Irvin Herrera

Irvin Herrera

Personal information
Full name	Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires
Date of birth	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	San Julián, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
2011	Southern Wesleyan Warriors
2012–2013	NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Santa Tecla	46	(24)
2016–2018	Saint Louis FC	25	(14)
2017	→ New York Cosmos (loan)	13	(2)
2017–2018	→ FAS (loan)	28	(8)
2019	Alianza	15	(3)
2019	Sukhothai	12	(5)
2020	Guastatoya	5	(0)
2020–2021	FAS
2021–2022	Santa Tecla	25	(8)
2022	Platense Zacatecoluca	25	(7)
International career^‡
2015–	El Salvador	15	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2017

Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires (born 30 August 1991) is a Salvadoran footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Irvin Herreras youth career was split between the SYA Copperheads and National Power JBS FC located out of Westchester County, New York. Herrera was coached at JBS FC by coaching legend Jonathan Langer, While at JBS FC Herrera helped lead JBS FC to a #2 National Ranking and was instrumental in leading JBS FC to multiple tournament titles to include the Annandale Premier Cup, Potomac Memorial Day Tournament, Disney International Cup, as well as other titles.

Herrera played for Santa Tecla in the Primera División of El Salvador from 2014 to 2016, making 42 appearances and scoring 23 goals during league play.[2][3] Additionally, Herrera played for the club during the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, scoring his team's lone goal in a 2–1 defeat to Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4]

On February 19, 2016, USL club Saint Louis FC announced their signing of Herrera from Santa Tecla.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on May 7 against the Swope Park Rangers.[6] Two weeks later he became the first Saint Louis FC player to register a hat trick,[7] tallying four goals in a match against the Tulsa Roughnecks,[8] and was named the USL's Player of the Week.[9]

Loan to FAS

In December 2017, Herrera signed with FAS for the Clausura 2018, on loan from Saint Louis FC. In December 2018, Herrera's contract was not renewed by FAS.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2015	Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	22 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua	1–0	1–0	2017 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Santa Tecla

• Primera División: Clausura 2015

References

1. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Irvin HERRERA". static.fifa.com. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019.
2. "Irvin Herrera :: Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires :: Alianza FC". www.thefinalball.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
3. Irvin Herrera at Soccerway
4. "Real Salt Lake completes comeback to beat Santa Tecla, Tigres tops Metapan". espnfc.com. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
5. "Saint Louis FC Adds Irvin Herrera". saintlouisfc.com. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
6. "Saint Louis FC Defeats Swope Park 3–0 in Inaugural Match". saintlouisfc.com. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
7. Ryan Grass [@Swordopolis] (22 May 2016). "Irvin Herrera with the first ever @SaintLouisFC hat-trick! #STLFCstats" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. "Herrera Scores Four In 5–2 Win At Tulsa Roughnecks FC". saintlouisfc.com. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
9. "Saint Louis' Herrera Named USL Player of the Week". uslsoccer.com. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
10. Coloca encabeza las bajas de FAS Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)

External links

• Irvin Herrera at National-Football-Teams.com