Herrera at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Full name | Johnny Cristián Herrera Muñoz | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 May 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Angol, Chile | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
1995–2000 | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2005 | Universidad de Chile | 123 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2006 | Corinthians | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Everton | 60 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Audax Italiano | 91 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2011– | Universidad de Chile | 222 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Chile Olympic | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | Chile U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2002– | Chile | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2017 |
Johnny Cristián Herrera Muñoz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟʝoni eˈreɾa], born 9 May 1981) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and is the captain of Chilean club Universidad de Chile.
He has played the most part of his career at Universidad de Chile, winning for the club eight league titles, a Copa Sudamericana, three cup titles and a supercup in 2015.
He has represented Chilean football team at U20 level and Olympic level too, playing 21 official times for the adult team.
Herrera has been part of Chile’s both Copa América titles in 2015 and 2016.
Born in Angol, Herrera joined Universidad de Chile youth squad and was promoted to the first/adult team in 1999. Three years later, he became the first-choice keeper after being back-up for Sergio Vargas, who left The Lions after 10 years playing there. In 2004, Herrera won his first professional title after defeating Cobreloa as visitors in the Torneo Apertura final, where he scored the winning goal during the shootout, giving the club their twelfth League title.
In 2006, he moved to Brazilian giants Corinthians. Following an unsuccessful spell at Brazil — where only played nine official games — he returned to Chile and signed for Everton from Vina del Mar in 2007. There, he helped the team to win the 2008 Torneo Apertura. However, in June 2008, Herrera left Everton to sign for Audax Italiano.