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Melissa Herrera
Personal information
Full name Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Heredia, Costa Rica[2]
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stade de Reims
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 AD Moravia
2016 F.C. Indiana
2017–2018 Santa Fe
2018– Stade de Reims 12 (2)
International career‡
2013–2015 Costa Rica U20 3 (1)
2014– Costa Rica 26[3] (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Template:Spanish name Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge (born 10 October 1996), known as Melissa Herrera, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Stade de Reims and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Career

Herrera began her career by playing for AD Moravia in Costa Rica. Herrera then played in United Women's Soccer for FC Indiana for a short time in 2016. From May 2017 to July 2018 she played for Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. In July 2018, she joined French team Reims.

International career

She started playing with Costa Rica U20 in 2013. She played all three of Costa Rica's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] On 13 June 2015, during Costa Rica's second match in the tournament against South Korea, she scored the opening goal of the match which ended 2–2.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 13 June 2015 Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada  South Korea
1–0
2–2
 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup [5]
2 13 February 2016 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Puerto Rico
3–0
9–0
 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
3 14 December 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil  Russia
1–2
1–3
 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
4 12 June 2018 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile  Chile
2–2
2–2
 Friendly
5 27 August 2018 IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, United States  El Salvador
1–0
11–0
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
6
7–0
7
8–0
8 5 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Cuba
1–0
8–0
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship [6]
9 1 September 2019 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Argentina
3–1
3–1
 Friendly [7]
10 29 January 2020 BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States  Panama 1–0 6–1 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship [8]
11
5–1

Honours

Costa Rica

Winner

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Costa Rica late show denies Korea Republic". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. ^ Costa Rica arruinó el debut de Cuba en el CWC 2018
  7. ^ Cuadrangular Sudamericano: Argentina cayó con Costa Rica 3-1
  8. ^ Costa Rica v Panama

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