Luis Hernández (footballer)
Encyclopedia
Luis Arturo "El Matador" Hernández Carreón (born December 22, 1968 in Poza Rica
, Veracruz
, Mexico
) is a Mexican football
striker
, the fourth highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team
, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups
. Hernández played with teams in Mexico, Argentina and the United States.
, Cruz Azul
, CF Monterrey, Necaxa
, Club América
, UANL Tigres
, CD Veracruz
, and Jaguares de Chiapas
, and was twice named Mexico's Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998. He also played in Mérida Argentina, when he was signed by South American club Boca Juniors
after his brilliant performance in the 1997 Copa America
, but he failed to break into the starting line-up and spent the rest of his time on the bench. Returning to Mexico bitterly disappointed, he played with Necaxa and later on with UANL Tigres
. It was with these two clubs, that he displayed his stupendous form, scoring 9 goals in 12 matches with Necaxa and 38 goals in 64 games with Tigres. He also became the only player to score goals in the Clásico Regiomontano
with both teams from Monterrey
.
After a few seasons with Tigres without qualifying to playoffs, Hernández ventured into the United States, in 2000 and signed with Major League Soccer
giants Los Angeles Galaxy
, thought they landed a coup when they paid the Mexican striker a reported sum of US$ 4,000,000.00 to play with the club. Expected to easily tear the league apart, Hernández was generally considered a disappointment in two seasons with the Los Angeles club. Despite registering 17 goals in 40 games of the regular season and playoff games, the desired rise of attendance was not seen at all. Most of his goal scoring chances he was ruled to be offside more times than any other Galaxy player. Hernández returned to Mexico in 2002 to play two more seasons with several clubs, including Club América, C.D. Veracruz and Jaguares de Chiapas, before retiring in 2004.
, Hernández had his first international cap against Uruguay
on February 1, 1995. Hernández scored his first international goal on November 16, 1995 against Yugoslavia
. Hernández gained notability during the Copa América 1997
, where he scored six goals and became the tournament's leading goal scorer. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup
, he finished among the competition's top scorers with four goals, and became the first Mexican player to score more than two goals in World Cup history. The 35 goals he scored for Mexico puts him behind Carlos Hermosillo
to trail Cuauhtémoc Blanco
(39 goals) and Jared Borgetti
(46 goals) as the nation's 3rd highest all-time leading goalscorer.
Hernández also played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup
, albeit as a substitute in three games, and failed to score. Hernández made his last international cap on June 17, 2002 against the United States
.
| 1. || November 16, 1995 || Estadio Tecnológico
, Monterrey
, Mexico
|| || 1–2 || 1–4 || Friendly
|-
| 2. || December 6, 1995 || Estadio Héroe de Nacozari
, Hermosillo
, Mexico || || 1–0 || 1–2 || Friendly
|-
| 3. || January 17, 1997 || Jack Murphy Stadium
, San Diego, United States
|| || 2–0 || 3–1 || 1997 U.S. Cup
|-
| 4. || April 13, 1997 || Estadio Azteca
, Mexico City
, Mexico || || 6–0 || 6–0 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 5. || April 20, 1997 || Foxboro Stadium
, Foxborough
, United States || || 2–0 || 2–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 6. || June 13, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
, Santa Cruz
, Bolivia
|| || 1–0 || 2–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 7. || June 13, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 2–0 || 2–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 8. || June 16, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 2–3 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 9. || June 16, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 2–0 || 2–3 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 10. || June 19, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 1–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 11. || June 28, 1997 || Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
, Oruro
, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 12. || December 12, 1997 || King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia
|| || 1–2 || 1–3 || 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
| 13. || February 8, 1998 || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland
, United States || || 2–1 || 4–2 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 14. || February 8, 1998 || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, United States || || 4–2 || 4–2 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 15. || February 12, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
, Los Angeles
, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 16. || February 15, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 17. || April 15, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || Friendly
|-
| 18. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini
, Italy
|| || 2–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 19. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini, Italy || || 4–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 20. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini, Italy || || 6–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 21. || June 13, 1998 || Stade de Gerland, Lyon
, France
|| || 2–1 || 3–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 22. || June 13, 1998 || Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France || || 3–1 || 3–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 23. || June 25, 1998 || Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
, Saint-Étienne
, France || || 2–2 || 2–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 24. || June 29, 1998 || Stade de la Mosson
, Montpellier
, France || || 1–0 || 1–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 25. || November 17, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–0 || Friendly
|-
| 26. || November 18, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–2 || Friendly
|-
| 27. || February 19, 1999 || Hong Kong Stadium
, Wan Chai
, Hong Kong
|| || 3–0 || 3–0 || 1999 Carlsberg Cup
|-
| 28. || June 9, 1999 || Soldier Field
, Chicago
, United States || || 1–0 || 2–2 || Friendly
|-
| 29. || June 16, 1999 || Dongdaemun Stadium
, Seoul
, South Korea
|| || 1–0 || 1–2 || 1999 Korea Cup
|-
| 30. || June 30, 1999 || Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
, Ciudad del Este
, Paraguay
|| || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1999 Copa América
|-
| 31. || January 9, 2000 || McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, United States || || 1–0 || 2–1 || Friendly
|-
| 32. || February 13, 2000 || Qualcomm Stadium
, San Diego, United States || || 2–0 || 4–0 || 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 33. || January 31, 2001 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 2–0 || 2–3 || Friendly
|}
|1990/91||Cruz Azul
||Primera División
||18||1
|-
|1991/92||Querétaro
||Primera División
||28||11
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Monterrey||rowspan="2"|Primera División
||26||6
|-
|1993/94||32||8
|-
|1994/95||rowspan="3"|Necaxa||rowspan="3"|Primera División
||30||8
|-
|1995/96||31||10
|-
|1996/97||39||14
|-
|1997/98||Boca Juniors||Primera División||4||2
|-
|1997/98||Necaxa||Primera División
||12||9
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Tigres UANL||rowspan="2"|Primera División
||33||19
|-
|1999/00||31||19
|-
|2000||rowspan="2"|Los Angeles Galaxy
||rowspan="2"|Major League Soccer
||16||5
|-
|2001||14||8
|-
|2001/02||rowspan="2"|América||rowspan="2"|Primera División
||14||2
|-
|2002/03||2||0
|-
|2002/03||Veracruz||Primera División
||18||5
|-
|2003/04||Jaguares Chiapas||Primera División
||5||1
|-
|2004/05||Lobos BUAP
||Primera División
||9||4
328||117
4||2
30||13
362||132
|}
|1995||5||2
|-
|1996||6||0
|-
|1997||21||10
|-
|1998||16||14
|-
|1999||18||6
|-
|2000||9||2
|-
|2001||4||1
|-
|2002||6||0
|-
!Total||85||35
|}
Poza Rica
Poza Rica is a city and its surrounding municipalityin the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name means "rich pool", because it was a place known for its abundance of fish. In this century oil was discovered in the area. It has since been almost completely extracted...
, Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) is a Mexican football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
, the fourth highest goalscorer of all-time for the Mexican national football team
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
, and their highest goalscorer in World Cups
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
. Hernández played with teams in Mexico, Argentina and the United States.
Career
In Mexico, Hernández played with a number of clubs, including Queretaro FCQuerétaro FC
Querétaro Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Querétaro, Mexico. Queretaro plays in the Primera División of Mexican football league system, after being promoted at the end of the 2008-2009 season from the Primera División A...
, Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...
, CF Monterrey, Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...
, Club América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
, UANL Tigres
UANL Tigres
Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, often known only as Tigres or UANL, a Mexican football club that plays in the Primera División. It is one of the two professional football teams of the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San...
, CD Veracruz
CD Veracruz
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz...
, and Jaguares de Chiapas
Jaguares de Chiapas
The Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas, is a Mexican football club now based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the state of Chiapas. They currently play in Primera División de México...
, and was twice named Mexico's Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998. He also played in Mérida Argentina, when he was signed by South American club Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
after his brilliant performance in the 1997 Copa America
Copa América
The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...
, but he failed to break into the starting line-up and spent the rest of his time on the bench. Returning to Mexico bitterly disappointed, he played with Necaxa and later on with UANL Tigres
UANL Tigres
Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, often known only as Tigres or UANL, a Mexican football club that plays in the Primera División. It is one of the two professional football teams of the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San...
. It was with these two clubs, that he displayed his stupendous form, scoring 9 goals in 12 matches with Necaxa and 38 goals in 64 games with Tigres. He also became the only player to score goals in the Clásico Regiomontano
Clásico Regiomontano
Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between crosstown rival teams Monterrey and UANL.Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 91 times for bragging rights and city honour...
with both teams from Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
.
After a few seasons with Tigres without qualifying to playoffs, Hernández ventured into the United States, in 2000 and signed with Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
giants Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
, thought they landed a coup when they paid the Mexican striker a reported sum of US$ 4,000,000.00 to play with the club. Expected to easily tear the league apart, Hernández was generally considered a disappointment in two seasons with the Los Angeles club. Despite registering 17 goals in 40 games of the regular season and playoff games, the desired rise of attendance was not seen at all. Most of his goal scoring chances he was ruled to be offside more times than any other Galaxy player. Hernández returned to Mexico in 2002 to play two more seasons with several clubs, including Club América, C.D. Veracruz and Jaguares de Chiapas, before retiring in 2004.
International career
Known for his long blond hair, number 15 jersey and nickname of El MatadorMatador
A torero or toureiro is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture. In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight...
, Hernández had his first international cap against Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
on February 1, 1995. Hernández scored his first international goal on November 16, 1995 against Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
. Hernández gained notability during the Copa América 1997
Copa América 1997
Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from June 11 to June 29, 1997. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.There is no qualifying for the final tournament...
, where he scored six goals and became the tournament's leading goal scorer. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
, he finished among the competition's top scorers with four goals, and became the first Mexican player to score more than two goals in World Cup history. The 35 goals he scored for Mexico puts him behind Carlos Hermosillo
Carlos Hermosillo
Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa is a Mexican former football player. He is one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexican national team. He is also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul"....
to trail Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo is a Mexican professional footballer currently signed for Irapuato in the Mexican Liga de Ascenso.Known for his aggressive yet charismatic personality on the field, playing most of his career as a deep-lying forward and his last years as an attacking midfielder...
(39 goals) and Jared Borgetti
Jared Borgetti
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a retired Mexican footballer. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals. A prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, Borgetti was renowned for his heading ability...
(46 goals) as the nation's 3rd highest all-time leading goalscorer.
Hernández also played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, albeit as a substitute in three games, and failed to score. Hernández made his last international cap on June 17, 2002 against the United States
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
.
Mexico National Team
-
- FIFA Confederations CupFIFA Confederations CupThe FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships , along with the FIFA World Cup winner and the host nation, to bring the number of teams...
(1): 19991999 FIFA Confederations Cup-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Awards:-Top scorers:6 goals Cuauhtémoc Blanco Marzouq Al-Otaibi Ronaldinho4 goals Alex3 goals José Manuel Abundis Zé Roberto-Notes:...
- FIFA Confederations Cup
International goals
|-| 1. || November 16, 1995 || Estadio Tecnológico
Estadio Tecnológico
The Estadio Tecnológico is a stadium located in city of Monterrey, Mexico.It is the property of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. The Monterrey Football Club play their home games there, but only rent the space and are not affiliated with the Institute.The stadium was...
, Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
|| || 1–2 || 1–4 || Friendly
|-
| 2. || December 6, 1995 || Estadio Héroe de Nacozari
Estadio Héroe de Nacozari
Estadio Héroe de Nacozari is a multi-use stadium in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Buhos de Hermosillo of the Segunda División...
, Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Mexico || || 1–0 || 1–2 || Friendly
|-
| 3. || January 17, 1997 || Jack Murphy Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....
, San Diego, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|| || 2–0 || 3–1 || 1997 U.S. Cup
1997 U.S. Cup
The 1997 U.S. Cup was a United States Soccer Federation organized tournament held in January 1997. USSF had hosted the annual U.S. Cup since 1992, except for the FIFA World Cup years of 1994 and 1998 when no tournament took place. The 1997 U.S. Cup included the host United States, Mexico, Peru and...
|-
| 4. || April 13, 1997 || Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico || || 6–0 || 6–0 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....
|-
| 5. || April 20, 1997 || Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium was an outdoor stadium, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts...
, Foxborough
Foxborough, Massachusetts
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 16,246 people, 6,141 households, and 4,396 families residing in the town. The population density was 809.1 people per square mile . There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 313.7 per square mile...
, United States || || 2–0 || 2–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 6. || June 13, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Club Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, and Club Destroyers. The stadium has a capacity of 38,000 people and was built in 1939...
, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
|| || 1–0 || 2–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 7. || June 13, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 2–0 || 2–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 8. || June 16, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 2–3 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 9. || June 16, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 2–0 || 2–3 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 10. || June 19, 1997 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 1–1 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 11. || June 28, 1997 || Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
The Estadio Jesús Bermúdez is a multi-purpose stadium in Oruro, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 28,000 people....
, Oruro
Oruro, Bolivia
Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro....
, Bolivia || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1997 Copa América
|-
| 12. || December 12, 1997 || King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
|| || 1–2 || 1–3 || 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Awards:-Top scorers:7 goals Romário5 goals Vladimír Šmicer4 goals Ronaldo-References:...
|-
| 13. || February 8, 1998 || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, United States || || 2–1 || 4–2 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fourth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ....
|-
| 14. || February 8, 1998 || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, United States || || 4–2 || 4–2 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 15. || February 12, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 16. || February 15, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 17. || April 15, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 1–0 || Friendly
|-
| 18. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
|| || 2–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 19. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini, Italy || || 4–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 20. || May 9, 1998 || Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini, Italy || || 6–0 || 6–0 || Friendly
|-
| 21. || June 13, 1998 || Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
|| || 2–1 || 3–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
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| 22. || June 13, 1998 || Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France || || 3–1 || 3–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
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| 23. || June 25, 1998 || Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is a multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Étienne, France. It is used primarily for football matches, and tournaments such as the 1984 European Football Championship, the Football World Cup 1998 and the Confederations Cup 2003. It is also used for rugby union, and was a venue at...
, Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...
, France || || 2–2 || 2–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
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| 24. || June 29, 1998 || Stade de la Mosson
Stade de la Mosson
Stade de la Mosson is a football stadium in Montpellier, France. It is the home of Montpellier HSC and has a capacity of 32,900. Formerly a 16,000-seater stadium, it was entirely rebuilt in 1998 to host 6 games of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It was also used as a venue for group stage matches in the...
, Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
, France || || 1–0 || 1–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup
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| 25. || November 17, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–0 || Friendly
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| 26. || November 18, 1998 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 1–0 || 2–2 || Friendly
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| 27. || February 19, 1999 || Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...
, Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
|| || 3–0 || 3–0 || 1999 Carlsberg Cup
1999 Carlsberg Cup
The 1999 Lunar New Year Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday ....
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| 28. || June 9, 1999 || Soldier Field
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...
, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, United States || || 1–0 || 2–2 || Friendly
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| 29. || June 16, 1999 || Dongdaemun Stadium
Dongdaemun Stadium
The Dongdaemun Stadium, was in Seoul, South Korea and included a multi-purpose athletics stadium, a baseball park and other sports facilities. It was located near the Dongdaemun or Great East Gate and the surrounding Dongdaemun market and had many vendors selling athletics-related goods...
, Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
|| || 1–0 || 1–2 || 1999 Korea Cup
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| 30. || June 30, 1999 || Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
Tte. Cnel. Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, is a football stadium in the city of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Club Atletico 3 de Febrero and is named after a former military figure....
, Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este is the second largest city in Paraguay and capital of Alto Paraná department, located at the Rio Paraná....
, Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
|| || 1–0 || 1–0 || 1999 Copa América
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| 31. || January 9, 2000 || McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, United States || || 1–0 || 2–1 || Friendly
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| 32. || February 13, 2000 || Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....
, San Diego, United States || || 2–0 || 4–0 || 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean . It was held in the United States, in Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego. The format of the tournament changed from 1998; it was expanded to twelve teams,...
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| 33. || January 31, 2001 || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || || 2–0 || 2–3 || Friendly
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Club statistics
|-|1990/91||Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...
||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||18||1
|-
|1991/92||Querétaro
Querétaro FC
Querétaro Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Querétaro, Mexico. Queretaro plays in the Primera División of Mexican football league system, after being promoted at the end of the 2008-2009 season from the Primera División A...
||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||28||11
|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Monterrey||rowspan="2"|Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||26||6
|-
|1993/94||32||8
|-
|1994/95||rowspan="3"|Necaxa||rowspan="3"|Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||30||8
|-
|1995/96||31||10
|-
|1996/97||39||14
|-
|1997/98||Boca Juniors||Primera División||4||2
|-
|1997/98||Necaxa||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||12||9
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Tigres UANL||rowspan="2"|Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||33||19
|-
|1999/00||31||19
|-
|2000||rowspan="2"|Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
||rowspan="2"|Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
||16||5
|-
|2001||14||8
|-
|2001/02||rowspan="2"|América||rowspan="2"|Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||14||2
|-
|2002/03||2||0
|-
|2002/03||Veracruz||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||18||5
|-
|2003/04||Jaguares Chiapas||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||5||1
|-
|2004/05||Lobos BUAP
Lobos de la BUAP
Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla is a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represents the Autonomous University of Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 1930 when the club was known as Preparatoria formed exclusively by players that...
||Primera División
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
||9||4
328||117
4||2
30||13
362||132
|}
National team statistics
|-|1995||5||2
|-
|1996||6||0
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|1997||21||10
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|1998||16||14
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|1999||18||6
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|2000||9||2
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|2001||4||1
|-
|2002||6||0
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!Total||85||35
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External links
- International statistics at rsssf