Hernâni

Hernâni reframes my lazy assumptions about Brazilian footballers. From Santa Catarina and standing 1.91 m, he made his living not as a flair attacker but as a central defender, and that height alone must lend a back line real calm. Shutting down opposing stars is thankless, unglamorous work, but anyone who watches closely knows its value. Born in 1984, he reads as a seasoned craftsman who has seen the highs and lows of the game. I'm firmly on the side of the unsung defender, and Hernâni deserves the spotlight more than the box-score suggests.

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Name (English)

Hernâni

Name (Japanese)

エルナニ・ジョゼ・ダ・ロサ

Reading

えるなに・じょぜ・だ・ろさ

Born

February 3, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Antônio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A2ni%20(footballer%2C%20born%201984)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337111

Tags

• Santa Catarina
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.