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Full name | Segio Arturo Bernal Hernandez | ||
Date of birth | February 9, 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Number | None | ||
Youth career | |||
UNAM Pumas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1988–2010 | UNAM Pumas | 519 | (0) |
2002 | → Puebla F.C. | 11 | (0) |
National team | |||
2000–2010 | Mexico | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Sergio Arturo Bernal Hernández (born 9 February 1970) is a retired Mexican football player.
He currently played as a goalkeeper for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas in 1988 from the UNAM Fuerzas Basicas. He has been champion with Pumas 4 times, in 1991, and was a major part in getting the golden year back to back "bicampeones" in 2004. He was currently the team captain. He announced his retirement on December 9, 2010 after 21 years of playing.
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He participated in the USA Cup in 2001 under Hugo Sánchez and had been called to the Mexican National Team of Hugo Sánchez twice but he was unable to play on either occasion because of shoulder and knee injuries.
He made his 500th 1st Mexican division appearance on February 21, 2010. Pumas won the match 1-0 against Atlante FC .
Bernal announced on December 9 that he would retire from playing football after playing 22 years for the UNAM Pumas <http://www.sipse.com/noticias/79211-sergio-bernal-retira-futbol.html> He will now become assistant coach of UNAM.
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