Pedro_María_Herrera
Pedro Herrera (footballer)
Spanish footballer
Pedro María Herrera Sancristóbal (born 17 July 1959) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro María Herrera Sancristóbal | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1981 | Erandio | ||
| 1981–1982 | Salamanca | 37 | (4) |
| 1982–1988 | Zaragoza | 155 | (18) |
| 1988–1989 | Celta | 19 | (3) |
| Total | 211 | (25) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Herrera was born in Bilbao, Biscay. He played youth football with local Athletic Bilbao and made his senior debut with fellow Basque team SD Erandio Club, helping the latter promote from the regional championships into Segunda División B during his three-year spell.[1]
Herrera represented UD Salamanca, Real Zaragoza and RC Celta de Vigo professionally, the first club in Segunda División and the last two in La Liga, where he amassed totals of 174 matches and 21 goals over seven seasons. He retired during the 1989 pre-season after contracting a serious knee injury whilst at the service of the Galicians, and retired from football at only 30 years of age.[2]
After retiring, Herrera worked as general manager for Celta and Zaragoza.[3][4]
Herrera's son Ander is also a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[5][6]
Zaragoza
- "Sociedad Deportiva Erandio Club – "La historia de un triunfador"" [Sociedad Deportiva Erandio Club – "The story of a winner"] (in Spanish). Erandio Club. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- "Pedro Herrera" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- Artús, José Luis (30 March 2012). "Ander Herrera, a imagen de Iniesta" [Ander Herrera, like Iniesta]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "El Zaragoza prescinde del secretario técnico Pedro Herrera" [Zaragoza release general manager Pedro Herrera] (in Spanish). Terra. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- Castresana, Daniel (16 June 2011). "Ander Herrera se emancipa" [Ander Herrera comes of age]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- "El padre de Ander ya ganó una final al Barça en el Calderón" [Ander's father already won a final against Barça at the Calderón]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 May 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- Pedro Herrera at BDFutbol