Biography of Carlos Hermosillo -

Carlos Hermosillo (born August 24, 1964 in
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican soccer
player, one of the top all-time goalscorers for
the Mexico national football team|Mexican national
team.

Hermosillo started his club career with Club
AmÃ©rica|America during the 1983-84 season. He
spent most of his club career in his native
Mexico, also playing for Club de Futbol
Monterrey|Monterrey, Club Deportivo Cruz Azul|Cruz
Azul, Necaxa, CF Atlante|Atlante, and Chivas de
Guadalajara|Chivas. Carlos' best two seasons were
in 1994-95 and 1995-96, when he scored 35 and 36
goals respectively for Cruz Azul. Hermosillo made
two ventures outside the country: to
Belgium|Belgium's Standard LiÃ¨ge in 1989-90 and
to Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy for
two seasons starting in 1998. For the Galaxy, he
scored 14 goals and 15 assists in two regular
seasons, adding five goals and an assist in the
playoffs. Hermosillo retired in 2001.

Hermosillo is tied with Luis HernÃ¡ndez and trails
only Jared Borgetti for the all-time goalscoring
lead for the Mexican national team with 35 goals
(in 90 caps between 1984 and 1997). He played in
the Wc|1994.

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