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Iván Herrera (footballer)

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Iván Herrera
Personal information
Full name Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz
Date of birth (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 39)
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)
2007Rangers (loan) 4 (0)
2009Tecos B (loan) 11 (1)
2009Naval (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

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

Club career

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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

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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

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  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. ^ a b "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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