Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz (born 10 October 1985) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Talcahuano, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Lamiplanch | |||
| Huachipato | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2010 | Huachipato | 27 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Rangers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Tecos B (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Naval (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | Coquimbo Unido | 21 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Deportes Valdivia | 40 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Iberia | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Naval | 31 | (13) |
| 2016 | Magallanes | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 27 | (6) |
| 2017 | Deportes Melipilla | 5 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Chapulineros de Oaxaca | – | (–) |
| Total | 202 | (34) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editA 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]
Personal life
editHe 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]
References
edit- ^ "Made in Huachipato" (PDF). Huachipato Deportivo. C.D. Huachipato: 27 28. 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Con 2 golazos Iberia gana en casa a Deportes Temuco". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "IVÁN HERRERA Y EL LIDERATO DE NAVAL: "VAMOS PASO A PASO"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ @cdmelipilla (15 June 2017). "REFUERZO!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "La larga amistad del arquero de México con jugador de Naval" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Naval reaccionó en una tarde que casi amarga "Pichunga"". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 13 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Equipo oaxaqueño representará a México en el Mundial de Futbol 7". Los Pleyers (in Spanish). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Rodríguez, Diego (28 May 2020). "Iván Herrera, futbolista chileno varado en México: Aquí en la embajada nadie nos responde". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "De "Pichunga" Herrera a "Chincolito" Mayo: Los mejores apodos del fútbol chileno". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
External links
edit- Iván Herrera at Soccerway
- Iván Herrera at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Iván Herrera at PlaymakerStats
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