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

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)
2017New York Cosmos (loan) 13 (2)
2017–2018FAS (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

Club career

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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

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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

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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

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Santa Tecla

References

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  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)
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