Pollo (footballer)

Pollo
	Pollo in training with Las Palmas
Personal information
Full name	Adrián José Hernández Acosta
Date of birth	2 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Mogán, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Maspalomas
2000–2002	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Las Palmas B
2003–2005	Vecindario
2005–2007	Atlético Madrid B
2007	Atlético Madrid
2007–2009	Universidad LP
2009–2011	Las Palmas
2011–2012	Vecindario
2012–2013	S.S. Reyes
2013–2014	Vecindario
2014–2015	San Fernando
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrián José Hernández Acosta (born 2 May 1983), known as Pollo, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Mogán, Las Palmas, Pollo played youth football with UD Las Palmas. His professional debut was made at neighbours UD Vecindario, with whom he spent two years in the Segunda División B.

In 2005, Pollo signed for Atlético Madrid, spending two seasons with the reserves also in the third tier. On 6 January 2007 he played his first and only game in La Liga, coming on as a substitute for Luciano Galletti in the last minute of the home fixture against Gimnàstic de Tarragona (0–0).^[1]

Pollo returned to his native Canary Islands in summer 2007, joining Universidad de Las Palmas CF in division three. After two solid campaigns, he returned to former youth club Las Palmas, now in the Segunda División.^[2] He scored his only goal as a professional on 12 May 2011, closing the 2–0 home win over FC Cartagena.^[3]

References

^ "Atlético Madrid 0–0 Gimnastic de Tarragona". ESPN Soccernet. 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Pollo, "ilusionado" por su regreso a la UD Las Palmas" [Pollo, "excited" for returning to UD Las Palmas]. El Diario (in Spanish). 16 July 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "Quiroga y Pollo rescatan a Las Palmas del abismo" [Quiroga and Pollo rescue Las Palmas from the abyss]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). 13 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

External links

Pollo at BDFutbol
Pollo at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Pollo at Soccerway

[1] "Atlético Madrid 0–0 Gimnastic de Tarragona". ESPN Soccernet. 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[2] "Pollo, "ilusionado" por su regreso a la UD Las Palmas" [Pollo, "excited" for returning to UD Las Palmas]. El Diario (in Spanish). 16 July 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[3] "Quiroga y Pollo rescatan a Las Palmas del abismo" [Quiroga and Pollo rescue Las Palmas from the abyss]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). 13 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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