Héctor Herrera (soccer player)

Héctor Herrera
Héctor Herrera at the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
Surname	Héctor Miguel Herrera López
birthday	April 19, 1990
place of birth	Tijuana ,  Mexico
size	180 cm
position	Central midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	CF Pachuca
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2008	CD Cuautla	26 0(5)
2008	Alto Rendimiento Tuzo	10 0(0)
2009-2010	Universidad del Fútbol	41 (13)
2010-2011	Tampico-Madero FC	11 0(5)
2011-2013	CF Pachuca	52 0(2)
2013-2019	FC Porto	164 (26)
2019–	Atlético Madrid	14 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2012	Mexico U-23	20 0(2)
2012–	Mexico	74 0(6)
1 Only league games are given. Status: January 26, 2020 2 As of October 16, 2019

Héctor Miguel Herrera López (born April 19, 1990 in Tijuana , Baja California ) is a Mexican football player who plays in midfield . He has been under contract with Atlético Madrid since 2019 .

Life

society

Herrera was trained in the junior division of CF Pachuca and began his professional career in the Segunda División with various farm and cooperation teams of the Tuzos . During this time he won the third division championship of the Liga de Ascenso three times in a row with the Universidad del Fútbol in the Clausura 2009, the Apertura 2009 and the Clausura 2010.

Herrera made his debut for the first team of CF Pachuca in the Mexican Primera División on July 23, 2011 in a 4-1 home defeat by Santos Laguna . He scored his first goal in the top Mexican division on January 5, 2013 in a 2-0 home win against Atlante .

In the summer of 2013 Herrera moved to FC Porto for a transfer fee of ten million euros , with whom he won the Portuguese football championship in the 2017/18 season.

For the 2019/20 season Herrera moved to the Spanish Primera División at Atlético Madrid . He signed a contract running until June 30, 2022.

National team

Herrera played a total of 20 games for the Mexican U-23 team , with which he won the 2012 Olympic football tournament and the prestigious Toulon tournament. In the latter tournament, Herrera was also voted best player.

Since 2012 Herrera has also played in various senior national team games and is part of the Mexican squad at the 2013 Confederations Cup , where he played in the second group match against Brazil (0-2).

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, he was in the starting line-up in all four Mexican games.

successes

society

• Portuguese champion : 2017/18
• Portuguese Super Cup winner : 2018
• Mexican third division champions : Clausura 2009, Apertura 2009 and Clausura 2010 (all with Universidad del Fútbol)

National team

• Olympic Champion : 2012
• CONCACAF Gold Cup : 2015
• Fourth place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
• Winner of the tournament in Toulon : 2012

Awards

• Best player of the Toulon tournament : 2012

Web links

• Héctor Herrera in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Héctor Herrera in the database of weltfussball.de
• Profile at Mediotiempo
• Profile at the association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Postage pagaría 10 millones de euros by Héctor Herrera  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; article of June 6, 2013)  
2. ↑ Welcome, Héctor Herrera! , atleticodemadrid.com, July 3, 2019, accessed July 12, 2019.
3. ^ Héctor Miguel Herrera de Rosarito BC, es elegido mejor jugador en torneo de Toulon (Spanish; accessed June 21, 2013)