The young Cuban talent Eduardo Roberto Hernandez seeks to grow and earn a starting position in Municipal, along with another capital club Comunicaciones, the most successful in Guatemalan soccer.
After integrating the team of the Caribbean Island to the League of Nations, the midfielder and also central defender received the good news of his recruitment to reinforce the Reds of the Argentine coach Sebastián Bini, even arrived this week in the country.
The native of Santiago de Cuba has already trained with his teammates and saw the day before a sweeping 3-0 victory over Deportivo Mixco in the ninth round of the Apertura 2023 Tournament, with which the scarlets reached 13 points and climbed to second place in the table.
Hernández, 20, joined his compatriot Yasnier Matos, from Holguín, who as a striker came on in five of seven games, nestled a ball and registered 11 percent of goal participations.
The club, through a press release, detailed that his signing has played since 2021 in the team of his province, was part of the U-20 and senior national team of Cuba, as well as accumulated around 600 minutes from the youth categories, Nations League, Gold Cup and friendlies.
He scored against St. Kitts and Nevis in an under-20 tournament, the Reds added in the text, which clarified that he arrives as a youth player.
A third member of the Cuban senior team, Yunior Yuri Pérez, from Guantánamo, plays in this Central American nation as an offensive midfielder for Deportivo Achuapa and played in five of seven matches.
In addition, there is a fourth element from the largest of the Antilles, central defender Mario Peñalver, from Matanzas, who at just 19 years of age started at the beginning of 2023 in Deportivo Mixco, but moved to Deportivo Fraijanes, in the First Division, in June.
The equally young Cuban Karel Espino, midfielder of Comunicaciones, suffered a serious right knee injury last May and, according to reports, could be back in early 2024.
The Chapín Apertura Tournament is led by Malacateco with 17 points, followed by Municipal, Antigua, Guastatoya and Achuapa (13), while Cobán Imperial has 11 points.
The podium of clubs with the most titles in Guatemala is made up of Comunicaciones FC (31), CSD Municipal (31) and Aurora FC (eight), all from this city. Behind them is Xelajú MC (last champion), thanks to its six moons.
