Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz (born 10 October 1985) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz | ||
Date of birth | (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 36) | ||
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 |
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]
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]
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