Aricheell Hernández Mora (born 20 September 1993) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga DF club Atlético Pantoja and captains the Cuba national team.

Aricheell Hernández
Hernández with Cuba in 2019
Personal information
Full name Aricheell Hernández Mora[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Zulueta, Remedios, Cuba
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Villa Clara (20)
2017–2018 Independiente 14 (1)
2018 Pinar del Río (1)
2019 Villa Clara (5)
2019–2022 O&M (12)
2023 Mixco 14 (2)
2024– Atlético Pantoja 4 (2)
International career
2012–2013 Cuba U20 14 (5)
2014 Cuba U21 3 (1)
2012–2015 Cuba U23 6 (2)
2012– Cuba 36 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023

Club career

edit

Hernández played for his provincial team Villa Clara and was allowed by the Cuban Football Federation to move abroad to join Panamanian side Independiente de la Chorrera in September 2017.[2]

International career

edit

Hernández participated in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

He made his senior debut on 22 February 2012 against Jamaica in an international friendly[1] and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]

He was called up to the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup by Cuba but was unable to take part in the competition due to not being able to acquire a US visa. He and several others of the Cuban national under-23 football team had been in Antigua playing in the Caribbean section of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification tournament and there had been administrative complications.

International goals

edit
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 September 2018 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba   Cayman Islands 2–0 5–0 Friendly
2. 27 February 2019 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba   Bermuda 2–0 5–0 Friendly
3. 3–0
4. 5 June 2022 Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba   Barbados 2–0 3–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
5. 12 June 2022 Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba   Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 3–1 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
6. 2–0
7. 3–1
8. 1 July 2023 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States   Guadeloupe 1–4 1–4 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Aricheell Hernández at Soccerway
  2. ^ Arichel firma con el Independiente de la Chorrera Archived 2018-03-19 at the Wayback Machine – El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Aricheell HernándezFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Aricheell Hernández". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
edit