Yangel Herrera
Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo (born 7 January 1998) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for English club Manchester City.[2]
Herrera with Venezuela U20 in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | La Guaira, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
Youth career | |||
Monagas SC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Atlético Venezuela | 32 | (3) |
2017– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → New York City (loan) | 38 | (1) |
2019 | → Huesca (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Granada (loan) | 30 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Venezuela U17 | 4 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Venezuela U20 | 14 | (3) |
2016– | Venezuela | 18 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:19, 19 July 2020 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:49, 19 November 2019 (UTC). |
Club career
Herrera started his club career at Monagas SC before moving to Atlético Venezuela in 2016.[3]
Manchester City
Loan to New York City
On 31 January 2017 it was confirmed that Herrera had signed for Manchester City.[4] Herrera was immediately sent to New York City on a two-year loan.[5][6] He made his debut on 12 March, as a substitute in a 4–0 win over D.C. United.[7]
International career
Herrera made his international debut for the Venezuela national team on 10 October 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 0–2 loss to Brazil.[10]
Herrera was named captain of the Venezuela U20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. He scored the only goal, in the 108th minute of their Round of 16 win over Japan.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 3 August 2020[12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monagas | 2014-2015 | Venezuelan Segunda División | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
2015 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 5 | |||
Total | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 41 | 9 | |||
Atlético Venezuela | 2016 | Venezuelan Primera División | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | |
Total | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | |||
New York City (loan) | 2017 | Major League Soccer | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
2018 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||
Huesca (loan) | 2018-19 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Granada (loan) | 2019-20 | La Liga | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |
Total | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
Career total | 151 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 15 |
International
- As of match played 19 November 2019.[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Venezuela | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 5 | 1 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 18 | 2 |
International goals
- Scores and results list the Venezuela's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 October 2017 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
2. | 10 October 2019 | Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela | Friendly |
Honours
Venezuela U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017
- South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017
Individual
References
- "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- de Menezes, Jack. "Manchester City make surprise double-deadline day signing to swoop for Yangel Herrera and Nabil Touaizi". The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Manchester City complete the signing of Yangel Herrera from Atlético Venezuela". City Watch. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- Smith, Jonathan (15 February 2017). "Manchester City loan Yangel Herrera to New York City FC for 2017 season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- https://twitter.com/glenncrooks/status/935239258603966466
- Araos, Christian (12 March 2017). "NYCFC Runs Over, Around and Through D.C. United". Empire of Soccer. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- "Yangel Herrera, talento para el mediocentro" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Brazil beat Venezuela to go top of South American group". Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2017). "NYCFC's Yangel Herrera credits Vieira, Pirlo for Under-20 World Cup success". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- Yangel Herrera at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/yangel-herrera/398781/
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Awards". FIFA.com.
External links
- Yangel Herrera at BDFutbol
- Yangel Herrera at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yangel Herrera at Soccerway