Israel Hernández Pat

{{short description|Mexican footballer and manager}}

{{family name hatnote|Hernández|Pat|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Israel Hernández Pat

| fullname = Israel Octavio Hernández Pat

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| position =

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| currentclub =

| manageryears1 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = Santos Laguna U-20 (Assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs2 = Santos Laguna U-17

| manageryears3 = 2015–2017

| managerclubs3 = América U–20

| manageryears4 = 2016

| managerclubs4 = América (Interim)

| manageryears5 = 2018

| managerclubs5 = Celaya (Assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs6 = Cruz Azul U–17

| manageryears7 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs7 = Cruz Azul U–20

| manageryears8 = 2020–2022

| managerclubs8 = Celaya

| manageryears9 = 2022

| managerclubs9 = Malacateco

| manageryears10 = 2023

| managerclubs10 = Pumas Tabasco

| manageryears11 = 2023

| managerclubs11 = UNAM U–23

| manageryears12 = 2024

| managerclubs12 = Atlético Morelia

}}

Israel Octavio Hernández Pat (born 27 June 1976) is a Mexican football manager.{{cite web |title=Israel Octavio Hernández Pat |url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/cuerpotecnico/10417/israel-octavio-hernandez-pat |website=Liga BBVA MXX |accessdate=22 July 2020 |language=Spanish}}

He has spent most of his career on the bench for youth teams of Santos Laguna, América and Cruz Azul. He got the runner-up twice with Santos Laguna.

On September 20, 2016, he was the manager of the Club América first team after the dismissal of Ignacio Ambriz.{{cite web |title=Ignacio Ambriz, destituido como entrenador del América |url=https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2016/09/18/futbol/1474219610_450183.html |website=As México |accessdate=22 July 2020 |language=Spanish |date=18 September 2016}} The only game under his direction, the team tied a goal against Necaxa.{{cite web |title=Necaxa 1 – 1 América. Informe arbitral |url=https://ligamx.net/estadistica/pd/eyJ0aXR1bG9UYWJsYSI6IiBQRCAtIElTUkFFTCBPQ1RBVklPIEhFUk7BTkRFWiBQQVQgIiwiIHBzVGlwb0VzdGQiOiJDVCIsIkRUIjoiMSIsImlkVGVtcG9yYWRhIjoiNjciLCJpZFRvcm5lbyI6IjEiLCJpZERpdmlzaW9uIjoiMSIsImlkQWZsZERydmQiOiIxMDQxNyIsIkZhc2UiOiIxIn0= |website=Liga BBVA MX |accessdate=22 July 2020 |language=Spanish |date=20 September 2016}}

In January 2018 he was the managerial assistant at Celaya F.C., but he only stayed for one match.{{cite web |title=Celaya 0 – 2 FC Juárez. Informe Arbitral |url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/informeArbitral/87687/eyJJRFBhcnRpZG8iOiI4NzY4NyIsImlkQ2x1YkxvY2FsIjoiMTA3MjYiLCJpZENsdWJWaXNpdGEiOiIxMDcyNSJ9 |website=Liga BBVA MX |accessdate=22 July 2020 |language=Spanish |date=6 January 2018}}

On July 1, 2020 Hernández was named as the Manager of Celaya F.C., a team that plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. Being his first formal position as Manager in a first team.{{cite web |last1=Campos |first1=Carlos |title=Presentan a nuevo técnico de Celaya |url=https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/superdeportivo/Presentan-a-nuevo-tecnico-de-Celaya--20200701-0039.html |website=Periódico AM |accessdate=22 July 2020 |language=Spanish |date=1 July 2020}} Hernández would remain in Celaya until the summer of 2022. Later he was appointed as manager of Deportivo Malacateco, a team that plays in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala.{{cite web |title=Israel Hernández Pat, el mexicano que se hará cargo de Malacateco |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/10513898/israel-hernandez-pat-mexicano-cargo-malacateco |website=ESPN México |access-date=9 September 2022 |language=es |date=14 June 2022}}