Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge (born 10 October 1996), known as Melissa Herrera, is a Costa Rican

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who plays as a

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for French

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club

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and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Club career

Herrera began her career by playing for AD Moravia in Costa Rica. Herrera then played in

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for

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for a short time in 2016. From May 2017 to July 2018 she played for Colombian club

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. In July 2018, she moved to France to join

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. On 8 June 2021, it was announced that she had reached an agreement to sign for

International career

She started playing with Costa Rica U20 in 2013. She played all three of

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's matches at the

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. On 13 June 2015, during Costa Rica's second match in the tournament against

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, she scored the opening goal of the match which ended 2–2.

International goals

Honours

;Costa Rica Winner *

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at Fedefutbol * 1996 births Living people Costa Rican women's footballers Costa Rica women's international footballers Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Heredia Province Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games F.C. Indiana players Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American Games medalists in football Division 1 Féminine players Stade de Reims Féminines players Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica {{CostaRica-women-footy-bio-stub