Irvin Herrera

Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires (born 30 August 1991) is a Salvadoran footballer who plays as a forward.

Irvin Herrera
Personal information
Full name Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires
Date of birth (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991[1]
Place of birth San Julián, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
2011 Southern Wesleyan Warriors
2012–2013 NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Santa Tecla 46 (24)
2016–2018 Saint Louis FC 25 (14)
2017 → New York Cosmos (loan) 13 (2)
2017–2018 → FAS (loan) 28 (8)
2019 Alianza 15 (3)
2019 Sukhothai 12 (5)
2020 Guastatoya 5 (0)
2020–2021 FAS
2021–2022 Santa Tecla 25 (8)
2022 Platense Zacatecoluca 25 (7)
International career‡
2015– El Salvador 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2017

Club career

Irvin Herreras youth career was split between the SYA Copperheads and National Power JBS FC located out of Westchester County, New York. Herrera was coached at JBS FC by coaching legend Jonathan Langer, While at JBS FC Herrera helped lead JBS FC to a #2 National Ranking and was instrumental in leading JBS FC to multiple tournament titles to include the Annandale Premier Cup, Potomac Memorial Day Tournament, Disney International Cup, as well as other titles.

Herrera played for Santa Tecla in the Primera División of El Salvador from 2014 to 2016, making 42 appearances and scoring 23 goals during league play.[2][3] Additionally, Herrera played for the club during the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, scoring his team's lone goal in a 2–1 defeat to Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4]

On February 19, 2016, USL club Saint Louis FC announced their signing of Herrera from Santa Tecla.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on May 7 against the Swope Park Rangers.[6] Two weeks later he became the first Saint Louis FC player to register a hat trick,[7] tallying four goals in a match against the Tulsa Roughnecks,[8] and was named the USL's Player of the Week.[9]

Loan to FAS

In December 2017, Herrera signed with FAS for the Clausura 2018, on loan from Saint Louis FC. In December 2018, Herrera's contract was not renewed by FAS.[10]

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 June 2015Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis1–02–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
222 January 2017Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Nicaragua1–01–02017 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Santa Tecla

References
  1. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Irvin HERRERA". static.fifa.com. February 19, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19.
  2. "Irvin Herrera :: Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires :: Alianza FC". www.thefinalball.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  3. Irvin Herrera at Soccerway
  4. "Real Salt Lake completes comeback to beat Santa Tecla, Tigres tops Metapan". espnfc.com. September 24, 2015. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  5. "Saint Louis FC Adds Irvin Herrera". saintlouisfc.com. February 18, 2016. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  6. "Saint Louis FC Defeats Swope Park 3–0 in Inaugural Match". saintlouisfc.com. May 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  7. Ryan Grass [@Swordopolis] (22 May 2016). "Irvin Herrera with the first ever @SaintLouisFC hat-trick! #STLFCstats" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Herrera Scores Four In 5–2 Win At Tulsa Roughnecks FC". saintlouisfc.com. May 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  9. "Saint Louis' Herrera Named USL Player of the Week". uslsoccer.com. May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  10. Coloca encabeza las bajas de FAS Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)
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