Chicharito

Having Javier Hernandez in the Mexican national team is an honor. Javier Hernandez also known as “Chicharito” plays for the Manchester United. He is the first Mexican to play in the team. Through the years, he has accomplished many things; he is also considered one of the best players.

Hernandez is originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco. He was born in 1988. His father and his grandfather were professional soccer players. His father, Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, was an international Mexican strike and his grandfather Tomás Balcázar played for C.D. Guadalajara.  Hernández nickname “Chicharito”, meaning little pea, came from his father, Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, who was nicknamed Chicharo (pea) because of his green eyes.

The first, professional team he joined was when he was 15 years old.  He joined C. D Guadalajara.  He was sent to the 2005 FIFA world champions, sadly on the process he got injured. Few years later he played for the Mexican club Guadalajara. In 2009 Hernández made his debut for Mexico in a match against Colombia. He has also represented them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.  He was considered the Gold Cup`s top scorer, he scored 7 goals.  He is the sixth highest goal scorer of all-time for the Mexican national team.

         Manchester United was instead in Chicharito. In 2009 a scout went to Mexico. Look at him and reported positively after watching few games. HE was too young, so the club wanted to wait.  When Chicharito was selected to represent the world cup with the Mexican National team, the club needed to rush and make him a bid. Manchester United wanted to finalize the paperwork. It was on April 8^th 2010 that Hernandez agreed to sign for Manchester United.

Today, he is already in his third season with the Manchester united.  Through his life he has had a rich international career. He is part of the Mexican National team, 2010 FIFA  World Cup, Post World Cup friendlies and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.  In his total career in regular league he has scored 58 goals.

I’m a huge Fan of Hernandez he is a fighter. He is a powerful icon for the Mexicans, we are proud of him. We are glad he is representing Mexico all over the world. He is one of example of the big potential Mexico has.