Giovanny Hernandez (born June 16, 1976 in Cali) is a Colombian football (soccer) midfielder. He played for America de Cali, Independiente Medellin, Deportivo Cali, Colon de Santa Fe and now is player of Colo-Colo. He is famous for his technical ability to create plays, pace, and ability to create goals out of free kicks. He also is known by being very Christian, also he does show it when celebrating goals in his under-shirts.
History
1995-2000
Geovanni Hernandez first appearances in the Copa Mustang was in 1995 for America de Cali. It turned out to be some sort of a failure he only scored 5 goals during the whole season. He continued to play for America de Cali during the 1996 libertadores where he scored 2 goals although America de Cali made it to the final he only played the home game. He played with America de Cali the following year and then he played for Independiente Medellin during 1998. At the end of that year, he was bought by Deportivo Cali. He played for Deportivo Cali in the 1999 Copa Libertadores as a bench warmer but after a few goals was brought on to the starting team for the 2000 season where he scored 12 goals.
2000-2003
In 2001, Giovanni Hernandez made his biggest leap from being a small club player to a big National Team player. He was called up alongside with his teammate Jairo Patino to the Colombian national team for the . He played several games and started goal scoring in Colombias 3-0 route of Peru and struck again when Colombia beat Chile. After Colombia won the Copa America, he continued to play with Deportivo Cali and the Colombian national team in several high profile qualifiers. Colombia did not qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup but did qualify for the 2003 Confederations Cup where Geovanni was called up again. Geovanni shone scoring 5 goals in 5 games he was considered the best of the best at the tournament and although Colombia lost in the semifinals it was all the better for the stars career. In 2003, Geovanni Hernandez also played alongside of now famous teammates Elkin Murrilo and Jairo Patino to form one of the strongest midfield sides ever to grace Deportivo Cali in the 2003 Copa Libertadores but they did not make it past quarterfinals.
2003-2005
In the Second half of 2003 Giovanni Hernandez was sold to Argentine club Colon de Santa Fe and ended up scoring a goal and an assist in his first game. He quickly became one of the favorites in the Argentine league racking up a total of 12 goals that season. He played in the 2003 Gold Cup with a lacklustre performance ,not scoring a single goal. In 2004, Giovanni Hernandez continued playing for his club Colon de Santa Fe, although he had a bad year at the Colombian national team. To make things worse, the Colombian national team began World Cup qualifiers with a loss 2-1 in Colombia to Brazil. Three days later they lost 4-0 to Bolivia in Bolivia, and a month later 1-0 to Venezuela in Colombia. This time was known as the great meltdown to Colombian national team supporters. In the second half of 2004, the whole Argentine league sagged as Giovanni Hernandez was only able to score 6 goals in the league and many big famous clubs had bad performances from stars as unknowns took the cup. Despite this Giovanni Hernandez future looks bright at the beginning of 2005 Boca Juniors, 5 time Copa Libertadores Champion, offered 5 million dollars for the Colombian player. Colon de Santa Fe wanted 8 million dollars for the player which would be one of the biggest sales ever inside the Argentinean league. Colon de Santa Fe would not let Giovanni go; much to his dismay Giovanni later was quoted by newspapers saying he was unhappy with the decision and felt like he was being forced by the club to stay where he is.
2007
Before the 2007 Apertura in Chile, Giovanni joined Chilean club Colo-Colo. He was a vital part of the team that would eventually win the championship. Giovanni was the second leading scoring on the team with seven goals. After a three year absence from the Colombian national team, Giovanni was recalled for an August 22 match versus Mexico
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