Yangel Herrera

Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo (born 7 January 1998) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club Granada on loan from English club Manchester City.[2]

Yangel Herrera
Herrera with Venezuela U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998
Place of birth La Guaira, Venezuela
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Granada
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 21
Youth career
Monagas SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Atlético Venezuela 32 (3)
2017– Manchester City 0 (0)
2017–2018New York City (loan) 38 (1)
2019Huesca (loan) 16 (0)
2019–Granada (loan) 49 (4)
National team
2015 Venezuela U17 4 (2)
2017–2018 Venezuela U20 14 (3)
2016– Venezuela 21 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:37, 31 January 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:23, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Herrera started his club career at Monagas SC before moving to Atlético Venezuela in 2016.[3]

Loan to New York City

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

Loan to Huesca

Following the conclusion of his two-year stay at New York City, Herrera was loaned to La Liga side Huesca for the last six months of the 2018–19 season.[8]

Loan to Granada

On 26 July 2019, Herrera was loaned to Granada for the 2019–20 season.[9] On 30 August 2020, his loan was extended for the 2020–21 season.[10]

International career

Herrera playing for Venezuela in a match against the United States on June 9, 2019.

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.[11]

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.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 January 2021[13]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monagas 2014–15 Venezuelan Segunda División 19440234
2015 Venezuelan Segunda División 16520185
Total 43960419
Atlético Venezuela 2016 Venezuelan Primera División 32310333
Manchester City 2017–18 Premier League 00
New York City (loan) 2017 MLS 20100201
2018 MLS 18000180
Total 38100381
Huesca (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 16000160
Granada (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 30260362
2020–21 La Liga 1922074286
Total 4948074648
Career total 170171507419421

International

As of match played 19 November 2019.[14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Venezuela 201610
201751
201820
2019101
Total182

International goals

Scores and results list the Venezuela's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2017Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay
1–0
1–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.10 October 2019Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela Bolivia
1–0
4–1
Friendly

Honours

Monagas

Venezuela U20

Individual

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 Clemente Herrera Ravelo - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. "Manchester City complete the signing of Yangel Herrera from Atlético Venezuela". City Watch. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. Smith, Jonathan (15 February 2017). "Manchester City loan Yangel Herrera to New York City FC for 2017 season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. https://twitter.com/glenncrooks/status/935239258603966466
  7. Araos, Christian (12 March 2017). "NYCFC Runs Over, Around and Through D.C. United". Empire of Soccer. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. "Yangel Herrera, talento para el mediocentro" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  10. "Acuerdo con el Manchester City para la cesión de Yangel Herrera" [Agreement with Manchester City for the loan of Yangel Herrera] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  11. "Brazil beat Venezuela to go top of South American group". Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2017). "NYCFC's Yangel Herrera credits Vieira, Pirlo for Under-20 World Cup success". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  13. Yangel Herrera at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  14. https://int.soccerway.com/players/yangel-herrera/398781/
  15. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Awards". FIFA.com.
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