Yangel Herrera

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Yangel Herrera
Personal information
Full name Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth La Guaira, Venezuela
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 New York City
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 30
Youth career
Monagas SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Atlético Venezuela 32 (3)
2017- Manchester City 0 (0)
2017– → New York City 31 (1)
International career‡
2015 Venezuela U17 4 (2)
2017– Venezuela U20 14 (3)
2016– Venezuela 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:48, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo (born 7 January 1998) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer side New York City on loan from English side Manchester City.[2][3]

Club career

Herrera started his club career at Monagas SC before moving to Atlético Venezuela in 2016.[4]

Manchester City

Loan to New York City

On 31 January 2017 it was confirmed that Herrera had signed for Manchester City.[5] Herrera was immediately sent to New York City on a two-year loan.[6][7] He made his debut on 12 March, as a substitute in a 4–0 win over D.C. United.[8]

International career

Herrera made his international debut for the Venezuela national team on 10 October 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 0–2 loss to Brazil.[4][9]

Herrera was named captain of the Venezuela U20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. He scored the only goal, in the 108th minute of their Round of 16 win over Japan.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 March 2018[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético Venezuela 2016 32 3 1 0 0 0 33 3
Total 32 3 1 0 0 0 33 3
New York City 2017 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
2018 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 30 1 0 0 0 0 30 1
Career Total 62 8 2 0 0 0 63 4

International

As of match played 13 November 2017.[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Venezuela 2016 1 0
2017 5 1
Total 6 1

International goals

Scores and results list the Venezuela's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 October 2017 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción  Paraguay
1–0
1–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Venezuela U20

Individual

External links

References

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ de Menezes, Jack. "Manchester City make surprise double-deadline day signing to swoop for Yangel Herrera and Nabil Touaizi". The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Yangel Herrera Joins New York City FC on Loan". NYCFC Official Site. 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b Street, Sam (1 February 2017). "Who is Yangel Herrera? Manchester City's only deadline day signing and Venezuelan international midfielder – all you need to know". The Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Manchester City complete the signing of Yangel Herrera from Atlético Venezuela". City Watch. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ Smith, Jonathan (15 February 2017). "Manchester City loan Yangel Herrera to New York City FC for 2017 season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/glenncrooks/status/935239258603966466
  8. ^ Araos, Christian (12 March 2017). "NYCFC Runs Over, Around and Through D.C. United". Empire of Soccer. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Brazil beat Venezuela to go top of South American group". Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2017). "NYCFC's Yangel Herrera credits Vieira, Pirlo for Under-20 World Cup success". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  11. ^ Yangel Herrera at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  12. ^ https://int.soccerway.com/players/yangel-herrera/398781/
  13. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Awards". FIFA.com.


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