Borja Herrera

Borja Herrera González (born 8 January 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender or winger for the Indian Super League club East Bengal.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is González.
Borja Herrera
Herrera with Maccabi Netanya 2019
Personal information
Full name Borja Herrera González
Date of birth (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 East Bengal
Youth career
2003–2005 Las Palmas
2005–2012 Huracán
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Unión Viera 53 (13)
2014 Tudelano 17 (1)
2014–2017 Las Palmas B 85 (19)
2017–2018 Las Palmas 3 (0)
2018 → Real Valladolid (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019 Reus 18 (1)
2019 Albacete 9 (0)
2019 Maccabi Netanya 5 (0)
2020–2021 Andorra 11 (0)
2021–2022 Unionistas de Salamanca 11 (0)
2022 Tamaraceite 14 (4)
2022–2023 Hyderabad 22 (4)
2023– East Bengal 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:18, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Herrera finished his formation with AD Huracán. He made his debut as a senior with CF Unión Viera during the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División.[1]

On 31 January 2014, Herrera joined CD Tudelano in Segunda División B.[2] On 12 July 2014 he moved to UD Las Palmas, the club he already represented as a youth, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[3]

On 11 July 2016, Herrera extended his contract until 2018.[4] The following 13 June, after helping the B-side in their promotion to the third division, he was promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2017–18 campaign.[5]

Herrera made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 24 September 2017, starting in a 0–2 home loss against CD Leganés.[6] The following 25 January, he was loaned to Segunda División side Real Valladolid until June.[7]

On 31 July 2018, after achieving promotion with the Blanquivioletas and suffering relegation with the Amarillos, Herrera signed a three-year deal with CF Reus Deportiu in the second level. He scored his first professional goal the following 6 January, netting the opener in a 3–0 away defeat of Málaga CF.

On 24 January 2019, Herrera left the Catalans due to the club's poor financial situation overall.[8] Two days later, he agreed to an 18-month contract with fellow league team Albacete Balompié.[9]

On 19 July 2019, Herrera signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Netanya from the Israeli Premier League.[10]

On 6 August 2020, signed in Andorra.

Hyderabad

In July 2022, Herrera moved to India and signed with defending Indian Super League champions Hyderabad.[11] He made his debut on 13th Oct, 2022 against NorthEast United. He came on as a substitute in the 71st minute, and immediately scored.

Career statistics

Club
As of 3 May 2023[12]


Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tudelano 2013–14 Segunda División B 13000—130
Las Palmas B 2014–15 19100—191
Las Palmas 2017–18 La Liga 303[lower-alpha 1]0—60
Real Valladolid (loan) 2017–18 LaLiga 2 5000—50
Reus 2018–19 1811[lower-alpha 1]0—191
Albacete 2018–19 9000—90
Maccabi Netanya 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 406[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0—100
Andorra 2020–21 Segunda División B 1101[lower-alpha 1]0—120
Unionistas de Salamanca 2021–22 Primera División RFEF 1101[lower-alpha 1]0—120
Tamaraceite 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF 14400—144
Hyderabad 2022–23 Indian Super League 2248[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 6]0315
East Bengal 2023–24 0000—00
Career total 129102011015011
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa del Rey
  2. Appearance(s) in Toto Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Israel State Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  6. Appearance(s) in play-offs for AFC Cup

References
  1. "Borja Herrera: "Estoy preparado para jugar en la UD"" [Borja Herrera: "I am ready to play in UD"] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. "Tres son los fichajes del mercado de invierno" [Three are the winter market signings] (in Spanish). CD Tudelano. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "Maikel, Jesús Álvaro y Borja Herrera se incorporan a Las Palmas Atlético" [Maikel, Jesús Álvaro and Borja Herrera join Las Palmas Atlético] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Borja Herrera, también dos años más de amarillo" [Borja Herrera, also two further years as amarillo] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. "Borja Herrera tendrá ficha y dorsal con el primer equipo" [Borja Herrera will have registration and jersey with the first team] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. "El Leganés toma el Gran Canaria y se asoma a Europa" [Las Palmas take Gran Canaria and head towards Europa] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. "Borja Herrera refuerza el lateral izquierdo" [Borja Herrera bolsters the left back] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. "Tres jugadores del Reus abandonan el club" [Three Reus players leave the club] (in Spanish). Sport. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. "Borja Herrera se pone la camiseta del Alba" [Borja Herrera puts the shirt of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. "המגן השמאלי בורחה הררה סיכם את תנאיו בנתניה - ישראל ספורט" [Left back Borja Herrera joins Maccabi Netanya] (in Hebrew). ISport. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  11. "Hyderabad FC sign versatile Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera". hyderabadfc.co.in. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  12. Borja Herrera at Soccerway
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