Josu Hernáez Lopetegui (born 4 July 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.
Football career Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Hernáez played for SD Eibar's youth setup before eventually joining seven-a-side football. In the 2004 summer he moved to SCD Durango, and made his debuts as a senior during the campaign, in Tercera División. In 2006, he returned to Eibar, being assigned to the main squad in Segunda División B.San Miguel, Conde y Hernáez figuran en la lista del futuro proyecto del Eibar (San Miguel, Conde and Hernáez are in Eibar's future project); Diario Vasco, 16 June 2006
On 13 July 2007 Hernáez joined Athletic Bilbao, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.Los jóvenes eibarreses Josu Hernáez e Iñigo Retegi se incorporan al Athletic (The young eibarreses Josu Hernáez and Iñigo Retegi join Athletic); Diario Vasco, 14 July 2007 However, after featuring rarely with the Lions, he moved to another reserve team, Real Zaragoza B on 18 January of the following year.Josu Hernáez deja el Athletic B y ficha por el Zaragoza B de Tercera División (Josu Hernáez leaves Athletic B and signs for Zaragoza B); Diario Vasco, 17 January 2008
In September 2008 Hernáez suffered a serious knee injury which took him out of the entire 2008–09 season.El ex-azulgrana Josu Hernáez dice adiós a la temporada debido a una grave lesión (Former azulgrana player Josu Hernáez says goodbye to the season due to a serious injury); El Correo, 11 September 2008 He was later released by the Aragonese, and moved to Sestao River Club in the 2009 summer.
On 29 August 2014 Hernáez joined Segunda División's CD Mirandés.Josu Hernáez, nuevo jugador del C.D. Mirandés (Josu Hernáez, new player of C.D. Mirandés) ; Mirandés' official website, 29 August 2014 He made his professional debut on 14 September, aged 29, playing the entire second half in a 0–1 away loss against CD Tenerife.Guarrotxena lleva la tranquilidad (Guarrotxena brings peace); Marca, 14 September 2014
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