A modern 9 has to have a pass, movement, goals, and assists

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Javier Hernández Balcázar was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and is known in the field as "el chicharito", nickname acquired because his father, former soccer player and coach nicknamed him "chicharo". The chicharito is one of the maximum exponents of the Mexican national team and currently plays as West Ham striker of the English Premier League.

Chicharito made his debut in the 2006 tournament with CD Guadalajara (better known as Las Chivas de Guadalajara), a match that his team won 4-0 at Club Necaxa. After there he showed flashes of good football, but without consolidating and it was not until the opening tournament 2009 when Javier Hernández began to demonstrate his scoring ability, being the third best scorer of the tournament with 11 goals in 17 games played. A young man, only 21 years old, with that performance in the Mexican league, caught the attention of several European clubs such as PSV Eindhoven, Wolfsburg and Valencia. But it was Manchester United of England who signed him for 5 years.

He debuts in July 2010 scoring goal in his first game with the "Red Devils" and in official competition scoring goal against Chelsea, thus obtaining his first title, the Community Shield, reaping a second title to be crowned the Manchester United champion of the Premier League in addition to being runner-up in the Champions League, where it fell against Barcelona FC In 2011, the Mexican continues with his path to the titles, showing what has been his best year with the absolute remaining top scorer in the Gold Cup of CONCACAF with 7 goals.

The Chicharito has played 86 games with the Tri of which 40 are official, being the top scorer of the team with 48 goals averaging 0.5 goals per game played. Chicharito went from red devil to merengue, on loan for one season to Real Madrid, earning another title after winning the FIFA Club World Cup in 2014. In the quarter-finals of the 2015 UEFA Champions League, he jumps IGNORE INTO the field as Holder, due to injuries from Benzema and Bale, against Atlético de Madrid Ch14 sealed the team's semifinal pass at minute 88, scoring the winning goal. Already at Bayern Leverkusen, 2015, he has his best scoring season with 26 goals in 40 games, in two campaigns totalized 39 goals in 76 games.

Despite having characteristics such as dynamism, verticality, mobility and play between lines, his sense of location is what allows him to be a reference for his teammates in the definition area, his speed bursts IGNORE INTO the opposing defense becoming a real nightmare for the opponent. However, in modern football a forward not only focuses on the goal: he requires participation in defense, giving assists, having a pass, movement, building the goal play, and taking advantage of his verticality and speed. Karim Benzema is an example of that modern 9 and that precisely coincided with Javier in Real Madrid, being the holder above Chicharito.

Latin Americna Post | Bersan Vizcaya

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