Leonel Marcelo Herrera Silva (born August 16, 1971 in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...

) is a Chilean former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender for clubs in Chile, Mexico and Switzerland, and politician who is a councillor for the Santiago commune.

Personal life

He is the son of the former Chilean international footballer Leonel Herrera Rojas, who is also the cousin of Eladio Rojas, a historical player at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

. In the 2016 Chilean municipal elections, Herrera was elected as a councillor for the Santiago commune running as an independent supporting the Independent Democratic Union.

Teams

* Colo-Colo 1989 * Deportes Concepción 1990 * Colo-Colo 1991 * Deportes La Serena 1992 * Colo-Colo 1993 *

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

1994 * Colo-Colo 1995 * Correcaminos 1996 *

Deportes Temuco Deportes Temuco is a Chilean football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new '' Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''. The club was founded on February 22, 196 ...

1997 * Saint Gallen 1997–1998 * Deportes Iquique 1998 * Palestino 1999–2001 *

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

2002

Titles

;Colo-Colo *

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...

(3):

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

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Leonel Herrera
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Association football defenders Colo-Colo footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Deportes La Serena footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Correcaminos UAT footballers Deportes Temuco footballers FC St. Gallen players Deportes Iquique footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Audax Italiano footballers Chilean Primera División players Ascenso MX players Swiss Super League players Chilean expatriate footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Politicians from Santiago Chilean sportsperson-politicians Independent Democratic Union politicians {{Chile-footy-bio-stub