Miguel Herrera

Miguel Herrera ( born February 18, 1968 in Cuautepec, Hidalgo ), also known by the nickname El Piojo (Spanish for The louse ), is a Mexican football coach and former player in the position of right-back. His special qualities were his physical strength and his offensive qualities. As his greatest weakness were his lack of discipline, which was denied by him a longer career in the national team.

• 2.1 As a player
• 2.2 As a coach

Life

Stations as a player

His first game in the Mexican Primera División denied " Piojo " Herrera, to which he returned on August 3, 1986, the then resident still in the capital and the tourist resort of Cancun today Club Atlante over again. His debut match ended in a 1-1 draw against Ángeles de Puebla. His first Erstligator he succeeded on November 16, 1986 in a 4-0 victory against the Tigres de la UANL, to which he had contributed the last goal in the 80th minute.

Although Herrera left the club Atlante several times, but always returned to the Potros and played for them his last top-flight on 15 November 2000 in a 3-1 win against Guadalajara Chivas in the Estadio Jalisco.

He celebrated his greatest sporting success with the Atlantistas, with whom he won the championship title of the 1992/93 season.

Between 1995 and 1999 he was with the Toros Neza under contract, with whom he met in the quarterfinals of the Winter Tournament 1996 on his Exverein Atlante, who was outclassed downright 4:0 and 5:2. Six months later, Herrera participated in the finals of the summer tournament in 1997, but they were clearly lost with 1:1 and 1:6 against Guadalajara.

National

On April 4, 1993, he performed his first mission for the Mexican national team in a World Cup qualifier against El Salvador, which was won 2-1. When discharged in the same year Copa América 1993, he played in all group matches against Colombia ( 2-1 ), Argentina ( 1:1) and Bolivia (0-0 ) full length and was in the semi-final against Ecuador ( 2-0) in the 55 minutes for Benjamín Galindo loaded.

His 14th and last international match completed Herrera on February 2, 1994, a friendly against Russia, which was lost 1:4.

Teams managed

División His first stop as head coach in the Mexican Primera had Herrera. Services in his long association Atlante, which he has edited from the 2002 summer season to the Clausura 2004 on the duration of 97 Erstligapartien Between the Clausura 2003 and the Clausura 2004 he reached the Potros three times in a row Liguillas, where you failed twice in the quarter-finals and once in the semifinals.

From the Apertura 2004 to the Clausura 2007 he oversaw the CF Monterrey over a distance of 127 first division matches. He sat down in the semifinals of his first season with his new team against none by his longtime Atlante, who was defeated with 4:2 and 3:1. The subsequent final of the Apertura 2004 was lost to the Pumas (1:2 and 0:1).

In the Apertura 2005 Herrera reached with the Rayados again the finals and turned on the way their arch rivals Tigres from. But despite a 3-3 at Deportivo Toluca return game was against the groups with 0:3 lost so that Monterrey was intercepted again at the finish line.

The previous low point of his coaching career was the descent with the CD Veracruz at the end of the season 2007/08. Although the Tiburones Rojos gathered 18 points from 15 games under his direction, the descent was no longer to prevent because of their devastating three-year balance sheet.

He then oversaw the Tecos de la UAG and retired with them in both tournaments of the 2008/ 09 respectively in the quarterfinals to eventual champions. In the Apertura 2008 he failed to Deportivo Toluca in the Apertura 2009 to the UNAM Pumas.

After a further station at Atlante in 2011 Herrera currently manages the team of Club América. On November 13, 2013 Herrera has also been appointed team manager of the Mexican national team and managed by a 9:3 aggregate win against New Zealand ( 5-1 and 4-2 ) finally still qualifying for the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

Achievements

As a player

• Mexican champions: 1992/93
• Mexican runner: Verano 1997

As a coach

• Mexican runner: Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005

Swell

• Player Profile at Mediotiempo
• Trainer Profile at Mediotiempo
• Profile at the Association

• National football team (Mexico)
• Mexican
• Football coach (Mexico)
• Mexican champions ( football)
• Born in 1968
• Man