Miguel Ángel Herrera Equihua (born 3 April 1989) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Pachuca

Herrera began his football career at Pachuca in 2008. He progressed through the ranks having successful seasons with the youth teams until he was called up to the first team in 2012. He made his first appearance with the first team during a

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against Leones Negros on 25 July 2012 that resulted in a 0–1 loss. He made his league debut with Pachuca during the Apertura 2012 season on 4 August 2012 under coach

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against

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coming in as a substitute for Miguel Gerardo Velázquez in the 78th minute of the game, the match ended in a 1–0 win, with Herrera participating 12th minutes of the game. Throughout his debut season the Apertura 2012 season he played two more games (which he started). During his second season with Pachuca he became a regular starter as first choice center back after week 5 of the Clausura 2013 season. He made it to the League final against León, losing 4–3 in extra time, during that season. He demonstrated great ability to defend, and great flair which led to a call-up to the Mexico national team. Herrera scored his first goal for Pachuca during a Cup match against

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on 21 August 2012 which resulted in a 1–1 tie for Pachuca, and scored his first league goal against

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on 27 July 2013 winning the match 2–1.

Monterrey

On 28 November 2015, Rayados de Monterrey announced that Herrera had been transferred to

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on a season-long deal, in exchange for

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. At the end of the season Herrera returned to Pachuca where he was later loaned to UANL.

International career

Miguel Ángel received his first call-up by coach

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to the

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in October 2013 for a friendly against

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and for the Intercontinental play-offs against

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but failed to make an appearance. Herrera received his second call-up to the national team for two friendlies against

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on 6 September and

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on 9 September 2014. Herrera made his debut with the national team 6 September 2014, starting the match and playing the entire 90 minutes against

which ended in a score-less tie. In this match Herrera recovered six balls and only failed to complete 1 out of 21 passes reaching a 95% success rate (20 completed passes).

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Tigres UANL *

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: Apertura 2016 Mexico *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Miguel Angel 1989 births Sportspeople from Uruapan Footballers from Michoacán Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Men's association football defenders Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers C.F. Pachuca players C.F. Monterrey players Tigres UANL footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Club León footballers Toros Neza footballers Liga MX players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players