Eduardo Herrera (footballer, born 1988)

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

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 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Herrera[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988[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)
2011–2017 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)
National team
2015–2016 Mexico 9 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2021 (UTC)

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

International career

In March 2015, Herrera earned a call up to the Mexico national football 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 13 May 2019[11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pumas Morelos 2008–09 Primera División A 284——2[lower-alpha 1]0304
2009–10 Liga de Ascenso 164———164
2010–11 276———276
Total 7114——207314
UNAM 2011–12 Liga MX 32500—9[lower-alpha 2]4419
2012–13 32593——418
2014–15 341465——4019
2015–16 371500—8[lower-alpha 3]24517
2016–17 16100—4[lower-alpha 4]3204
Total 15140158—21918757
Santos Laguna (loan) 2013–14 Liga MX 23452—4[lower-alpha 5]0326
Veracruz (loan) 2016–17 Liga MX 13300——133
Rangers 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 19120211[lower-alpha 6]0242
Santos Laguna (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 604000—100
Necaxa (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 1432200—165
Career total 2976528122128935686
  1. Appearance in the CONCACAF Champions League
  2. All appearances in 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League
  3. All appearances in 2016 Copa Libertadores
  4. All appearances in 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
  5. All appearances in 2014 Copa Libertadores
  6. Appearance in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

    International
    International appearances
    Mexico national team
    YearAppsGoals
    201583
    201610
    Total93
    International goals
    Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[12]
    GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.31 March 2015Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, United States Paraguay1–01–0Friendly
    2.30 May 2015Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico Guatemala1–03–0Friendly
    3.2–0

    Honours

    Club
    UNAM

    References
    1. "Eduardo Herrera club profile". Pumas.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
    2. "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. Fowler, Craig (7 June 2017). "Four things Rangers fans should know about Eduardo Herrera". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
    5. "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. "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.
    9. https://rangers.co.uk/news/match-report/ross-county-1-3-rangers/
    10. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/eduardo-herrera-2/
    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.
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