In Colombia Selection mode, Juan Camilo Hernández is looking for his first rematch with the national team after waiting a long time and then becoming disillusioned with the Colombian’s performance. Although in his debut with the seniors he scored a brace in a friendly, his results at the clubs did not give much to talk about for him to be considered an important card in Qualifiers and in different tournaments.
After a season in which injuries took over Juan Camilo Hernández in the last stretch of the English competition, and with the need to escape relegation, something they ultimately failed to do, ‘Cucho’ plans to look for new destinations in order to recover their best performances like when they debuted at Deportivo Pereira and made them dream of promotion. Then it was América de Cali, where he was with several injuries, but when he played, he showed his talent.
His quality catapulted him to Spanish football where Huesca trusted the Pereiran on loan from Watford himself. Hernández was in clubs on the old continent, but his record always came from the English club. He rose with Juesca and later, could not maintain the category. He scored against a great like FC Barcelona, and he changed things.
Mallorca reached out to him after falling to the second division with Huesca. In La Palma, he also did not achieve the task of staying in the top category and met his second relegation. Spain believed in him again, and ended up at Getafe where he also flirted with the bottom of the table. He was ranked 15th with 38 points just four from the relegation zone.
Once his loan ended, he returned to Watford where injuries affected him and finally, with a very complicated scenario, the third relegation in his young age was consolidated. A player who was considered a benchmark in the Colombian youth, but what he did in the clubs does not show what was expected of him.
A new interest appears on Iberian soil that could change the plans of Juan Camilo Hernández, who obviously does not want to be part of the Championship with Watford. Thus, another team that is pursuing relegation like Elche could be his next destination.
Although he has not yet defined his continuity or his departure from Watford, his plans will not be to seek promotion from the English club. According to the Spanish newspaper, Información, Francisco Rodríguez, technical director of Elche, welcomes having the Colombian who would come to contribute to Helibelton Palacios and Johan Mojica.
The Iberian media published, ‘one of the names that the sports commission is considering is that of the Colombian international Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández. He is a footballer that he knows perfectly’. In turn, they described him as follows, ‘he meets the profile that Elche is looking for: young (23 years old), eager to succeed and with good physical and technical qualities. The international with Colombia can play as a reference nine, but he works more as a second point ‘.
Elche was flirting with the relegation zone last season, harvesting 42 units, four away from Granada, the last team to consolidate its relegation. Thus, Juan Camilo Hernández will have to think carefully about his fate so as not to get his fourth and fateful relegation.
