Héctor Herrera (footballer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Lopez.
Héctor Herrera

Herrera playing for Porto in 2014
Personal information
Full name Héctor Miguel Herrera López[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990[1]
Place of birth Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2013 Pachuca 52 (2)
2013 Porto B 8 (0)
2013– Porto 77 (15)
National team‡
2012 Mexico U23 16 (2)
2012– Mexico 37 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Héctor Miguel Herrera López (born 19 April 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder and captains Portuguese club Porto and the Mexico national team. He is known as "[a] classic box-to-box midfielder who is equally adept at halting advances from opposing players as he is creating opportunities by distributing the ball or shooting on goal".[2]

A full international since 2012, Herrera won the Olympic gold medal in that year's football tournament, and was part of Mexico's winning team at the 2015 Gold Cup, as well as representing his country at the 2014 World Cup.

Club career

Pachuca

Herrera began playing football for the youth sides of Pachuca. As a youth, he was nicknamed zorrillo, ("skunk" in English) as well as zorro ("fox" in English).[3]

Herrera made his league debut for Pachuca in a 1–4 home defeat to Santos Laguna on 23 July 2011.[4] He would make 14 appearances for Pachuca en route to winning the Golden Ball as the rookie of the Apertura 2011 tournament.[5]

Porto

2013–14 season

On 28 June 2013, it was announced that Herrera was transferred to Portuguese club Porto for €8 million.[6] He made his unofficial debut with Porto on 13 July in the final of the Valais Cup against French team Marseille, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute of the game for Fernando. Mexican teammate Diego Reyes also made his debut with Porto in the club's 3–0 win.[7] Herrera made his official league debut on 18 August, substituting Lucho González in the 82nd minute in Porto's 3–1 victory over Vitória de Setúbal. On 6 October, Herrera played his first 90 minutes in Porto's 1–3 away win over Arouca. On 22 October, He set a new Champions League record for the fastest dismissal for two yellow cards when he was sent off in the sixth minute of the match against Zenit Saint Petersburg.[8]

Herrera scored his first league goal with Porto on 20 December in a 4–0 win against Olhanense. The goal was a volley scored after being on the pitch eight minutes after coming on as a substitute.

2014–15 season

On 20 August, Herrera scored his first goal in Champions League play in Porto's 1–0 win over Lille.[9] On 25 November, he played an important role in Porto's Champions League 0–3 away win over Belarusian club BATE Borisov, scoring the first goal of the game and providing two assists, all in the second-half.[10]

2015–16 season

On 22 August 2015, Herrera scored his first goal of the 2015–16 Primeira Liga season in a match against Marítimo, an eventual 1–1 draw away at the Estádio dos Barreiros in Funchal, Madeira.

International career

Herrera (top) celebrating Olympic gold medal with teammate Jorge Enríquez.

Mexico U23

In 2012, Herrera was chosen by coach Luis Fernando Tena to participate in the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in the United States. Mexico went on to win the tournament by defeating Honduras in the final, thus qualifying to the 2012 Olympic Games held in London.

Herrera was a vital part in the Mexico squad that won the 2012 Toulon Tournament, and was awarded the Meilleur Joueur as the most outstanding player of the tournament.[11]

Herrera made the final cut for those participating in the 2012 Olympics. Mexico won the gold medal after defeating Brazil 2–1 in the final.[3]

Mexico national team

Herrera was called up by José Manuel de la Torre to play for Mexico in the World Cup qualifiers against Guyana on 12 October and El Salvador on 16 October. He made his senior national team debut against El Salvador, a 2–0 win for Mexico. He struggled, however, to get minutes under coach De la Torre. Herrera would play in five World Cup qualifying matches, but was not called up by newly-appointed coach Miguel Herrera for the Intercontinental Play-off matches against New Zealand due to Miguel Herrera using a squad made up of players from the domestic Liga MX.

Herrera was part of the Mexican team that participated in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil. He only made one appearance, against Brazil, coming on as a substitute for Gerardo Flores in the 58th minute of the match, receiving a yellow card in the 89th minute. Mexico would go on to lose the match 0–2.

On 8 May 2014, Herrera was included in the final 23-man roster participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was a starter in all three of Mexico's group stage matches against Cameroon, Brazil and Croatia, also playing all 90 minutes in the 1–2 round of 16 loss to the Netherlands.

On 4 September 2015, Hector Herrera scored his first goal with Mexico in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in a 3–3 draw. Four days later, on 8 September, he scored his second goal in a friendly against Argentina, a 2–2 draw. On 13 November 2015, he scored his third goal in a qualifying match against El Salvador, after a failed cross that was a shot on target.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 April 2016[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Pachuca 2011–12 2702000—2702
2012–13 2720000—2720
Total5422000—5422
Porto 2013–14 17316028003133
2014–15 333720084446711
2015–16 26842006003484
Total761412100222441081818
Career Total1301614100222441622020

International

As of 17 November 2015[13]
Mexico national team
YearAppsGoals
2012 10
2013 80
2014 140
2015 143
Total 373

Honours

Club

Porto

International

Mexico U23
Mexico

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 24. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Gomez, Eric (24 August 2012). "Eric Gomez: Meet Hector Herrera, Mexico's $16 million midfielder". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Cortés, Constancio (10 April 2012). "Miguel Herrera, un Zorro cabal" [Miguel Herrera, a full Fox] (in Spanish). El Sol de Hidalgo.
  4. ↑ "Mauro Cejas, orgulloso por el Preolímpico de Héctor Herrera" [Mauro Cejas, proud of the Olympic qualifying tournament of Héctor Herrera] (in Spanish). Diario del Toluca. 3 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Lindoro, Alex (15 January 2012). "Héctor Herrera, ilusionado con ganar el Balón de Oro" [Héctor Herrera excited about winning the Golden Bal] (in Spanish). Récord.
  6. ↑ "Herrera firmó con el Porto por 8 mde". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ya debutaron Herrera y Reyes con el Porto". Futbol Sapiens.
  8. ↑ "Hulk breaks Porto hearts as Zenit win on his return". Reuters. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Champions League: Hector Herrera leads Porto past Lille". Terra. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  10. ↑ "Herrera pulls the strings as Porto march on". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Héctor Miguel Herrera de Rosarito BC, es elegido mejor jugador en torneo de Toulon" [Héctor Miguel Herrera of Rosarito BC, is named best player of the Toulon tournament] (in Spanish). Informa Uniradio. 1 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Héctor Herrera". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Héctor Herrera NFT player statistics
  14. ↑ "Mexico wins olympic qualifying tournament; Mexico U-23 2, Honduras U-23 1". Tri Report.
  15. ↑ http://www.festival-foot-espoirs.com/festival-foot-espoirs/match-festival-foot.php?&match=16
  16. ↑ http://www.festival-foot-espoirs.com/festival-foot-espoirs/recompense-festival-foot.php

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