Rosendo Hernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is González.
Rosendo Hernández
Personal information
Full name Rosendo Hernández González
Date of birth (1922-03-11)11 March 1922
Place of birth Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
Date of death 3 August 2006(2006-08-03) (aged 84)
Place of death Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Tenisca
Mensajero
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1943 Cultural Leonesa
1943–1944 Atlético Aviación 0 (0)
1944–1950 Español 129 (52)
1950–1952 Zaragoza 43 (22)
1952–1953 Las Palmas 19 (7)
1953–1954 Escoriaza 19 (6)
Total 210 (87)
International career
1949–1950 Spain 4 (0)
Managerial career
1960 Zaragoza
1962–1963 Las Palmas
1963–1964 Córdoba
1964 Elche
1965 Betis
1966–1967 Lleida
1970 Las Palmas
1971 Zaragoza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rosendo Hernández González (11 March 1922 – 3 August 2006) was a Spanish football forward and manager.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Hernández started playing football with local Canary Islands clubs SD Tenisca and CD Mensajero. At the end of the Spanish Civil War he joined Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, followed by a move to Atlético Madrid which he never represented officially.

From 1950 to 1952, Hernández competed almost exclusively in La Liga (the exception being the 1950–51 season in Segunda División), representing RCD Español and Real Zaragoza and amassing totals of 143 games and 62 goals. After retiring in Aragon with SD Escoriaza he went into management, working in the top flight with Córdoba CF, Elche CF, Real Betis – he split the 1964–65 campaign between the two clubs, being in charge for only ten matches combined – and Las Palmas; he died at the age of 84 in his hometown.[1]

International career

Hernández gained four caps for the Spain national team, during one year and four months. He was selected to the squad that competed at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, appearing in the tournament against the United States (3–1 win, first group stage) and Sweden (1–3 loss, second group phase).[2]

References

  1. ^ Fallece el mítico futbolista palmero Rosendo Hernández (Legendary footballer from La Palma Rosendo Hernández dies); ABC, 4 August 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Rosendo Hernández; at Historia del Fútbol Canario (in Spanish)