He played alongside Paulo Dybala and Luis Suarez, but the peak of his career was in 2015/16 Championship season

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One former Hull City man endured the peak of his career at the MKM Stadium, despite playing alongside several star-studded previous teammates elsewhere.

In recent times for Hull City fans, there weren’t many Championship sides that were quite as exciting as the 2015/16 side that clinched promotion to the Premier League.

With the likes of Harry Maguire, Andy Robertson, and of course Championship play-off final goalscorer Mo Diame in the side, which doesn’t even begin the scrape the surface of the abundance of talent within the team, it seemed as though they were destined for promotion, and anything else would have been a failure.

In that side, one player that Tigers supporters are certainly fond of, and still hold in good stead after his 2018 departure is Uruguayan international Abel Hernandez, a star striker that, despite playing alongside some top talents, endured the best years of his career playing under Steve Bruce at Hull City.

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Abel Hernandez was Hull City’s mid-2010s star, having laid out an impeccable Tigers reputation

In that successful 2015/16 Championship campaign, Abel Hernandez was simply phenomenal for Hull City, notching XXXX goals, a feat that was certainly reached with the help of the attacking talent that the side had on offer, which saw Robert Snodgrass (when injury-free) and Chuba Akpom providing the Uruguayan.

This was certainly the best campaign of Hernandez’s entire career, who now plies his trade in his home country with Uruguayan outfit Liverpool FC.

Prior to his stint with Hull City, he played at Italian outfit Palermo, where he notably played alongside Paulo Dybala, an Argentinian forward who shot up to superstar status when he joined Juventus. Also in his 29 caps for his nation, he played six matches alongside Luis Suarez, which included a win and draw against France and Netherlands respectively.

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2015/16 Hull City side created one unlikely star

At the time of Hull City’s brilliant 2015/16 Championship season, plenty of eyes were on some of the younger talents, including Andy Robertson, who, in hindsight, it was unsurprising to see him develop so well in his career to become a Premier League and Champions League winner with Liverpool.

However, looking elsewhere in the side, there were many players who would have been tipped to become Premier League stars above Harry Maguire, who, in the 2015/16 campaign, was merely a back-up to the experienced English pairing of Michael Dawson and Curtis Davies, who were often dispensable in Bruce’s side.

It wouldn’t be until the following season where we would see Maguire show his true quality, with his defensive solidarity, aerial brilliance, and a surprising talent of bringing the ball out of defensive, not always with total control, but his bullying build made it prove effective.

Ultimately, Maguire’s talents were outshone by several big names in that Hull side, one that brought a real feel-good factor to the club.