Carlos Olaf Heredia Orozco (born 19 October 1957) is a Mexican former professional

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who played for

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in the

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. He also played for

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

and

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

Career

Born in Apatzingán, Heredia was the fifth of seven children and devoted himself to football. He began playing football with UNAM Pumas and made his

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debut against Atlético Potosino in 1978. Heredia would play six seasons with Pumas, and won the 1980–81 Primera title with the club. After leaving Pumas, Heredia had spells with

, Monarcas Morelia,

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and

. Before he retired, he won a second Primera title with Santos in 1996. After he finished playing football, Heredia became a goalkeeping coach for Pumas. On 2012 he was appointed new Chivas GK coach.

References

External links

FIFA profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heredia, Olaf 1957 births Living people People from Apatzingán Footballers from Michoacán Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Tigres UANL footballers Atlético Morelia players Cruz Azul footballers Santos Laguna footballers Liga MX players Querétaro F.C. non-playing staff Atlante F.C. non-playing staff 20th-century Mexican sportsmen