Manu Hernando

José Manuel Hernando Riol was born in Palencia (Castile and León) on 19 July 1998 and began playing at Club Internacional de la Amistad before joining Real Madrid's youth system in 2010. With Madrid he won the Copa de Campeones and the youth Copa del Rey and reached the Youth League semi-finals in 2017, the year he stepped up to Real Madrid Castilla. Loaned to Racing in 2020, he went on to play for SD Ponferradina, Portugal's CD Tondela (67 matches) and SD Amorebieta.

A centre-back, he returned to Racing in February 2024 from SD Amorebieta and has been part of the side that won promotion to Primera División in 2026. He has been capped by Spain's youth national teams.

Career

• Club Internacional de la Amistad (youth, until 2010)
• Real Madrid (youth, 2010-2017)
• Real Madrid Castilla (2017-2021)
• Real Racing Club (2020, on loan)
• SD Ponferradina (2020-2021, on loan)
• CD Tondela (2021-2023)
• SD Amorebieta (2023-2024)
• Real Racing Club (2024-)