Josu Hernáez

Josu Hernáez Lopetegui (born 4 July 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Unión as a forward.

Josu Hernáez
Personal information
Full name Josu Hernáez Lopetegui
Date of birth (1985-07-04) 4 July 1985
Place of birth Eibar, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Real Unión
Youth career
Eibar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Durango
2006–2007 Eibar 9 (0)
2007–2008 Bilbao Athletic 4 (0)
2008–2009 Zaragoza B 16 (3)
2009–2014 Sestao 119 (17)
2014–2016 Mirandés 6 (0)
2016– Real Unión 27 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernáez and the second or maternal family name is Lopetegui.

Football career

Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Hernáez played for SD Eibar's youth setup before eventually joining seven-a-side football. In the 2004 summer he moved to SCD Durango, and made his debuts as a senior during the campaign, in Tercera División. In 2006, he returned to Eibar, being assigned to the main squad in Segunda División B.[1]

On 13 July 2007 Hernáez joined Athletic Bilbao, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.[2] However, after featuring rarely with the Lions, he moved to another reserve team, Real Zaragoza B on 18 January of the following year.[3]

In September 2008 Hernáez suffered a serious knee injury which took him out of the entire 2008–09 season.[4] He was later released by the Aragonese, and moved to Sestao River Club in the 2009 summer.

On 29 August 2014 Hernáez joined Segunda División's CD Mirandés.[5] He made his professional debut on 14 September, aged 29, playing the entire second half in a 0–1 away loss against CD Tenerife.[6]

References
  1. San Miguel, Conde y Hernáez figuran en la lista del futuro proyecto del Eibar (San Miguel, Conde and Hernáez are in Eibar's future project); Diario Vasco, 16 June 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. Los jóvenes eibarreses Josu Hernáez e Iñigo Retegi se incorporan al Athletic (The young eibarreses Josu Hernáez and Iñigo Retegi join Athletic); Diario Vasco, 14 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Josu Hernáez deja el Athletic B y ficha por el Zaragoza B de Tercera División (Josu Hernáez leaves Athletic B and signs for Zaragoza B); Diario Vasco, 17 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. El ex-azulgrana Josu Hernáez dice adiós a la temporada debido a una grave lesión (Former azulgrana player Josu Hernáez says goodbye to the season due to a serious injury); El Correo, 11 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. Josu Hernáez, nuevo jugador del C.D. Mirandés (Josu Hernáez, new player of C.D. Mirandés) Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; Mirandés' official website, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Guarrotxena lleva la tranquilidad (Guarrotxena brings peace); Marca, 14 September 2014 (in Spanish)
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