Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Cuban international Onel Hernández.
The experienced wideman has put pen to paper on a short-term contract until January 2026.
Hernández joins the Addicks following a successful seven-year spell at Norwich City, where he made over 200 appearances across all competitions and starred in two Sky Bet Championship promotion-winning campaigns.
Hernández said: "I’m really happy to be here. I’ve known the coach for a long time and I’ve played against his teams. He’s a very good coach who knows what he wants from his players.
"As soon as I had a conversation with Nathan, I knew straight away that it was something I wanted to be a part of."
Manager Nathan Jones added: "Onel brings real good Championship experience. We’ve had a look at him as he’s been training with us for a few weeks and he’s got wonderful athleticism and real one-v-one quality.
"We felt that we just wanted to add in that department. We’ve got TC [Tyreece Campbell], we’ve got [Rob] Apter, we’ve got Ibby [Fullah] who can do that but we just wanted to bring a bit of Championship experience in terms of the one-v-one ability. He’s come in, he’s looked sharp and he’s shown his quality."
Born in Morón, Cuba, Hernández moved to Germany aged six and began his professional career at Arminia Bielefeld, before enjoying spells at Werder Bremen II and Wolfsburg II.
Following two seasons with Eintracht Braunschweig, he joined Norwich in January 2018 and quickly became a fan favourite at Carrow Road.
The wideman, who has also enjoyed loan spells at Middlesbrough and Birmingham City, earned his first cap for Cuba in March 2021 against Guatemala and scored his inaugural international goal against Curaçao on his second appearance.
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Reckon it's Bennett on a short term deal to cover Edwards being injured
Would be good cover imho.
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Cuban international Onel Hernández.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onel_Hernández