Carlos Hermosillo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa | ||
Date of birth | August 24, 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1989 | América | 162 | (73) |
1990 | Standard Liège | 5 | (1) |
1990–1991 | Monterrey | 35 | (20) |
1991–1998 | Cruz Azul | 215 | (169) |
1998 | Necaxa | 20 | (11) |
1998–1999 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 34 | (14) |
1999–2000 | América | 16 | (8) |
2000 | Atlante | 16 | (7) |
2001 | Guadalajara | 34 | (7) |
Total | 537 | (310) | |
International career | |||
1984–1997 | Mexico | 90 | (35) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa (born 24 August 1964 in Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican former football player. He is one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexico national team. He is also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul", (The big tall one from Cerro Azul).
Career
Hermosillo started his club career with América during the 1983-84 season. He spent most of his club career in his native Mexico, also playing for Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Atlante, and Chivas. Carlos' best two seasons as a player were in 1994-95 and 1995–96, when he scored 35 and 36 goals respectively for Cruz Azul.
Hermosillo made two stints of career football outside Mexico: Belgium's Standard Liège in 1989-90 and Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998-99. For Galaxy, he scored 14 goals and 15 assists in two regular seasons, adding five goals and an assist in the playoffs.
On 17 August 1986 he sparked an all-out war with Guadalajara's Fernando Quirarte that included others from either side; he was suspended for 12 games.
Hermosillo was once the all-time goalscoring lead for the Mexico national team with 35 goals (90 caps between 1984 and 1997). He played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Since 1 December 2006, Carlos Hermosillo was named the minister of Mexico national sporting policy, Comisión Nacional del Deporte (National Commission for Sports). President Felipe Calderón included him in cabinet-level matters. Various scandals during the Hermosillo tenure prompted President Calderón requesting his resignation after 2 years in office. He became the first National Sports Minister to be fired.
With an 18-year career with eight different clubs, Hermosillo retired. He last played with Guadalajara in 2001. He had a retirement game playing with Cruz Azul, his favorite team before professional play was Cruz Azul, also he won a championship with Cruz Azul in 1997.
Honours
Club
- América
- Mexican Primera División: 1983–84, 1984–85, Prode-85, 1987–88, 1988–89
- Campeón de Campeones: 1988, 1989
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1987
- Cruz Azul
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- Necaxa
Individual
- Mexican Primera División top scorer: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
- Balón de Oro: 1994–95
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup top scorer: 1996, 1997
- Copa México top scorer: 1996–97
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | February 26, 1985 | Unidad Deportiva Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico | Finland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | September 22, 1985 | Spartan Stadium, San Jose, United States | Peru | 1–0 | 1– 0 | Friendly |
3. | December 10, 1985 | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico | South Korea | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1985 Mexico Cup |
4. | December 14, 1985 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | Hungary | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1985 Mexico Cup |
5. | October 6, 1987 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | Canada | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
6. | December 2, 1987 | Santa Ana Stadium, Santa Ana, United States | Guyana | 9–0 | 9–0 | Friendly |
7. | February 21, 1989 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Guatemala | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendship Cup |
8. | June 28, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Jamaica | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
9. | June 30, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Canada | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
10. | July 3, 1991 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Honduras | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
11. | October 7, 1992 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | El Salvador | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
12. | October 14, 1992 | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, Germany | Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
13. | December 6, 1992 | Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–0 | 11–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14. | 5–0 | |||||
15. | 8–0 | |||||
16. | 9–0 | |||||
17. | November 3, 1993 | Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States | China | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
18. | January 19, 1994 | Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
19. | June 11, 1994 | Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
20. | December 14, 1994 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Hungary | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
21. | 2–1 | |||||
22. | October 16, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Jamaica | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
23. | October 30, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
24. | November 6, 1996 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Honduras | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
25. | November 20, 1996 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | El Salvador | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
26. | January 17, 1997 | Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States | Denmark | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1997 U.S. Cup |
27. | February 19, 1997 | Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, United States | Guatemala | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
28. | March 2, 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Canada | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
29. | 3–0 | |||||
30. | April 13, 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Jamaica | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
31. | 3–0 | |||||
32. | 4–0 | |||||
33. | April 20, 1997 | Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States | United States | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
34. | October 12, 1997 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada | Canada | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
35. | November 9, 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Costa Rica | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
External links
- Carlos Hermosillo at National-Football-Teams.com
- International statistics at rsssf
- {www.instagram.com/cmhermosillo27}
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Mexican footballers
- Club América footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Standard Liège players
- Cruz Azul footballers
- Atlante F.C. footballers
- Club Necaxa footballers
- LA Galaxy players
- Footballers from Veracruz
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 King Fahd Cup players
- 1995 Copa América players
- Mexico international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican expatriates in the United States
- Mexican politicians
- Major League Soccer players
- Liga MX players
- Association football forwards