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Fernando Herrera (Chilean footballer)

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Fernando Herrera
Personal information
Full name Fernando Manuel Herrera Bermúdez
Date of birth (1954-01-08) 8 January 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Universidad de Chile
1976Deportes La Serena (loan)
1978 Santiago Morning
1979 New Jersey Americans
1979 Ferroviarios
1981 Santiago Wanderers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Manuel Herrera Bermúdez (born 8 January 1954) is a former Chilean footballer who played as a goalkeeper for clubs in Chile and the United States.

Career

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A product of football club Universidad de Chile,[1] Herrera was a member of the first team since 1973[2] and played for them until 1977. In his last match, he received an own goal by Manuel Pellegrini in a 5–4 loss against Colo-Colo, the classic rival.[3]

In his homeland, he also played for Deportes La Serena[4][5][6][7] and Santiago Morning[8][9] in the top division. In the second level, he played for Ferroviarios and Santiago Wanderers.[10][1][11]

Abroad, he had a stint with New Jersey Americans in the 1979 American Soccer League.[12][13]

Personal life

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He developed a close friendship with the Argentine footballer Jorge Luis Ghiso, a player of Universidad de Chile from 1976 to 1978.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b @ccamposfutbol (21 May 2018). "Este es el portero juvenil Alex Silva. Pero efectivamente estaban Francisco Espinoza y Fernando Herrera formado en la U y que venía de Ferroviarios" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "U. de Chile – campañas – 1973". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ El AutoGol de Pellegrini que retiro a un arquero U de Chile – Bonvallet on YouTube (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ @Chomsky_Chile (3 December 2018). "Deportes La Serena, 1976" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Club de Deportes LA SERENA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Década de 1970". Historia Deportes La Serena (in Spanish). 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ "📷 Deportes la Serena ⚽️ 🗓 Año 1976 🇨🇱". www.facebook.com (in Spanish). Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Santiago Morning 1978 – Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  9. ^ "U. de Chile – campañas – 1978". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024. F. Herrera(SM) atajó un penal a H. Schellberg(U).
  10. ^ "Wanderers en Mercado de Pases – Década 1981–1990". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Wanderers en Copa Polla Gol de Segunda División 1981". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ "NEW JERSEY AMERICANS". The Daily Register. Red Bank, New Jersey: 28. 12 April 1979. Retrieved 17 January 2024. Signed Sept Gantenhammer and Fernando Herrera Bermudez, goaltenders
  13. ^ "N.J. gets Buitrago and cuts Herrera". The Daily Register. Red Bank, New Jersey: 23. 3 May 1979. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Entrevista a Jorge Luis Ghiso". Historia Deportiva (in Spanish). 11 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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