Ronald Hernández

Following his move to Portland Timbers, Hernández's current-season form is down 83% on last season (Season 12→2), while his Rating eased 25→20. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 12).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Portland Timbers · 10th	12	0	0	6.69	24	4
2026/27	Atlanta United FC · 8th	10	0	0	6.43	22	4
2025/26	Atlanta United FC · 8th	21	1	1	6.74	25	12
2024/25	Atlanta United FC · 9th	17	0	1	6.84	32	6
2023/24	Atlanta United FC · 6th	36	0	0	6.63	36	8
2022/23	Atlanta United FC · 11th	13	0	0	6.6	36	7

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Venezuela · international

Side	Apps	G
Venezuela	36	1
Venezuela U21	2	0
Venezuela U20	16	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

R. Hernández is a 29-year-old central defender at Portland Timbers, rated 20.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 384th of 506 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (9.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hernández.

Judged on this season alone, Hernández graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 122nd of 127 of the 127 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 0 clean sheets and 3.913 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 12 → 2). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 95th of 127 of the 127 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 29 Hernández is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential95th of 127 centre-backs · Major League Soccer · 12 apps Current season122nd of 127 centre-backs · Major League Soccer · 12 apps 122nd-best centre-back in the Major League Soccer 384th in the Major League Soccer · potential 95th-highest potential centre-back in the Major League Soccer

20.4

Ratingi

95th of 127 centre-backs

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

9.1%

Minutes

limited game time

3.91

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Portland Timbers finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.91

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 12 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 9.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 20.4, Hernández carries the 95th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer of 127 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %9.1%

Available fixtures28 of 28

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.913

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %86

Cards / 900.142

Foul involvement / 902.693

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 29, Hernández sits on 2.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Hernández's projected Rating — 20.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots1

Passing

Assists0

Chances created9

Passes339

Pass accuracy86%

Possession

Duels won29

Duels won %49.2%

Fouls won7

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions14

Blocks2

Fouls committed12

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

Portland TimbersSept 2026 – now

Atlanta United FCJan 2022 – Sept 2026

Atlanta United FC(on loan)Feb 2021 – Jan 2022

AberdeenJan 2020 – Feb 2021

StabaekAug 2017 – Jan 2020

ZZamora FCuntil Aug 2017

About R. Hernández

Ronald José Hernández Pimentel is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for Portland Timbers, born on September 21, 1997 in Barinas, standing 171 cm tall. He is from Venezuela. Portland Timbers currently sit 10th of 15 in the Major League Soccer.

This season

In the current season, R. Hernández has made 12 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 635 minutes, averaging a 6.61 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

When R. Hernández plays, Portland Timbers's record this season is 1W-2D-9L — and his match ratings average 6.95 at home against 6.33 on the road.

Recent matches

October 11, 2026: 3-3 draw away at Sporting Kansas City (90 minutes, 6.11 rating)
September 27, 2026: 1-3 loss away at San Jose Earthquakes (90 minutes, 6.24 rating)
September 20, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Atlanta United FC (85 minutes, 7.2 rating)
September 13, 2026: 1-2 loss away at FC Dallas (90 minutes, 6.88 rating)
September 10, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs St. Louis City (25 minutes, 7 rating)
August 29, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs Charlotte (26 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 15, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs New York Red Bulls (10 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 1, 2026: 2-3 loss away at Philadelphia Union (12 minutes, 6.2 rating)
July 25, 2026: 1-4 loss away at New England Revolution (21 minutes, 6.6 rating)
July 18, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Nashville SC (28 minutes, 6.3 rating)

R. Hernández's next match is on October 15, 2026, when Portland Timbers face Los Angeles Galaxy away in the Major League Soccer.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Hernández at 20.4 with a Season form score of 2, ranking 384th of 506 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 3 career titles — among them the Primera División. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, R. Hernández has totalled 210 club appearances with 2 goals and 9 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 36 appearances for Atlanta United FC.

R. Hernández's career has also included time at Atlanta United FC, Aberdeen, Stabaek and ZZamora FC.

On the international stage, R. Hernández has represented Venezuela, Venezuela U21, Venezuela U20 — 54 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Portland Timbers finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points