Iván Herrera (footballer)

Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz (born 10 October 1985) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Not to be confused with Iván Herrera.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.
Iván Herrera
Personal information
Full name Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz
Date of birth (1985-10-10) 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

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]

Personal life

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]

References
  1. "Made in Huachipato" (PDF). Huachipato Deportivo. C.D. Huachipato: 27 28. 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Con 2 golazos Iberia gana en casa a Deportes Temuco". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. "IVÁN HERRERA Y EL LIDERATO DE NAVAL: "VAMOS PASO A PASO"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. @cdmelipilla (15 June 2017). "REFUERZO!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. "La larga amistad del arquero de México con jugador de Naval" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. "Naval reaccionó en una tarde que casi amarga "Pichunga"". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 13 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. "Equipo oaxaqueño representará a México en el Mundial de Futbol 7". Los Pleyers (in Spanish). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. 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.
  9. "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.


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