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Iker Hernández

Spanish footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ16517623 ↗
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Iker Hernández Ezkerro (born 8 April 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Tercera Federación club Palencia as a striker. Besides Spain, he has played in the Netherlands, Bolivia, Chile and Iceland.

Club career

Born in Urnieta, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Hernández graduated from Real Sociedad's youth system. On 30 June 2011 he signed his first professional deal, running until 2016.

Hernández made his debut as a senior on 26 November 2011, appearing with the reserves in a 0–3 home loss against SD Ponferradina in the Segunda División B championship. On 10 June of the following year he was definitely promoted to the B-team, and went on to appear regularly for the side in the following campaigns.

On 17 December Hernández made his first team debut, replacing Alfreð Finnbogason in a 2–0 home win against Real Oviedo, for the campaign's Copa del Rey. He made his La Liga debut four days later, again from the bench in a 1–1 away draw against Levante UD.

On 14 August 2015 Hernández was loaned to Barakaldo CF, in a season-long deal. On 1 July of the following year he signed for another reserve team, Bilbao Athletic also in the third division.

On 31 August 2018, after a one-season spell at Burgos CF, Hernández moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Eerste Divisie side FC Den Bosch.

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The public source identifies “Iker Hernández” as spanish footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Iker, Hernández and Spanish.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2011, 2016, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-04-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Iker, Hernández and Spanish providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16517623. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2011, 2016 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Iker Hernández” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.