Emanuel Herrera (, born 13 April 1987) is an Argentine

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who plays for

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as a striker. He played in the youth ranks of

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...

for six years, but never debuted with the first team. He was then loaned to

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

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and Patronato in the

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. A lack of options in his country led him to look for opportunities in Chile, where he accepted the offer of Deportes Concepción. In the Chilean team, he consolidated himself as a starter and, after a great 2011 season where he scored 29 goals in 39 matches, he was signed by

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

. Despite being there for only half a season, he managed to be the 2012 Torneo Apertura top scorer and to score five times in the

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. This caught the interest of

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, which paid $3.5 million for him. He stayed in the French team for two seasons, but after an irregular start to the 2013–14 campaign he was loaned to Tigres, where he played for a semester and won the

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. Following this, Herrera was signed by Emelec, where he stayed for three seasons and scored 21 goals in 78 matches, winning the

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and 2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano. In 2017, he was loaned first to Peruvian club

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and then to Mexican club

Lobos BUAP Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 1930s ...

Club career

Career in Argentina

Herrera was born in Rosario. Herrera began his football career at

. At 21, and without being able to impose in the first team, he left his first club Chacarita Juniors and was transferred to

in Buenos Aires but his stay in Buenos Aires where move to Patronato. His three seasons in Argentina are a failure with only 16 games in total without a goal.

Deportes Concepción

Herrera move to Chile by joining Concepción with the help of his agent. On 26 February 2011, Herrera made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Deportes Puerto Montt on the opening game of the season. On 5 March 2011, Herrera scored his first goal for the club against

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. After 9 games without scoring, Herrera scored twice in a 4–1 win over

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on 8 May 2011. 29 May 2011, Herrera scored twice in a 2–2 draw against

C.S.D. Rangers Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

. Herrera began scoring for the three weeks with a double against Club de Deportes Copiapó,

Deportes Naval Club de Deportes Naval de Talcahuano is a Chilean football club, their home town is Talcahuano, Biobío Region. They currently play at the fifth level of Chilean football, Tercera B of Chile. The club were founded on August 27, 1972 as ''Clu ...

and

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. After scoring 11 goals in the first half of the season, Herrera was able to be joint-top scorer along with

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, Ariel Roberto Pereyra and Cristian Milla. Following the club lost in the

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last year to

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, the club faced

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whether to take the third spot for the

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. In the first leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana in Club Deportes Concepció stadium, Herrera scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Club Universidad de Chile on 27 July 2011. In the second leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana Club Universidad de Chile (host) won 2–0, eliminating Club Deportes Concepción out of the Copa Sudamericana. Despite the club lose the spot in the Copa Sudamericana, Herrera played strong in the league scoring 11 goal, being the scorer of the tournament. Towards the end of the season, Herrera scored 16 goals, tallying up in total of 27. But the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion and placed third in the league, just two points behind Deportes Naval.

Unión Española

After the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion, it confirmed the transfer on 13 December 2011 that Herrera will join Chilean Primera División side

, signing a five-year deal. On 25 January 2012, Herrera officially made his debut for the club in the

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First Stage of the first leg against Tigres and on 2 February 2012, he scored the first goal for the club in the match in the second leg which was 2–2, going through to the group stage. In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera would score 4 more against Junior de Barranquilla,

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(scored again) and Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (all four goals come in the group stage). Herrera then provided assists in the Copa Libertadores in both leg against

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which in both games lost. In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera entered in the competition scoring 5 goals in 10 games. In the opening season of

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, Herrera scored on his debut in a 2–0 win over

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on 29 January 2012. After 3 games without scoring, Herrera scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on 26 February 2012 and scored in the next game on 3 March 2012 in a 3–1 win over C.D. Palestino which followed by the next game on 10 March 2012 in a 3–1 loss against

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. On 24 March 2012, Herrera scored twice and setting up a goal for Fernando Cordero in a 5–2 win over

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

. On 7 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Mauro Díaz in a 4–2 win over

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

. On 21 April 2012, Herrera scored in a 2–2 draw against

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. On 28 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Braulio Leal in a 4–1 win over

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. After scoring 10 goals in the regular season, Unión Española won the qualification for the final round to be in fifth place. In the Play-Offs Primera División Apertura Quarter Final first leg against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Cordero in a 3–1 win which the second leg was 1–1 draw. At the end of Campeonato Apertura, Herrera was a joint-top scorer Sebastián Ubilla. During his time at Unión Española, Herrera earned the nickname 'El Tanque' due to his physical, dribbler and rather fast, it has the characteristic mark of the essential goals of the right foot. His first season at Unión Española led interests from French Champions

Montpellier

On 6 July 2012, Herrera officially signed for

for worth 3.5 million on a three-year deal. Herrera was presented in Montpellier's shirt and given number 11 shirt. His move was a replacement for

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who left for

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in the summer. On his move, manager

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says Herrera drew comparison to

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and Argentinian striker

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. Herrera scored 4 goals for the last 5 games in the friendly matches. Herrera made his debut for the club in a competitive match at

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against

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on 28 July 2012 where he converted a penalty, scoring his first goal to make it 2–1. But Lyon managed to pull one back and the game played through until the penalty shootout and Montpellier lost 4–2. On 10 August 2012 in the opening game of

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season, Herrera made his debut for the club in a 1–1 tie against

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and he was replaced by

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early in the second half He scored the following week against FC Lorient but Montpellier could not manage to get their first win of the season as the opposition scored two very late goals. He recently scored in a 3–2 away defeat to Marseille.

Tigres UANL

On 10 January 2014, Herrera arrived to

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to sign a loan with Mexican outfit

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. On 1 February 2014, Herrera made his official debut with Tigres playing the second half of the

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against

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in a game that finished in a 0–0 draw. On 4 February 2014, Herrera scored two goals in the

against

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, at the Estadio Universitario. On 27 February 2014, Herrera scored a

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against CF Puebla for a Copa MX game. On 25 March 2014, he scored a goal against

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in the Copa MX semifinals. On 9 April 2014, Herrera played the finals of the 2014 Copa MX where Tigres beat

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by 3–0 at the Estadio Universitario. In May 2014 his loan to Tigres UANL was finished.

Emelec

Coach Gustavo Quinteros brought the player in as a replacement for Denis Stracqualursi after his sale to Baniyas of the United Arab Emirates. He made his debut on July 19, 2014, on round 20 of the first stage of the 2014 Ecuadorian championship, in the 1–0 defeat against Deportivo Cuenca. Still looking for a starting position, his first two goals were scored on the fourth date of the second round, in a 5–0 win over El Nacional. He continued alternating between substitution and ownership and between August and December he did not score goals in the

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. The only parenthesis to this was the score in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana against Goias. In the final stretch of the tournament the situation improved for Herrera, since he scored continuously: first two goals in a duel against LDU Loja, another one in the 2–1 victory against

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and the discount in the 1–2 defeat against Deportivo Cuenca.

Ñublense

In 2024, Herrera back to Chile and signed with

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in the top division.

Honours

Club

Tigres UANL *

(1): Clausura 2014 Sporting Cristal * Primera División (2):

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References

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