Mariano Herrón

Mariano Andrés Herrón Valera (born 24 February 1978 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Boca Juniors.

Mariano Andrés Herrón
Personal information
Full name Mariano Andrés Herrón Valera
Date of birth (1978-02-24) 24 February 1978
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Boca Juniors (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Argentinos Juniors 85 (0)
2000 → Montpellier (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2003 San Lorenzo 24 (0)
2003–2004 Rosario Central 19 (0)
2004–2005 UE Lleida 13 (0)
2005–2010 Independiente 83 (1)
2009 → Deportivo Cali (loan) 28 (1)
2010–2013 Aldosivi 48 (0)
Teams managed
Independiente (reserves)
2017–2019 Tigre (assistant)
2020– Boca Juniors (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Herrón began his playing career with Argentinos Juniors on 10 August 1998 in a 2-2 draw with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. In 2000, he had a loan spell with French side Montpellier but returned to play for Argentinos until 2002.

After single seasons with San Lorenzo and Rosario Central he joined Spanish side UE Lleida in 2004. In 2005, he returned again to Argentina to play for Independiente. He spent the whole of 2009 on loan to Deportivo Cali of Colombia.

In July 2010, Herrón moved to the second division to play for Aldosivi.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Herrón became a part of Bichi Borghi's coaching staff at Argentinos Juniors.[2] On 18 December 2017, Herrón was appointed as the assistant coach of Cristian Raúl Ledesma at Club Atlético Tigre.[3] He left on 11 February 2019 alongside manager Mariano Echeverría.[4]

In January 2020, he was appointed assistant coach to his former coach Miguel Ángel Russo at Boca Juniors.[5]

References
  1. "Mariano Herrón se convirtió en nuevo refuerzo de Aldosivi". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. “Mis padres me enseñaron que debo ser agradecido”, ellitoral.com, 21 July 2014
  3. Tigre anunció a Ledesma como técnico‚ tycsports.com, 18 December 2017
  4. Tigre se quedó sin DT: Mariano Echeverría presentó su renuncia, clarin.com, 11 February 2019
  5. Ni Cata ni Ibarra: Herrón será el segundo ayudante de Russo en Boca, dobleamarilla.com.ar, 1 January 2020


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