Pablo Herrera Barrantes

Pablo Herrera Barrantes (born 14 February 1987, in Alajuela) is a Costa Rican professional footballer for Municipal Grecia.

Pablo Herrera
Personal information
Full name Pablo Herrera Barrantes
Date of birth (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987
Place of birth Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Municipal Grecia
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Alajuelense
2009–2011 Aalesund
2012–2013 Uruguay de Coronado
2013–2015 Cartaginés
2015–2016 Uruguay de Coronado 3 (0)
2015–2016 La U 6 (1)
2016–2017 Pérez Zeledón 9 (1)
2021– Municipal Grecia 5 (0)
National team‡
2007– Costa Rica 29 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2014
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Barrantes.

Club career

After playing for Alajuelense, Herrera joined Norwegian club Aalesund in August 2009.[1] After the 2011-season, Aalesund and Herrera decided to terminate the contract, as Herrera never managed to recover from an injury.[2] In September 2012, he was snapped up by Uruguay de Coronado[3] and in summer 2013 he joined Cartaginés.[4]

In December 2014, Cartaginés declared they could lose the player over a legal battle with former club Alajuelense.[5]

International career

Herrera played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.[6]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a friendly against Peru on 22 August 2007.[7] He scored his first goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the United States on 3 June 2009.

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2009 Aalesund Tippeligaen 8220102
2010 19310203
2011 100010
Career Total 28530315

References
  1. "Klubbene enige om Herrera" (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. "Herrera ferdig i AaFK" (in Norwegian). NRK. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. San Carlos presenta a Luis Diego Sequeira y Uruguay a Pablo Herrera - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. Pablo Herrera se vinculó al Cartaginés - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. Cartaginés podría perder los servicios de Pablo Herrera - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. Pablo Herrera Barrantes – FIFA competition record
  7. "International Friendly Matches 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.


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