| Illian Hernández | |
| Fullname: | Illian Gerardo Hernández Vargas |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.81 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | América (on loan from Pachuca) |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Youthyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Fresnillo |
| Youthyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs2: | Pachuca |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Fresnillo |
| Caps1: | 51 |
| Goals1: | 40 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Zacatecas |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Zacatecas Premier (loan) |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 22 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Clubs4: | Pachuca |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | → América (loan) |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21 February 2024 |
Illian Gerardo Hernández Vargas (born 12 April 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América.
He started his career playing for Mineros de Fresnillo in the Liga Premier de México, as a forward, scoring 15 goals in his first season.
In the Liga de Expansión MX, he scored 32 goals and became the top goal scorer, which made Mineros de Zacatecas to sign him for their reserves team. He made his debut in Copa MX on 4 september 2019, against Xolos, coming in as a late substitute. In the 2019-2020 season, he was the top goal scorer with a 10-goal advantage over his closes oppnent, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled and there was no top goal scorer award.
On June 2020 he was signed by first division team Pachuca. He signed a permanent deal for 3 years.
He made his debut on 23 September 2021, coming in as a substitute for Nicolás Ibáñez in a 1-0 victory over Club Necaxa.
On 28 August 2022 he scored his first and second Liga MX goals, after scoring his first two goals in which Pachuca defeated Toluca with a 4-1 score. Hernandez became the Liga MX champions during that season.
On 10 January 2024, Hernández joined América on a season-long loan.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Zacatecas | 2019–20 | Ascenso MX | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Pachuca | 2021–22 | Liga MX | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 14 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||||
| América (loan) | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 10 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 7 | |||
Pachuca
Apertura 2022
América
Clausura 2024[2]