Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye a maara maka ntutu isi ya na-acha odo odo nke dị ogologo, nọmba jersey 15 na utu aha "El Matador", Hernández nwere egwuregwu mba ụwa mbụ ya megide Uruguay na February 1, 1995. Hernández gbara goolu mbụ ya n'asọmpi mba ụwa n'abalị iri na isii nke ọnwa Nọvemba n'afọ 1995 megide mba Yugoslavia. Hernández ghọrọ onye ama ama n'oge
1997 Copa América, ebe o nyere goolu isii wee bụrụ onye isi goolu na asọmpi ahụ. Na 1998 FIFA World Cup, o mechara n'etiti ndị kachasị asọmpi ahụ na ihe mgbaru ọsọ anọ, wee bụrụ onye egwuregwu mbụ Mexico nke meriri ihe karịrị ihe mgbaru ọsọ abụọ na akụkọ ntolite World Cup. Ihe mgbaru ọsọ 35 o nwetara maka Mexico na-ejikọta ya na Carlos Hermosillo iji soro Cuauhtémoc Blanco (39 ihe mgbaru ọsọ), Jared Borgetti (46 ihe mgbaru ọsọ) na Javier Hernandez (51 ihe mgbaru ọsọ) dị ka mba nke anọ kachasị elu na-eduga oge niile.