Hernán Hechalar

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

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 as of 25 November 2020

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