Herrera playing for Manchester United in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ander Herrera Agüera | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Manchester United | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2008 | Real Zaragoza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Real Zaragoza B | 10 | (2) |
2009–2011 | Real Zaragoza | 82 | (6) |
2011–2014 | Athletic Bilbao | 94 | (7) |
2014– | Manchester United | 75 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Spain U20 | 10 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Spain U21 | 15 | (4) |
2012 | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) |
2016– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:23, 19 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
Ander Herrera Agüera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈandeɾ eˈreɾa aˈɣweɾa]; born 14 August 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team.
He began his career at Real Zaragoza before moving to Athletic Bilbao in 2011, and then to Manchester United for €36 million in 2014.
He has won tournaments with Spain at under-20 and under-21 level and represented the nation at the 2012 Olympics. He made his senior international debut in November 2016.
Born in Bilbao, Herrera began his football career at Real Zaragoza, and made his professional debut in the Segunda División in the 2008–09 season. He made 19 appearances that season as the Aragonese club made an immediate return to La Liga. He made his top-flight debut on 29 August 2009, in a 1–0 home win against CD Tenerife.
During the 2009–10 campaign, Herrera was one of Zaragoza's most used players as the club managed to retain its top-flight status. He scored his first league goal on 6 December, but in a 4–1 away defeat to RCD Mallorca.