Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo (born 7 January 1998) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Girona and the Venezuela national team.[2]
 Herrera with Venezuela U20 in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | La Guaira, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Girona | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Monagas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Atlético Venezuela | 32 | (3) |
| 2017–2023 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → New York City (loan) | 38 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Huesca (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Granada (loan) | 62 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | → Espanyol (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Girona (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2023– | Girona | 40 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Venezuela U17 | 4 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Venezuela U20 | 15 | (3) |
| 2016– | Venezuela | 40 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editHerrera started his club career at Monagas SC before moving to Atlético Venezuela in 2016.[3]
Manchester City
editLoan to New York City
editOn 31 January 2017 it was confirmed that Herrera had signed for Manchester City.[4] Herrera was immediately sent to New York City on a two-year loan.[5][6] He made his debut on 12 March, as a substitute in a 4–0 win over D.C. United.[7]
Loan to Huesca
editFollowing the conclusion of his two-year stay at New York City, Herrera was loaned to La Liga side Huesca for the last six months of the 2018–19 season.[8]
Loan to Granada
editOn 26 July 2019, Herrera was loaned to Granada for the 2019–20 season.[9] On 30 August 2020, his loan was extended for the 2020–21 season.[10]
Loan to Espanyol
editOn 31 August 2021, Herrera moved to fellow La Liga side Espanyol on a one-year loan deal.[11]
Girona
editOn 2 August 2022, Herrera joined newly promoted side Girona, on a season-long loan.[12] He made his debut for the club on the first matchday of the 2022–23 season in a 1–0 away loss to Valencia.[13] On 7 January 2023, he scored his first goal for Girona, securing a late 2–2 equalizer against his former club Espanyol.[14]
On 14 July 2023, Herrera signed a permanent four-year contract with Girona.[15]
International career
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Herrera made his international debut for the Venezuela national team on 10 October 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 loss to Brazil.[16]
Herrera was named captain of the Venezuela U20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. He scored the only goal, in the 108th minute of their Round of 16 win over Japan.[17]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 10 November 2024[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monagas | 2014–15 | Venezuelan Segunda División | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Venezuelan Segunda División | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 9 | ||||
| Atlético Venezuela | 2016 | Venezuelan Primera División | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| New York City (loan) | 2017 | MLS | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | MLS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 1 | ||||
| Huesca (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Granada (loan) | 2019–20 | La Liga | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8[b] | 5 | — | 42 | 8 | ||
| Total | 62 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | — | 78 | 10 | |||
| Espanyol (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Girona (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| Girona | 2023–24 | La Liga | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Total | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 266 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 33 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Venezuela, Copa del Rey
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
edit- As of match played 14 November 2024[19]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Herrera goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2017 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Paraguay |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 10 October 2019 | Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela |  Bolivia |
1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 19 June 2023 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, United States |  Guatemala |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
editMonagas
Venezuela U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2017
- South American Youth Football Championship third place: 2017
Venezuela
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ de Menezes, Jack (February 2017). "Manchester City make surprise double-deadline day signing to swoop for Yangel Herrera and Nabil Touaizi". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Manchester City complete the signing of Yangel Herrera from Atlético Venezuela". City Watch. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Smith, Jonathan (15 February 2017). "Manchester City loan Yangel Herrera to New York City FC for 2017 season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ @GlennCrooks (27 November 2017). "Regarding Yangel Herrera, just..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Araos, Christian (12 March 2017). "NYCFC Runs Over, Around and Through D.C. United". Empire of Soccer. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Yangel Herrera, talento para el mediocentro" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Acuerdo con el Manchester City para la cesión de Yangel Herrera" [Agreement with Manchester City for the loan of Yangel Herrera] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Yangel Herrera, incorporación para el centro del campo" [Yangel Herrera, addition for the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Yangel Herrera s'incorpora al Girona FC" [Yangel Herrea joins Girona FC]. Girona FC (in Catalan). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Pico, Diego (14 August 2022). "El Valencia gana con el espíritu Gattuso". MARCA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Molero, Iván (7 January 2023). "Yangel asfixia al Espanyol". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Yangel Herrera, blanc-i-vermell fins al 2027" [Yangel Herrera, white-and-red until 2027] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "Brazil beat Venezuela to go top of South American group". Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2017). "NYCFC's Yangel Herrera credits Vieira, Pirlo for Under-20 World Cup success". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Yangel Herrera at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Venezuela - y. Herrera - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Japan vs. Venezuela". Soccerway. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Samurai Blue lose final home match of the year 1-4 against Venezuela - Kirin Challenge Cup 2019". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
External links
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- Yangel Herrera at BDFutbol
- Yangel Herrera at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yangel Herrera at Soccerway