Kolkata (West Bengal) [India]October 1 (ANI): Spanish midfielder Javier Hernandez signed a one-year extension with ATK Mohun Bagan FC on Wednesday.
Hernandez was part of the former ATK FC team that secured its third Indian Super League (ISL) trophy during the 2019-20 season.
“I am extremely happy to stay at ATK Mohun Bagan FC. I can not wait to meet my teammates and the new boys who have joined this season. Kolkata has a special place in my heart. The club has given great memories and “The fans have shown me so much affection. We would like to perform well in the AFC Cup while representing Green and Maroon. Our goal is to achieve glory again this year,” the Spaniard said in a statement.
A native of Salamanca, Spain, Hernandez began his youth career at the local UD Salamanca kit before joining the Real Madrid youth system (Real Castilla). He played 34 matches for Real Madrid’s reserve team and spent a loan season in Sweden with Halmstads BK. During his time with Los Blancos, Hernandez played for Spain at the youth level.
He returned to the boys’ club Salamanca, and after representing a couple of clubs in the lower divisions of Spanish football, Hernandez joined the Romanian club Poli Timisoara. This was followed by stints in Poland with Gornik Leczna in 2016 and in Azerbaijan with FK Qabala in 2017, where he played in the second round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers for the latter. Hernandez then joined the Polish top division club KS Cracovia, played 65 times in two seasons while scoring 15 goals and hitting nine assists.
The midfielder played 20 games in the last Hero ISL season and scored both his goals in the final against Chennaiyin FC in addition to also getting five assists during the course of the campaign.
Before the 2020-21 season, ATK Mohun Bagan FC has signed several players from ATK’s title-winning team. Some other notable new signings include defenders Sandesh Jhingan, Tiri and Subhasish Bose, midfielders Bradden Inman and Sheikh Sahil and forward Manvir Singh. (ANI)
Source: sn.dk