Jhon Durán for the registration of Hamilton Ricard and Cucho Hernández

Jhon Jader Durán arrives for the first time at Villa Park. After his Premier League debut against Leicester City, in which he spent 8 minutes on the field and then added half an hour of play in the match against Manchester City, in which he stood out and even crashed a ball into the post, the Colombian striker will play his first home game with Aston Villa.

Although surely Unai Emery will not be able to make it as a starter, the young attacker will play his first match in Birmingham and will seek to equal the record of Hamilton Ricard and Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández, who are the only Colombian strikers to have been able to score in their first home game in the Premier League.

The first to achieve this was Ricard with Middlesbrough in the 1998-1999 edition, although the player had already arrived the year before and was playing in The Championship, the second division of English football. On the first day he played as a visitor against Aston Villa and The following date, August 28, 1998, they hosted Derby Country, tied 1-1 and the Colombian scored at minute 48.

The most recent was Juan Camilo Hernández with Watford, who after loaning him out to various clubs decided to have him in their ranks last season, 2021-2022. His rival in the first game was Aston Villa at Vicarage Road. El Cucho scored the third goal in the 3-2 win. Emmanuel Dennis and Ismaïla Sarr scored the other goals in the win.

Now, Jhon Jader Durán will seek to equal this mark and thus achieve his first score in the Premier League. In a very difficult game for Aston Villa against Arsenal, who is the Premier League co-leader with 51 points. The match will be held this Saturday, February 18 at 7:30 am (Columbian time).

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Colombian goals at Villa Park

“There in that place where you are sitting, in the Holte End (south stand of Villa Park) I have some of the best memories of my career, every time he scored a goal he saw the emotional faces of the fans”, Juan Pablo Ángel told Jhon Jader Durán upon his arrival at Aston Villa. The former attacker is one of the club’s benchmarks thanks to his many goals… in total there were 70 goals with the Birmingham team.

Juan Pablo Ángel converted 33 goals in all official competitions with Aston Villa. However, there are three other goals at Villa Park by Colombians. First Hugo Rodallega who scored 2, one with Wigan and the other with Fulham, and the last to do so was Radamel Falcao García with Manchester United.