Eduardo Herrera (footballer, born 1988)

For another footballer with the same name, see Eduardo Mendoza Herrera.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Aguirre.

Eduardo Herrera
Herrera with UNAM in 2016
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Herrera Aguirre[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Pumas Morelos 89 (20)
2011–2016 UNAM 151 (40)
2013–2014 → Santos Laguna (loan) 23 (4)
2017 → Veracruz (loan) 13 (3)
2017–2020 Rangers 19 (1)
2018 → Santos Laguna (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Necaxa (loan) 32 (5)
2020 Puebla 7 (0)
2021–2022 Venados 36 (7)
International career
2015–2016 Mexico 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Herrera Aguirre (born 25 July 1988) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

UNAM

Herrera made his senior team debut with Pumas UNAM on 24 July 2011 as a substitute in a match against San Luis. Herrera enjoyed a successful period between 2014 and 2016, being top scorer at the club during the first season.[3] The 2015–16 season proved to his most prolific, scoring 15 goals in 37 appearances, and finishing the 2015 Apertura runner-up with Pumas.[4] Herrera also spent time on loan to Santos Laguna during the 2013–14 season, scoring five times in 21 appearances.[5] He spent the beginning of 2017 on loan to Veracruz, starting in 12 of 13 games and scoring three goals.[4]

Rangers

Scottish club Rangers put in a bid reported to be £1.5m for Herrera, and he travelled to Glasgow at the beginning of June to discuss a move.[6] After agreeing a deal Herrera had to wait on a work permit and visa[7] but he finally joined Rangers on 22 June,[5] the same day as fellow Mexican international Carlos Peña.[2]

He made his competitive debut on 4 July in Rangers' 0–2 Europa League qualifying round loss to Luxembourg side Progrès Niedercorn; Herrera replaced Jordan Rossiter in the 77th minute of the match.[8] He scored his first goal for Rangers on 27 August in the 3–1 league win at Ross County.[9]

Santos Laguna (loan)

Herrera joined Mexican club Santos Laguna on loan for the 2018–19 season.

Club Necaxa (loan)

On 8 January 2019, Herrera transferred to Club Necaxa on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. He scored his first goal for Necaxa on January 15 against Club America. The loan was extended for the rest of the year on 15 July 2019.[10]

Puebla

On 29 January 2020, Herrera joined Club Puebla permanently

Retirement

On 22 May 2022, Herrera announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

In March 2015, Herrera earned a call up to the Mexico national team. On 31 March, Herrera scored his first goal with the national team in an international friendly match against Paraguay. He ended his national team career appearing 9 times and scoring a total of 3 times.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 April 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pumas Morelos 2008–09 Primera División A 28 4 — — — 28 4
2009–10 Liga de Ascenso 16 4 — — — 16 4
2010–11 27 6 — — — 27 6
Total 71 14 — — — 71 14
UNAM 2008–09 Liga MX — — — 2[b] 0 2 0
2011–12 32 5 — — 9[b] 4 41 9
2012–13 32 5 9 3 — — 41 8
2014–15 34 14 6 5 — — 40 19
2015–16 37 15 — — 8[c] 2 45 17
2016–17 16 1 — — 4[b] 3 20 4
Total 151 40 15 8 — 23 9 189 57
Santos Laguna (loan) 2013–14 Liga MX 23 4 5 2 — 4[c] 0 32 6
Veracruz (loan) 2016–17 Liga MX 13 3 — — — 13 3
Rangers 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 19 1 2 0 2[d] 1 1[e] 0 24 2
Santos Laguna (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 6 0 4 0 — — 10 0
Necaxa (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 14 3 3[f] 2 — — 17 5
2019–20 18 2 4 2 — — 22 4
Total 32 5 7 4 — — 39 9
Puebla 2020–21 Liga MX 7 0 — — — 7 0
Venados 2021–22 Liga de Expansión MX 36 7 — — — 36 7
Career total 358 74 33 14 2 1 28 9 421 98
  1. ^ Includes Copa MX and Scottish Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearances in Scottish League Cup
  5. ^ Appearance in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
  6. ^ One appearance in 2019 Supercopa MX

International

Mexico national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 8 3
2016 1 0
Total 9 3
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[12]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 March 2015 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, United States  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 30 May 2015 Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico  Guatemala 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3. 2–0

Honours

UNAM

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Eduardo Herrera club profile". Pumas.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Mexicans Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera sign for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ McVake, Roddie (23 June 2017). "Rangers: Mexican sports writer offers insight into new signings Pena & Herrera". BBC Sport. BBC.
  4. ^ a b Fowler, Craig (7 June 2017). "Four things Rangers fans should know about Eduardo Herrera". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Eduardo Herrera Joins Gers". Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ^ Gannon, Michael (4 June 2017). "Rangers target Eduardo Herrera arrives in Glasgow to seal £1.5m Ibrox move". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  7. ^ Archer, Bruce (9 June 2017). "Rangers transfer news: Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera given green light to join Gers". Daily Express. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Progrès Niederkorn 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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  11. ^ "E. HERRERA". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Mexico – E. Herrera – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.