Eduardo Herrera Aguirre (born 25 July 1988) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

UNAM

Herrera made his senior team debut with

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on 24 July 2011 as a substitute in a match against San Luis. Herrera enjoyed a successful period between 2014 and 2016, being top scorer at the club during the first season. The 2015–16 season proved to his most prolific, scoring 15 goals in 37 appearances, and finishing the 2015 Apertura runner-up with Pumas. Herrera also spent time on loan to

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

during the 2013–14 season, scoring five times in 21 appearances. He spent the beginning of 2017 on loan to

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, starting in 12 of 13 games and scoring three goals.

Rangers

Scottish club Rangers put in a bid reported to be £1.5m for Herrera, and he travelled to

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at the beginning of June to discuss a move. After agreeing a deal Herrera had to wait on a work permit and visa but he finally joined Rangers on 22 June, the same day as fellow Mexican international

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. He made his competitive debut on 4 July in Rangers' 0–2 Europa League qualifying round loss to Luxembourg side Progrès Niedercorn; Herrera replaced

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in the 77th minute of the match. He scored his first goal for Rangers on 27 August in the 3–1 league win at Ross County.

Santos Laguna (loan)

Herrera joined Mexican club Santos Laguna on loan for the 2018–19 season.

Club Necaxa (loan)

On 8 January 2019, Herrera transferred to Club Necaxa on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. He scored his first goal for

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on January 15 against

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. The loan was extended for the rest of the year on 15 July 2019.

Puebla

On 29 January 2020, Herrera joined Club Puebla permanently

Retirement

On 22 May 2022, Herrera announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

In March 2015, Herrera earned a call up to the

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. On 31 March, Herrera scored his first goal with the national team in an international friendly match against Paraguay. He ended his national team career appearing 9 times and scoring a total of 3 times.

Career statistics

Club

International

;International appearances ;International goals :''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''

Honours

UNAM *

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: Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Eduardo 1988 births Living people Association football forwards Club Universidad Nacional footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Footballers from Mexico City Mexican people of Basque descent Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Mexico international footballers 2015 Copa América players Rangers F.C. players Club Necaxa footballers Mexican expatriate footballers Mexican footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players