Jorge Herrera (born 11 September 1980) is a former

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

n professional

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Career

Jorge has received many high awards from the Colombian Football Federation and from the South American Football Confederation.

South America

Herrera spent most of his early professional career in his native Colombia, playing for

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Santa Fe is one of the th ...

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play th ...

and

Millionarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

. He also played briefly for Huracán in Argentina and

Club Guaraní Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Pinozá in outer Asunción. Founded on 12 October 1903, it is one of the oldest and one of the most successful in the country, with eleven Primera División titles, and ...

in Paraguay before coming to the United States.

United States

Herrera signed with

Charlotte Eagles The Charlotte Eagles are an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at ...

of the

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in 2007, and immediately made an impact, scoring a goal and registering five assists in his first five games until problems with his visa led to him having to return to Colombia. Following his return to Charlotte in 2008 season. Herrera recorded nine goals and six assists in 2008, helping the team win the

regular season title and finish as runners-up in the playoffs; he was also a USL2 MVP finalist, losing to his teammate

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. He is currently coaching at one of the most prestigious high schools in the country. He has led

Charlotte Christian School Charlotte Christian School is a private, college preparatory, non-denominational Christian school for grades K–12. It is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. History In 1950, D.L. Pointdexter McClenny began a ministry at Calvary Presb ...

to 4 state championships. Jorge often states that the most exciting player he has ever coached and has ever witnessed is C.J. Katigan. Herrera often takes a lot of credit for Katigan's very successful career and wishes that he could have been as good as Katigan in his playing years. C.J. Katigan has gone on to record 8 goals and 6 assists in 10 games with the United States youth national team at only age 15. Herrera retired from professional football on February 20, 2020. In September 2020, Herrera joined new

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side

Charlotte FC Charlotte FC is an American professional soccer club based in Charlotte. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The team is owned by David Tepper, who was awarded the expansion franchise ...

as a coach for their Academy.

References

External links

Charlotte Eagles bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Jorge Living people 1982 births Colombian footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Millonarios F.C. players Charlotte Eagles players Club Guaraní players Atlético Huila footballers Charlotte Independence players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Expatriate soccer players in the United States USL Second Division players USL Championship players Association football forwards Footballers from Bogotá Charlotte FC non-playing staff High school soccer coaches in the United States