Miguel Herrera

Miguel Herrera
Miguel Herrera, 2014
Personnel
Surname	Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre
birthday	18th February 1968
place of birth	Cuautepec , Hidalgo ,  Mexico
size	1.65 m
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1986-1987	Atlante	36 (4)
1988-1989	Santos Laguna	30 (4)
1989-1990	Atlante	17 (0)
1990-1991	Querétaro FC	30 (2)
1991-1995	Atlante	125 (9)
1995-1999	Toros Neza	109 (2)
1999-2000	Atlante	33 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993-1994	Mexico	14 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2002-2004	Atlante
2004-2007	CF Monterrey
2008	CD Veracruz
2008-2010	Tecos
2011	Atlante
2012-2013	America
2013-2015	Mexico
2015-2017	Tijuana
2017–	America
1 Only league games are given.

Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre (born February 18, 1968 in Cuautepec , Hidalgo ), also known by the nickname El Piojo ( Spanish for the louse ), is a Mexican football coach and former player in the position of right full-back . His special qualities were his physical strength and his offensive qualities. His main weakness was his lack of discipline, which prevented him from pursuing a long career in the national team.

Life

Stations as a player

His first game in the Mexican Primera División denied "Piojo" Herrera on August 3, 1986, the then in the capital , and today in the tourist resort of Cancun resident club Atlante , to which he returned again and again. His debut game ended 1-1 against Ángeles de Puebla . His first first division goal was on November 16, 1986 in a 4-0 win against the Tigres de la UANL , to which he had contributed the last goal in the 80th minute.

Although Herrera left Club Atlante several times, but also returned again and again to the Potros and played for them his last first division game on November 15, 2000 in a 3-1 win against Chivas Guadalajara at the Estadio Jalisco .

He also celebrated his greatest sporting success with the Atlantistas , with whom he won the championship title of the 1992/93 season.

Between 1995 and 1999 he was under contract with the Toros Neza , with whom he met his former club Atlante in the quarter-finals of the 1996 winter tournament, which was downright outclassed 4-0 and 5-2. Half a year later Herrera played in the finals of the 1997 summer tournament, which were clearly lost to Guadalajara with 1: 1 and 1: 6.

National team

On April 4, 1993 he completed his first assignment for the Mexican national team in a World Cup qualifier against El Salvador, which was won 2-1. At the Copa America 1993 , which was held in the same year , he played all group matches against Colombia (2: 1), Argentina (1: 1) and Bolivia (0: 0) and was in the semi-finals against Ecuador (2: 0) in the Benjamin Galindo came on as a 55th minute player .

Herrera completed his 14th and last international match on February 2, 1994 in a friendly against Russia, which was lost 4-1.

Stations as a trainer

Herrera had his first position as head coach in the Mexican Primera División in the service of his long-standing club Atlante, which he supervised from the summer season 2002 to the Clausura 2004 over the duration of 97 first division games. Between the Clausura 2003 and the Clausura 2004 he reached the Liguillas three times in a row with the Potros , failing twice in the quarterfinals and once in the semifinals.

From Apertura 2004 to Apertura 2007 he looked after CF Monterrey over the distance of 127 first division games. He prevailed in the semifinals of his first season with his new team against his long-time club Atlante, which was defeated 4: 2 and 3: 1. The subsequent final at Apertura 2004 was lost to the UNAM Pumas (1: 2 and 0: 1).

In the Apertura 2005 Herrera reached the finals again with the Rayados and switched off their arch rivals Tigres on the way there . But despite a 3: 3 at Deportivo Toluca , the second leg was lost 3: 0 in front of their own audience, so that Monterrey was again intercepted at the finish line.

The previous low point of his coaching career was relegation with the CD Veracruz at the end of the 2007/08 season . Although the Tiburones Rojos scored 18 points from 15 games under his direction, relegation was unavoidable due to their devastating three-year record.

He then supervised the Tecos de la UAG and was eliminated with them in both tournaments of the 2008/09 season in the quarter-finals against the eventual champions. In the Apertura 2008 he failed at Deportivo Toluca and in the Clausura 2009 at the UNAM Pumas.

After another stint at Atlante in 2011, Herrera was in charge of the Club América team in 2012 .

On November 13, 2013, Herrera was also appointed team boss of the Mexican national team and finally managed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with a 9-3 aggregate win over New Zealand (5-1 and 4-2) . On May 9, 2014, he appointed his 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup . At the World Cup in Brazil Herrera caused a sensation with his team and only failed in the round of 16 against the Netherlands team. His quick-tempered and enthusiastic manner made him famous around the world and won so much sympathy. After the tournament, the Mexican Football Association announced that it wanted to extend the contract with the crowd favorite. On December 4, the 46-year-old announced the extension of his contract until the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In summer 2015 he won the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 with the Mexican national team . A short time later, he was released after an argument with a Mexican television reporter at Philadelphia Airport.

successes

As a player

• Mexican champion : 1992/93

As a trainer

• CONCACAF Gold Cup : 2015
• Mexican champion: Clausura 2013, Apertura 2018

Web links

• Player profile at Mediotiempo
• Trainer profile at Mediotiempo
• Profile at the association

swell

1. ↑ Japan: Zaccheroni builds on the Bundesliga , kicker.de (May 12, 2014)
2. ↑ Miguel Herrera extended until 2018 , spox.de accessed on December 4, 2014
3. ↑ Mexico: National coach Herrera dismissed after attacking journalists spiegel.de, accessed on July 29, 2015