Hernán Hechalar

Hernán Hechalar

Hernán Hechalar jugando en el D. Independiente Medellin, 2015
Personal information
Full name	Hernán Ignacio Hechalar
Date of birth	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Juventud Antoniana
Youth career
	Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Belgrano	3	(0)
2009	→ Juventud Antoniana (loan)
2009–2010	→ Guaraní (loan)	4	(0)
2010–2012	Juventud Antoniana
2012–2014	Unión Mar del Plata	34	(8)
2014	Atlético Huila	38	(13)
2014–2019	Independiente Medellín	101	(20)
2017–2018	→ Atlético Tucumán (loan)	10	(1)
2018	→ Delfín (loan)	13	(1)
2019	→ Atlético Huila (loan)	16	(3)
2019	Gimnasia Jujuy	5	(0)
2020	Cobreloa	10	(0)
2020–	Juventud Antoniana	22	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2020

Hernán Ignacio Hechalar (born 12 August 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Juventud Antoniana.^[1]

Career

Belgrano were Hechalar's first senior team, he made three appearances for the first-team after time in the youth system.^[1] His debut Belgrano appearance was on 7 August 2008 versus Unión Santa Fe, his second came over a month later against future club Atlético Tucumán.^[1] In 2009, Hechalar was loaned out twice, firstly to Juventud Antoniana of Torneo Argentino A and then to Guaraní of the Paraguayan Primera División.^[1][2][3] A year later, in July 2010, Hechalar rejoined Juventud Antoniana on a permanent contract.^[1] Over his two spells with the club, Hechalar scored twelve goals in seventy-four matches in the third tier.^[4]

On 8 July 2012, Hechalar joined fellow Torneo Argentino A team Unión Mar del Plata.^[1][5] He scored on his Unión debut, netting a late consolation goal in a 2–1 defeat to Alvarado.^[1] Seven more goals and twenty-three more games followed in his first season.^[1] Hechalar departed Argentine football in 2014 to sign for Categoría Primera A side Atlético Huila in Colombia.^[1][6] He went onto score thirteen goals in thirty-eight matches.^[1] After just one season with Atlético Huila, Hechalar left and joined Independiente Medellín twelve months after arriving; one hundred and thirty-two appearances and twenty-nine goals followed.^[1][7]

On 23 August 2017, Hechalar joined Argentine Primera División side Atlético Tucumán on loan.^{[1][8][9][10]} One year following, Delfín of the Ecuadorian Serie A loaned Hechalar.^[1] Having netted once in thirteen encounters across the 2018 campaign, Hechalar resigned with Atlético Huila in January 2019; signing a loan deal.^[1]

Career statistics

As of 11 January 2019.^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Independiente Medellín	2015	Categoría Primera A	31	9	8	4	0	0	10[a]	3	49	16
	2016		34	5	7	4	7[b]	1	6[a]	1	54	11
	2017		19	2	1	0	6[c]	0	3[d]	0	29	2
	2018		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2019		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		84	16	16	8	13	1	19	4	132	29
Atlético Tucumán (loan)	2017–18	Primera División	10	1	2	1	1[e]	0	0	0	13	2
Delfín (loan)	2018	Serie A	13	1	—		—		0	0	13	1
Atlético Huila (loan)	2019	Categoría Primera A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			107	18	18	9	14	1	19	4	158	32

1. Appearance(s) in the Categoría Primera A play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
4. Appearance(s) in the Categoría Primera A play-offs and Superliga Colombiana
5. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Independiente Medellín^[1]

• Categoría Primera A: 2016 Apertura

References

1. "Hernán Hechalar profile". Soccerway. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
2. "Los rivales de Atlético están listos seguir el torneo". La Gaceta. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
3. "El capitán Joel Benítez jugó los 20 encuentros completos". ABC. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
4. "Hernán Hechalar profile". BDFA. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
5. "Mercado de pases Argentino A y B". Taringa. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
6. "Hernán Hechalar es el nuevo refuerzo del Atlético Huila". Antena 2. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
7. "El DIM quedó completo con llegada de Hechalar". El Colombiano. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
8. "Hernán Hechalar: Próxima parada, Atlético Tucumán". Vavel. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
9. "Hernán Hechalar, a un paso de Atlético Tucumán". BeSoccer. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
10. "Hernán Hechalar no será más jugador del DIM, irá a Atlético Tucumán". Tele Medellín. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

External links

• Hernán Hechalar at Soccerway