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Héctor Hernández y Adam Parada, dos nuevas confirmaciones para el Fuerza Regia de Paco Olmos". Cancha Latina (in Spanish). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Bueno, Lalo (1 March 2017). "Está Jorge Camacho entre los Más Valiosos de la temporada 2016-2017 de la LNBP". Cancha y Diamante (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "¡Fuerza Regia, campeón! de la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional". El Sol de México (in Spanish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Héctor Hernández estampa su firma con Capitanes". Esto.com.mx (in Spanish). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Meléndez, Sergio (28 May 2018). "Iván Déniz, nuevo coach de la Selección Mexicana de basquet; Héctor Hernández se retira del equipo". Publimetro.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- 1985 births
- Living people
- Atléticos de San Germán players
- Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Chihuahua
- Bucaneros de La Guaira players
- Capitanes de Ciudad de México players
- Mexican expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
- Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- Fuerza Regia de Monterrey players
- Halcones de Xalapa players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- Mexican expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Mexican expatriate basketball people in Israel
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
- Mexican men's basketball players
- Ostioneros de Guaymas (basketball) players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Sportspeople from Chihuahua City
- Pioneros de Quintana Roo players
- Power forwards
- Small forwards
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Astros de Jalisco players
- Vaqueros de Bayamón basketball players
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in basketball
- Libertadores de Querétaro players