Emanuel Herrera

Emanuel Herrera (, born 13 April 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División side Ñublense as a striker.

He played in the youth ranks of Rosario Central for six years, but never debuted with the first team.

He was then loaned to Chacarita Juniors, Sportivo Italiano and Patronato in the Argentine second division.

A lack of options in his country led him to look for opportunities in Chile, where he accepted the offer of Deportes Concepción.

In the Chilean team, he consolidated himself as a starter and, after a great 2011 season where he scored 29 goals in 39 matches, he was signed by Unión Española.

On 26 February 2011, Herrera made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Deportes Puerto Montt on the opening game of the season.

On 5 March 2011, Herrera scored his first goal for the club against Lota Schwager.

After 9 games without scoring, Herrera scored twice in a 4–1 win over Everton de Viña del Mar on 8 May 2011.

29 May 2011, Herrera scored twice in a 2–2 draw against C.S.D. Rangers.

Herrera began scoring for the three weeks with a double against Club de Deportes Copiapó, Deportes Naval and San Marcos de Arica.

After scoring 11 goals in the first half of the season, Herrera was able to be joint-top scorer along with Claudio Latorre, Ariel Roberto Pereyra and Cristian Milla.

Following the club lost in the final last year to Deportes Iquique, the club faced Club Universidad de Chile whether to take the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana.

In the first leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana in Club Deportes Concepció stadium, Herrera scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Club Universidad de Chile on 27 July 2011.

In the second leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana Club Universidad de Chile (host) won 2–0, eliminating Club Deportes Concepción out of the Copa Sudamericana.

Despite the club lose the spot in the Copa Sudamericana, Herrera played strong in the league scoring 11 goal, being the scorer of the tournament.

Towards the end of the season, Herrera scored 16 goals, tallying up in total of 27.

But the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion and placed third in the league, just two points behind Deportes Naval.

After the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion, it confirmed the transfer on 13 December 2011 that Herrera will join Chilean Primera División side Unión Española, signing a five-year deal.

Despite being there for only half a season, he managed to be the 2012 Torneo Apertura top scorer and to score five times in the 2012 Copa Libertadores.

This caught the interest of Montpellier, which paid $3.5 million for him.

On 25 January 2012, Herrera officially made his debut for the club in the Copa Libertadores First Stage of the first leg against Tigres and on 2 February 2012, he scored the first goal for the club in the match in the second leg which was 2–2, going through to the group stage.

In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera would score 4 more against Junior de Barranquilla, Club Bolívar (scored again) and Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (all four goals come in the group stage).

Herrera then provided assists in the Copa Libertadores in both leg against Boca Juniors which in both games lost.

In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera entered in the competition scoring 5 goals in 10 games.

In the opening season of Chilean Primera División, Herrera scored on his debut in a 2–0 win over Audax Italiano on 29 January 2012.

After 3 games without scoring, Herrera scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on 26 February 2012 and scored in the next game on 3 March 2012 in a 3–1 win over C.D. Palestino which followed by the next game on 10 March 2012 in a 3–1 loss against C.D. Huachipato.

On 24 March 2012, Herrera scored twice and setting up a goal for Fernando Cordero in a 5–2 win over Deportes La Serena.

On 7 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Mauro Díaz in a 4–2 win over Colo-Colo.

On 21 April 2012, Herrera scored in a 2–2 draw against Santiago Wanderers.

On 28 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Braulio Leal in a 4–1 win over C.D. Universidad de Concepción.

After scoring 10 goals in the regular season, Unión Española won the qualification for the final round to be in fifth place.

In the Play-Offs Primera División Apertura Quarter Final first leg against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Cordero in a 3–1 win which the second leg was 1–1 draw.

At the end of Campeonato Apertura, Herrera was a joint-top scorer Sebastián Ubilla.

During his time at Unión Española, Herrera earned the nickname 'El Tanque' due to his physical, dribbler and rather fast, it has the characteristic mark of the essential goals of the right foot.

He stayed in the French team for two seasons, but after an irregular start to the 2013–14 campaign he was loaned to Tigres, where he played for a semester and won the Copa MX.

Herrera was born in Rosario.

Herrera began his football career at Chacarita Juniors.

At 21, and without being able to impose in the first team, he left his first club Chacarita Juniors and was transferred to Sportivo Italiano in Buenos Aires but his stay in Buenos Aires where move to Patronato.

His three seasons in Argentina are a failure with only 16 games in total without a goal.

Herrera move to Chile by joining Concepción with the help of his agent.