Iván Herrera (footballer) should not be confused with Iván Herrera.
Iván Herrera | |
Fullname: | Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1985 |
Birth Place: | Talcahuano, Chile |
Height: | 1.70 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Deportivo Lamiplanch |
Youthclubs2: | Huachipato |
Years1: | 2005–2010 |
Caps1: | 27 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2007 |
Clubs2: | → Rangers (loan) |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2009 |
Clubs3: | → Tecos B (loan) |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2009 |
Clubs4: | → Naval (loan) |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2010 |
Clubs5: | Deportes Puerto Montt |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2011 |
Clubs6: | Coquimbo Unido |
Caps6: | 21 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs7: | Deportes Valdivia |
Caps7: | 40 |
Goals7: | 11 |
Years8: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs8: | Iberia |
Caps8: | 15 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs9: | Naval |
Caps9: | 31 |
Goals9: | 13 |
Years10: | 2016 |
Caps10: | 1 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs11: | Deportes Santa Cruz |
Caps11: | 27 |
Goals11: | 6 |
Years12: | 2017 |
Clubs12: | Deportes Melipilla |
Caps12: | 5 |
Goals12: | 1 |
Years13: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs13: | Chapulineros de Oaxaca |
Caps13: | – |
Goals13: | – |
Totalcaps: | 202 |
Totalgoals: | 34 |
Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz (born 10 October 1985) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
A product of Huachipato, Herrera came to the club from Deportivo Lamiplanch, after playing in a youth championship. Along with Huachipato U17, he won the Juegos de la Araucanía Championship in 2003. He made his professional debut in 2005 versus Deportes La Serena.[1] Since 2007, he played for many clubs in the Chilean footballsuch as Iberia,[2] Naval,[3] Deportes Melipilla,[4] among other clubs. In addition, in 2009 he had a step with the Tecos B-team in the Liga Premier de México.[5]
He is well-remembered by the Naval de Talcahuano fans after his two steps with the team.[6]
In 2019 he joined Chapulineros de Oaxaca in the Serie B de México, also playing for the Football 7 team.[7] In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 he returned to Chile while he was a player of Chapulineros de Oaxaca.[8]
He was nicknamed Pichunga since he was a child, due to the fact that he used to say Pichunga instead of Pichanga, an informal form to refer to a football game in Chile.[9]
Since his step with Tecos B, he has a close friendship with the Mexican international goalkeeper José de Jesús Corona.[5]