Pablo Nicolás Heredia (born 11 June 1990) is an Argentine-Chilean. professional

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who plays as a

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Career

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Born in

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, Argentina, Heredia began with San Martin de Río Grande, prior to joining

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in 2005. Six years later, he was an unused substitute for games against

Ferro Carril Oeste Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its assoc ...

and

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in the

2010–11 Primera B Nacional The 2010–11 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 25th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Club information ...

season which ended with the club being promoted to the

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. Five further unused sub appearances followed in

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in all competitions, prior to him making his professional debut on 16 February 2014 in an away league win over

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

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. Heredia went onto make ten appearances, including two in the

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, in the next three seasons. In July 2016, Heredia joined Central Córdoba of

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

on loan. He played twelve times throughout 2016–17, as Central Córdoba was relegated, before returning to Belgrano. He terminated his contract with Belgrano at the end of 2018. On 17 January 2019, Heredia completed a move to Chile's

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...

. In January 2022, he signed with

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

International

Heredia played for the Argentina U20s in 2008, making two appearances against

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Personal life

Heredia holds dual Argentine-Chilean nationality, since his maternal grandfather is Chilean. Heredia is the cousin of the also Argentine-Chilean footballer Luis Kovacic.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heredia, Pablo 1990 births Living people People from Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers Chilean Primera División players Unión La Calera footballers Primera B de Chile players San Luis de Quillota footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen