| Kobe Hernandez-Foster | |
| Full Name: | Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Left Back, Forward |
| Currentclub: | Birmingham Legion |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2016–2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | LA Galaxy |
| Youthyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs2: | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | LA Galaxy II |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Clubs2: | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | HamKam |
| Caps3: | 35 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | Birmingham Legion |
| Caps4: | 34 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 23 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | October 27, 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | October 27, 2024 |
Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster (born June 26, 2002) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Birmingham Legion. Besides the United States, he has played in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga.[2]
Hernandez-Foster joined LA Galaxy's academy in 2016[3] and appeared for Galaxy's USL side LA Galaxy II as an injury-time substitute during a 3–1 loss to OKC Energy on September 12, 2018.[4]
On July 13, 2020, it was announced that Hernandez-Foster, along with fellow United States youth national teamer Bryang Kayo, signed with VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga.[5] It was announced that Hernandez-Foster would begin playing with the club's U-19 team.
Hernandez-Foster trained with Norwegian club HamKam during the autumn of 2021, but was not signed due to the team having a foreign player limit. After the team secured promotion to Eliteserien they signed him on a two-year deal on November 4, 2021.[6]
On March 12, 2024, Hernandez-Foster returned to the United States, signing with USL Championship side Birmingham Legion.[7]
Hernandez-Foster was born in the United States to a Honduran father and Guatemalan mother.[8] In October 2019, he was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[9]
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