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Jonay Hernández
	Hernández lining up for Venezuela in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Jonay Miguel Santos Hernández
Date of birth	15 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Maracay, Venezuela
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Tenerife
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Tenerife B
1998–1999	Universidad LP
1999–2000	Real Madrid B
2000–2001	Ourense
2001–2002	Real Madrid B
2002–2005	Dundee
2005	Córdoba
2005	Ciudad Murcia
2006	Zamora
2006–2007	Racing Ferrol
2007–2009	Pontevedra
2009–2010	Melilla
2010–2011	Leganés
2011–2012	Tenerife
Total
International career
2003–2008	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonay Miguel Hernández Santos (born 15 February 1979) is a Venezuelan former footballer who played as a left-back.

He held a Spanish passport due to having spent almost his entire professional career in that nation, mainly in the Segunda División B where he appeared in 212 matches over one decade.

Hernández represented Venezuela at the 2004 Copa América.

Club career

Born in Maracay, Hernández began his football career in Spain with Universidad de Las Palmas CF. In the following seasons, also in the country, he played mainly in the Segunda División B, successively representing Real Madrid Castilla, CD Tenerife B (Tercera División) and CD Ourense.^[1]

Hernández had his first – and only – taste of top-flight football in summer 2002, signing with Scottish Premier League side Dundee.^[2] On 28 August 2004 he closed the 4–4 away draw against Hibernian,^[3] as the campaign eventually ended in relegation.

In January 2005, after 89 competitive matches, Hernández went back to Spain and joined Córdoba CF.^[4] With this club and Ciudad de Murcia he would total 15 Segunda División appearances in two season halves, subsequently returning to the lower leagues.^[5]^[6]^[7]

International career

Hernández made 29 appearances for the Venezuela national team.^[8] He made his debut on 26 July 2003 in a friendly against Nigeria, a 1–0 defeat at the Vicarage Road, and was selected for the following year's Copa América held in Peru.^[9]

Personal life

Hernández's younger brother, Daniel, was also a footballer. A goalkeeper, he too spent most of his professional career in Spain, also being a Venezuelan international.^[10]

References

^ "Meji Hernández, coordinador de la escuela de la Fundación CDT para su sede de la Ciudad Deportiva" [Meji Hernández, school coordinador of the CDT Foundation for its Sports City headquarters] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Dundee capture Hernandez". BBC Sport. 31 July 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
^ "SPL: Hibernian draw with Dundee". BBC. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
^ "El Córdoba ficha al venezolano Jonay Hernández" [Córdoba sign Venezuela's Jonay Hernández]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). 14 January 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "El club no autoriza a Jonay a acudir a la concentración de la selección de Venezuela al coincidir con el play off" [Club does not allow Jonay to go with Venezuela national team as playoff takes place at the same time]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 17 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Antúnez, P. (25 February 2009). "Primer gol del Zamora a Jonay" [Zamora scores first goal to Jonay]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Meji: "Es un privilegio jugar en el equipo de mi tierra"" [Meji: "It is a privilege to play for my hometown team"] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando. "Venezuela – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
^ Tabeira, Martín. "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "Dani Hernández lo tiene claro" [Dani Hernández has no doubt]. La Opinión de Tenerife (in Spanish). 21 January 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.