Leonel Marcelo Herrera Silva (born August 16, 1971) 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 lea ...

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

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

commune.

Personal life

Born in

, Chile, 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 7th 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 between ...

. 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 The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician, law professor and senator Jaime Guzmán, a civilian a ...

Teams

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

1989 * Deportes Concepción 1990 *

1991 *

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

1992 *

1993 *

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

1994 *

1995 * Correcaminos 1996 *

Deportes Temuco Club de Deportes Temuco is a Chile, Chilean Soccer, football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new ''Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''. T ...

1997 *

Saint Gallen St. Gallen is a Swiss city and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 167,000 inhabitants in 2019) and repr ...

1997–1998 *

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean professional football club based in Iquique, currently playing in the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capac ...

1998 *

Palestino The term ''Palestino'' is the Spanish word for "Palestinian". The word "''Palestino''" is used in Cuba as a disparaging nickname for illegal migrants within the country. The nickname is used as a rhetorical device, that compares illegal migrants ...

1999–2001 *

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. History The club was founded by Italian residents in S ...

2002

Honours

Colo-Colo *

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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* * 1971 births Living people 20th-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean men's footballers Footballers from Santiago, Chile Men's association football defenders Colo-Colo footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players 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 men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Politicians from Santiago, Chile Chilean sportsperson-politicians Independent Democratic Union politicians Chilean city councillors {{Chile-footy-defender-stub