Héctor Miguel Herrera López is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a central
midfielder for Porto and the Mexico national team.
Club career Pachuca
Born in Rosarito, Herrera began playing football for the youth sides of Pachuca.
As a youth he was nicknamed zorrillo, as well as zorro.
Herrera made his league debut for Pachuca in a 1–4 defeat to Santos Laguna on 23 July
2011.
He would make 14 appearances for Pachuca en route to winning the Golden Ball as the rookie
of the Apertura 2011 tournament.
Porto 2013–14 season
On 28 June 2013 it was announced Herrera was transferred to Portuguese club Porto for €8
million.
Héctor Herrera made his unofficial debut with Porto on 13 July 2013 in the final of
the Valais Cup against French team Olympique de Marseille, coming on as a substitute in
the 60th minute of the game for Fernando.
Mexican teammate Diego Reyes also made his debut with Porto in the 3–0 win.
He made his official league debut on 18 August, coming on for Lucho González in the 82nd
minute in Porto's 3–1 victory over Vitória Setúbal.
On 6 October, Herrera played his first ninety minutes in Porto's 3–1 away win over Arouca.
On 22 October, Herrera set a new Champions League record for the fastest dismissal for
two yellow cards when he was sent off in the sixth minute of the match against Zenit Saint
Petersburg.
On 20 December Herrera scored his first league goal with Porto in a 4–0 win against Olhanense.
The goal was a volley scored after being on the pitch eight minutes after coming on as
a substitute.
International career Mexico U23
2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament In 2012 Herrera was chosen by coach Luis Fernando
Tena to participate in the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in the United States.
Mexico went on to win the tournament by defeating Honduras in the final, thus qualifying to
the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, England.
2012 Toulon Tournament Héctor Herrera was a vital part in the Mexico
squad that won the 2012 Toulon Tournament, and was awarded the Meilleur Joueur as the
most outstanding player of the tournament.
2012 London Olympics Herrera made the final cut for those participating
in the 2012 Olympics.
Mexico won the gold medal after defeating Brazil 2–1 in the final.
Mexico national team 2014 World Cup Qualifiers
Herrera was called up by José Manuel de la Torre to play for Mexico in the World Cup
qualifiers against Guyana on 12 October and El Salvador on 16 October.
Héctor Herrera made his senior national team debut against El Salvador, with the match
ending in a 2–0 win for Mexico.
He appeared in more World Cup qualifying matches struggling to get minutes since coach Jose
Manuel de la Torre did not have much confidence on Herrera.
Herrera would play 5 World Cup qualifying matches only winning the match against El
Salvador in his international debut, the rest tying or losing.
Herrera was not called up by coach Miguel Herrera for the Intercontinental Play-off
versus New Zealand due to the fact that Miguel Herrera used an entire domestic league squad
against New Zealand while Hector played in Portugal with FC Porto.
2013 Confederations Cup Herrera was part of the Mexican team that
participated in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil.
He only made one appearance against Host Nation Brazil coming in for Gerardo Flores in the
58' minute of the game, Hector received a yellow card in the 89' minute.
Mexico would go on to lose the match to the eventual champions Brazil 2-0.
2014 FIFA World Cup On May 8, 2014 Hector Herrera was included
in Miguel Herrera's final 23 man roster participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil.
Hector was a starter in all of Mexico's 3 group Stage matches Against Cameroon, Brazil,
and Croatia playing as a Right Center Midfielder in all 3 matches.
Hector Herrera made his world cup debut starting against Cameroon June 13, 2014 in the Arena
das Dunas in Natal, Brazil disputing all 90' minutes and provided 40 completed passes and
one shot on goal in his first world cup match.
Hector again started against host nation Brazil, He made important passes and made 2 shots
on target from a far distance almost netting inside goal.
the match ended in a historical 0-0 tie for the Mexicans.
Herrera made his final group stage appearance against Croatia, he had 2 shots on target
with the first one almost going in scoring his first goal with the national team unfortunately
it hit the top post.
He provided an assist for Rafael Marquez's goal.
Mexico won the Match 3-1 and advanced to the second round playing against Netherlands.
Career statistics Club
As of 24 June 2014 Country
Senior International appearances As of 29 June 2014
U-23 Appearances
U-23 International goals Style of play
Herrera is known as a "classic box-to-box midfielder who is equally adept at halting
advances from opposing players as he is creating opportunities by distributing the ball or
shooting on goal."
Honours Club
Porto Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2013
International Mexico U23
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2012
Toulon Tournament: 2012 Olympic Games: 2012
Individual Toulon Meilleur Joueur: 2012
References
External links 2014 FIFA World Cup Profile
Héctor Miguel Herrera at National-Football-Teams.com Héctor Miguel Herrera – FIFA competition
record Héctor Herrera Goal.com profile