Career
He is one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexico national team He is also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul", (The big tall one from Cerro Azul). Hermosillo started his club career with América during the 1983-1984 season.
He spent most of his club career in his native Mexico, also playing for Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Atlante, and Chivas.
Carlos" best two seasons as a player were in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996, when he scored 35 and 36 goals respectively for Cruz Azul. Hermosillo made two stints of career football outside Mexico: Belgium"s Standard Liège in 1989-1990 and Major League Soccer"s Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998-1999.
Foreign Galaxy, he scored 14 goals and 15 assists in two regular seasons, adding five goals and an assist in the playoffs. On 17 August 1986 he sparked an all-out war with Guadalajara"s Fernando Quirarte that included others from either side.
He was suspended for 12 games.
Hermosillo was once the all-time goalscoring lead for the Mexico national team with 35 goals (90 caps between 1984 and 1997). He played in the 1994. Since 1 December 2006, Carlos Hermosillo was named the minister of Mexico national sporting policy, Comisión Nacional del Deporte (National Commission for Sports).
President Felipe Calderón included him in cabinet-level matters.
Various scandals during the Hermosillo tenure prompted President Calderón requesting his resignation after 2 years in office. He became the first National Sports Minister to be fired.
With an 18 year career with eight different clubs, Hermosillo retired. He last played with Guadalajara in 2001.
International goals.