| Ozziel Herrera | |
| Birth Date: | 2001 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | UANL |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pachuca |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Atlas |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Atlas |
| Caps1: | 89 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Tigres UANL |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mexico U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | Mexico |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 2 July 2023 |
Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales (born 25 May 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.[1]
Herrera was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa to Afro-Cuban Olympic runner, Héctor Herrera, and a Mexican mother. His father began his career in Mexico as a personal trainer at the age of 22 years old in the Institute of Sinaloense Sports.[2]
Herrera joined Pachuca's youth academy in 2014. Then moving on to Club Atlas Academy in 2016 where he managed settle down. He continued through Atlas Youth Academy successfully going through U-15, U-17, and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team to debut in Liga MX, Ángel Guillermo Hoyos being the coach giving Herrera the opportunity to join the first team.[3]
Herrera made his professional debut in Liga MX against Monterrey in which ended in a 3–1 loss, where he subbed in the last 20 minutes of the game.
On 24 July 2023, Herrera joined Tigres UANL on a permanent transfer.
In October 2021, Herrera made his under-21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania under-21 national team.[4] He was called up by Raúl Chabrand to participate with the under-21 team at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament,[5] where Mexico finished the tournament in third place.[6]
As a dual Mexican-Cuban national, Herrera was eligible to play for the national team of both countries. In mid April 2023, he was called up to Mexico's senior national team for a friendly match against the United States.[7] Herrera made his senior debut for Mexico on April 19, 2023, in a friendly against the United States entering in the 86th minute substituting Roberto de la Rosa.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Atlas | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 6 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 89 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 11 | |||
| Tigres UANL | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 34 | 7 | – | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 8 | ||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 123 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 143 | 19 | |||
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