Leonel Herrera (footballer, born 1948)

Chilean footballer

Leonel Herrera
Personal information
Full name Leonel Anselmo Herrera Rojas
Date of birth (1948-10-10) 10 October 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth Tierra Amarilla, Chile
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966 Universidad Católica
1967–1974 Colo-Colo
1975–1978 Unión Española 96 (6)
1979–1986 Colo-Colo 197 (15)
1986–1987 O'Higgins
International career
1971–1985 Chile 40 (0)
Managerial career
1988 Audax Italiano
1988 Deportes Valdivia
1990-1991 Deportes Temuco
1992 Deportes Arica
1994 Deportes Melipilla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonel Anselmo Herrera Rojas (born 10 October 1948) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back for Universidad Católica, Colo Colo, Unión Española and O'Higgins and the Chile national team.[1]

Personal life

Herrera was born in Tierra Amarilla, Chile.

He is the father of the former Chilean footballer Leonel Herrera Silva and his cousin, Eladio Rojas, is a historical player of the Chile national team.[2]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
Unión Española
  • Chilean Primera División (1): 1977

International

Chile[3]
  • Copa del Pacífico [es] (2): 1971 [es], 1983 [es]
  • Copa Juan Pinto Durán [es] (2): 1971 [es], 1979 [es]
  • Copa Carlos Dittborn [es] (1): 1973 [es]
  • Copa Leoncio Provoste [es] (1): 1973 [es]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leonel Herrera". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Fernández, Denís; Navarrete, Luis (25 August 2018). "De Leonel a Leonel" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Leonel Herrera". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  • Profile at Colo-Colo Profile at
  • Profile at Dale Albo Profile at
Leonel Herrera – International tournaments
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Chile squad – 1975 Copa América
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Chile squad – 1983 Copa América
Chile
Leonel Herrera – Managerial positions
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Audax Italiano – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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Deportes Valdivia – managers
  • Valdés (1983)
  • Venegas (1985–86)
  • García (1987–88)
  • Herrera (1988–89)
  • Matus (1989)
  • Guevara (1990)
  • Marcoleta (1995)
  • M. González (2004)
  • Vásquez (2004)
  • Barbosa (2004–05)
  • Caroca (2005–06)
  • Soto (2007)
  • López (2008)
  • Soto (2008–09)
  • Milanca (2009–11)
  • Muñoz (2012)
  • Lunari (2013)
  • Landeros (2013–14)
  • Cancinoc (2014)
  • Reinoso (2014–15)
  • Balladares (2015–16)
  • Lunari (2016)
  • Cancinoc (2016)
  • Cavalieri (2016–17)
  • Rojas (2017)
  • Aravena (2017–19)
  • P. González (2019)
  • Norambuena (2019)
  • Press (2019–2020)
  • Ruiz (2020)
  • Peñac (2020)
  • Cavalieri (2021)
  • Marcoleta (2021–2023)
  • Kalleg (2023–)
(c) = caretaker manager
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Deportes Temuco – managers
  • Tirado (1961–63)
  • Mocciola (1965–66)
  • García (1967–68)
  • Peña (1969–70)
  • Guevara (1971–81)
  • Ortiz (1982)
  • Guevara (1983–84)
  • Mercury (1984)
  • Ortízc (1984)
  • Poblete (1984–1985)
  • Mercury (1987)
  • Belmar (1988)
  • Mora (1989)
  • Guevara (1989)
  • Mercury (1990)
  • Herrera (1991)
  • Santibáñez (1991–92)
  • Ré (1992)
  • Páez (1992–94)
  • Cortázar (1994–96)
  • Mercuryc (1996)
  • Garcés (1996)
  • Mercury (1997)
  • Álamos (1997)
  • Mercury (1997)
  • Merlo (1998)
  • Guevara (1998)
  • Durán (2000)
  • Mercury (2001–02)
  • Villegas (2003)
  • González (2004)
  • Nigretti (2005)
  • Villegas (2005)
  • Gangas (2006)
  • Guevarac (2006)
  • González (2007)
  • Guevarac (2007)
  • Bonvallet (2007)
  • Soto (2008)
  • Zelaya (2009)
  • Soto (2009)
  • Greig (2009)
  • Muñoz (2009)
  • Hidalgo (2010)
  • Zelaya (2010)
  • Vargas (2011)
  • Cortázar (2011)
  • Girardengo (2012)
  • Barríac (2012)
  • Girardengo (2012)
  • Huerta (2013)
  • Astengo (2013)
  • Latínc (2013)
  • Vergara (2014)
  • Abraham (2014–15)
  • Landeros (2015–17)
  • Giovagnoli (2017–18)
  • Ponce (2018)
  • Vilches (2019)
  • Lira (2019–21)
  • Arán (2022)
  • Avendañoc (2022)
  • Aravena (2022)
  • Avendañoc (2022)
  • Ribera (2023)
  • Cuello (2023–24)
  • Valencia (2024–)
(c) = caretaker manager
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San Marcos de Arica – managers
  • Luco (1979)
  • Muñoz (1978)
  • Carrasco (1979)
  • P. García (1979)
  • C. Ramírez (1980)
  • Casanova (1980)
  • Rodríguez (1980)
  • Muñoz (1980)
  • Belmar (1981)
  • Estay (1982–84)
  • Robles (1984–85)
  • Estay (1985)
  • Godoy (1986)
  • Muñoz (1986–87)
  • L. Ramírez (1988)
  • Valenzuela (1989)
  • Belmar (1989)
  • Solís (1990)
  • Molina (1990)
  • Godoy (1990)
  • D. Díaz (1991)
  • Robles (1991)
  • Herrera (1992)
  • Godoy (1993)
  • Ibarra (1994)
  • Godoy (1994)
  • Robles (1995)
  • Hurtado (1995)
  • Bravo (1996)
  • Ibarra (1996)
  • Jara (1997)
  • R. García (1998)
  • Carreño (1998–99)
  • Godoy (2000)
  • Robles (2001)
  • Santibáñez (2001)
  • Medina (2002)
  • Carreño (2002)
  • Molina (2003)
  • Ibarra (2003)
  • Medina (2004)
  • G. Cornejo (2004)
  • Nichiporuk (2005)
  • Ubilla (2005)
  • Soto (2006)
  • Alegre (2007)
  • Mondaca (2008–09)
  • Godoy (2009–10)
  • Ibarra (2011)
  • Marcoleta (2011–14)
  • F. Díaz (2014)
  • Mamanic (2014)
  • Vergara (2015)
  • Figueroa (2015–16)
  • Astorga (2016)
  • Pereyra (2017)
  • Musrri (2018)
  • Godoy (2018)
  • F. Cornejo (2019)
  • Peña (2020–2022)
  • Arrué (2023)
  • Barría (2023–24)
  • Cavalieri (2024–)
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Deportes Melipilla – managers
(c) = caretaker manager


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