Alajuelense, from Costa Rica, hires and presents, the third best scorer in the world, of the 2020 season

 

Alajuelense from Costa Rica, hires the best third scorer in the world from the previous season, which was only surpassed in the face of the goal, by Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandoski, It is the Cuban player, Marcel Hernández, who played with him Cartagines team, until yesterday

The 1.92-tall player was asked which striker he would like to play with and this is what he answered. Marcel Hernadez: If they put me to choose, I would like to play more with Cristiano Ronaldo, because I admire him a lot, although they are both great scorers ", referring to FIFA's distinction as one of the best scorers of 2020, behind Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Today the Cuban player was presented with the recent champion of the Costa Rican League, the Alajuelense team, "LDA" in a press conference, led by his sports manager, of Spanish origin, Agustín Lleida, who gave the details of the hiring of the new striker, the current champion of the Costa Rican soccer league

Definitely a great signing for the hedgehog team, to reinforce the lead this season that begins in a few days, after the departures, of Alvaro Saborio, to San Carlos FC, from the Tica league, and Jonathan Moya, to the Korean football South

As we continue to reflect on Planet Football over the past 12 months, FIFA.com turns its attention to the scorers.

While superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski, whose exceptional year saw them both included among the trio of finalists for The Best FIFA Men's Player 2020 award, were the most clinical in front of goal, a few lesser-known names also hit the back. of the goal. net at an astonishing rate.

FIFA.com has targeted five of these snipers, some of whom will likely be called up by their national teams in 2021, during the qualification campaign for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ™.

Marcel hernandez

Nationality: Cuban

Current Club: Liga Deportiva Alajuelense: Previous: CS Cartagines (Costa Rica)

Age: 31

2020 record: 31 goals in 40 games

Although he finished the calendar year behind Ronaldo and Lewandowski, Hernández was nevertheless the top official scorer in world football in the 2019/20 season. By September 2020, he had scored 26 goals for CD Cartagines of Costa Rica. Since then, the Havana-born forward has scored five more times, ranking third for the entire year.

After passing through the ranks of FC Ciudad de La Habana and starring for the team in the Cuban League, Hernández played in Antigua and Barbuda and the Dominican Republic. Arrived in Cartagines in 2018, the skinny forward found his footing in the Costa Rican League, finally achieving a sensational loot of 31 goals, a tally that does not include a single penalty, in 2020, forcing fans from off the island of his country. birth to sit and take note of it.