Melissa Herrera

Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge (born 10 October 1996), known as Melissa Herrera, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Stade de Reims and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Melissa Herrera
Personal information
Full name Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996[1]
Place of birth Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica[2]
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Reims
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 AD Moravia
2016 F.C. Indiana
2017–2018 Santa Fe
2018– Reims 12 (2)
National team‡
2013–2015 Costa Rica U20 3 (1)
2014– Costa Rica 26[3] (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Monge.

Career

Herrera began her career by playing for AD Moravia in Costa Rica. Herrera then played in United Women's Soccer for FC Indiana for a short time in 2016. From May 2017 to July 2018 she played for Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. In July 2018, she joined French team Reims.

International career

She started playing with Costa Rica U20 in 2013. She played all three of Costa Rica's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] On 13 June 2015, during Costa Rica's second match in the tournament against South Korea, she scored the opening goal of the match which ended 2–2.[5]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
113 June 2015Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada South Korea
1–0
2–2
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[5]
213 February 2016Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States Puerto Rico
3–0
9–0
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
314 December 2016Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Russia
1–2
1–3
2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
412 June 2018Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Chile
2–2
2–2
Friendly
527 August 2018IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, United States El Salvador
1–0
11–0
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
6
7–0
7
8–0
85 October 2018H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States Cuba
1–0
8–0
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship[6]
91 September 2019Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil Argentina
3–1
3–1
Friendly[7]
1029 January 2020BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States Panama1–06–12020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship[8]
11
5–1

Honours
Costa Rica

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References
  1. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. "Costa Rica late show denies Korea Republic". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. Costa Rica arruinó el debut de Cuba en el CWC 2018
  7. Cuadrangular Sudamericano: Argentina cayó con Costa Rica 3-1
  8. Costa Rica v Panama


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