Hernán Sandoval

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hernán Sandoval

| fullname = Hernán René Sandoval Villatoro

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|22}}

| birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala

| height = {{height|m=1.81|precision=0}}

| currentclub = Comunicaciones

| clubnumber = 20

| position = forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Comunicaciones

| years1 = 2004–2005

| years2 = 2005–2006

| years3 = 2006–present

| clubs1 = Comunicaciones

| clubs2 = → Antigua GFC (loan)

| clubs3 = Comunicaciones

| caps1 = 28

| caps2 = 33

| caps3 = 24

| goals1 = 7

| goals2 = 15

| goals3 = 10

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2007

| nationalteam1 = Guatemala

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| pcupdate = 22 March 2010

| ntupdate = 22 March 2010

}}

Hernán René Sandoval Villatoro (born 22 July 1983) is a Guatemalan football striker who plays for local club Comunicaciones in the Guatemala's top division.

Club career

Nicknamed el Camello (the camel), Sandoval played for the U-20's of local giants Comunicaciones before becoming professional and has also had a loan spell at Antigua GFC. In November 2007 he suffered a double fracture of his right leg in a game against CD Zacapa which took him out of the game until the start of the 2009 preseason.[http://www.lared.com.gt/detalle_noticia.php?id=16081 Hernán Sandoval cerca de volver a las canchas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203173648/http://www.lared.com.gt/detalle_noticia.php?id=16081 |date=2008-12-03 }} - La Red Deportiva {{in lang|es}}

International career

Sandoval made his debut for Guatemala in an August 2003 friendly match against Ecuador and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008074032/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=225461/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA as well as at the 2005[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/05gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024022300/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/05gc-full.html |date=2008-10-24 }} - RSSSF and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/07gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024002319/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/07gc-full.html |date=2008-10-24 }} - RSSSF and the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402133826/http://rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html |date=2009-04-02 }} - RSSSF

His final international was an August 2007 friendly match against Panama.