Nicolas Hernandez

Right Forward - Free Agent
1 Mar 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Nicolas Hernandez

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The Jaguares Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Jaguares

1‑3 against Junior, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

7 saves: Diego Martínez was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

The terraces

Jaguares supporters have found a favourite in Gianluca Ruggi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Gianluca Ruggi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Gianluca Ruggi the difference as Jaguares beat Aguilas Doradas

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Gianluca Ruggi. 1‑0 against Aguilas Doradas, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Nicolas Hernandez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolas Hernandez and Jaguares agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Richard Cardona has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Richard Cardona on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Marlon Sierra gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

When it matters, Yairo Moreno plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad

The first one for Gianluca Ruggi

Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Jaguares have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.

In brief

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The Jaguares Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Jaguares through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over La Equidad, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

A debut Nicolas Hernandez will not forget — 7.74

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.74 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Player ratings

Faber Gil was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market

Jaguares say no — this time

The offer from Omonia 29M for Santiago Cubides was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

The terraces

Jaguares supporters have found a favourite in Nicolas Hernandez

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Nicolas Hernandez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout

No hiding place for Nicolás Giraldo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Giraldo, and the manager let it.

Match

Jaguares come up short against America de Cali

America de Cali left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No place for Santiago García in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Jaguares are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market

Still no ink between Jaguares and Gianluca Ruggi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Jaguares, another week without a signature from Gianluca Ruggi.

In brief