Emanuel Herrera

Herrera in February 2013

Emanuel Herrera ( born April 13, 1987 in Fighiera ) is an Argentine football player.

Club career

Career start in Argentina and Chile

Emanuel Herrera came from the youth department of the CA Rosario Central, a club from near his hometown Fighiera. There, however, he could not recommend it for the first team and was repeatedly awarded to other clubs. First, in 2008. To the CA Chacarita Juniors, and then at Sportivo Italiano and at the CA Patronato However, in all three Argentine second division, the striker could not prevail and shot no goals in league play. On the recommendation of his agent, Herrera opted for a change in the neighboring Chile. In the second division CD Concepción he found a new job and was finally able to retrieve his potential. With the club he took third place in the table and shot 27 goals in 35 games. Both in the Torneo Apertura and in the Torneo Clausura he was top scorer with 11 and 16 hits. After this successful season the Argentine has been committed by the Chilean first division side Unión Española. Also in the first division Herrera was top scorer in the Apertura with 11 goals. In the Copa Libertadores in 2012 he also reached the second round, in that Unión Española failed because of the CA Boca Juniors.

HSC Montpellier

On July 6, 2012, he moved to Europe and should replace the striker Olivier Giroud migrated the reigning French champions Montpellier HSC. On the 2nd Round of the season the striker scored in the 1-2 defeat against FC Lorient 's first goal for his new club. After another goal in a 3-1 victory over FC Sochaux on Matchday 4, he came in the following months, initially only as the Joker used. Only 18 games Herrera succeeded in the 4-0 victory over SC Bastia a goal. In this game, the Argentines came the first time over the full 90 minutes to use. In the UEFA Champions League 2012/13 he failed in Montpellier already in the group stage. In the final group match against German side FC Schalke 04 he scored on December 4, 2012, a 1-1 draw and his first goal in the most important European club competition.

Achievements

  • Scorer in the Chilean Primera División B: Apertura 2011, Clausura 2011
  • Scorer in the Chilean Primera División Apertura 2012
2012 Copa Libertadores FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2012–13 UEFA Champions League 2013–14 Ligue 1 Vitorino Hilton Anthony Mounier Geoffrey Jourdren Souleymane Camara Morgan Sanson Jamel Saihi Djamel Bakar Jonathan Ligali Jean Fernandez
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