Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Agüera. In this spanish name, the beginning or parental surname isand the second or maternal syndicate list is Ander Herrera Agüera ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈandeɾ eˈreɾa aˈɣweɾa ] ; born 14 August 1989 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
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He began his career at Real Zaragoza, before moving to Athletic Bilbao in 2011 and then to Manchester United for €36 million in 2014. With the English cabaret, he won the FA Cup, FA Community Shield, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League ( where he was named man of the equal in the contest Final ), and was named as their actor of the year for the 2016–17 season. He moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2019, winning the domestic quadruple and starting in the UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich in his first season, where PSG lost 1–0. He has besides won tournaments with Spain at under-20 and under-21 tied and represented the state at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his elder international introduction in November 2016 .
Club career [edit ]
zaragoza [edit ]
Born in Bilbao, Basque Country, [ 5 ] Herrera began his career at Real Zaragoza and made his professional introduction in the Segunda División in the 2008–09 temper. He made 19 appearances that season as the Aragonese club made an immediate reappearance to La Liga. He made his top-flight introduction on 29 August 2009, in a 1–0 home acquire against CD Tenerife. [ 6 ] During the 2009–10 crusade, Herrera was one of Zaragoza ‘s most exploited players as the club managed to retain its top-flight condition. He scored his first league finish on 6 December, but in a 4–1 off kill to RCD Mallorca. [ 7 ] In 2010–11, Herrera continued to feature regularly for Zaragoza, under both José Aurelio Gay and his successor Javier Aguirre. [ citation needed ]
athletic Bilbao [edit ]
On 7 February 2011, he agreed to join Athletic Bilbao on a five-year condense for a reported €7.5 million effective as of 1 July. Buyout clauses were set at €36 million in his beginning three seasons and €40 million in the remainder. [ 8 ] Herrera made his official debut for Athletic Bilbao on 18 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Trabzonspor in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. He appeared in 54 official matches and scored four goals in his foremost season with the Basque golf club, who reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey and the Europa League. In his third gear and concluding temper he played 33 league games as Athletic qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first base time in 16 years. [ citation needed ]
manchester United [edit ]
2014–15 season [edit ]
Herrera was the subject of a £ 24 million volunteer from Manchester United in August 2013, but the wish was rejected by Athletic Bilbao. [ 9 ] A year belated, Manchester United tried to sign him again. On 26 June 2014, Athletic announced on their official web site that they had rejected a €36 million ( £28.85 million ) bid from Manchester United for Herrera. [ 10 ] Athletic Bilbao belated confirmed that Herrera had activated his buyout clause, allowing United to sign him. [ 11 ] Manchester United announced on the same day they had completed the sign of Herrera on a four-year condense, pending the receipt of an International Transfer Certificate. [ 12 ] Herrera made his introduction in the open game of the Premier League season on 16 August, a 2–1 family kill to Swansea City. He played 67 minutes before being substituted for Marouane Fellaini. [ 13 ] Herrera picked up an injury during educate and miss Manchester United ‘s following two games against Sunderland and Burnley. [ 14 ] In his first base game back after returning from injury, against Queens Park Rangers on 14 September 2014, he scored his first goal for the club and made an help as Manchester United won the plot 4–0. [ 15 ] He scored again in United ‘s following bet on, flicking in Ángel Di María ‘s nip with his heel in their 5–3 frustration to newly promoted Leicester City on 21 September. [ 16 ] Herrera scored his first base FA Cup finish with a dipping campaign in a third polish necktie against Yeovil Town on 4 January 2015. [ 17 ] Herrera followed his cup finish against Yeovil with an important equal goal against Preston North End in the FA Cup one-fifth round ; United would go on to win the tie 3–1 and progress to the quarter concluding stage. [ 18 ] Herrera started a Premier League plot for the foremost time since 2 December against Swansea City, scoring United ‘s entirely finish – his one-fifth of the season – in a 2–1 get the better of. [ 19 ] On 4 April, Herrera scored the first brace of his career to help United pulse Aston Villa 3–1 ; he was besides named man of the match for his performances. [ 20 ]
2015–16 season [edit ]
On 26 August 2015, in his first starting signal of the season, he provided an assist for Wayne Rooney ‘s second goal and scored the fourth goal in a 4–0 win ( 7–1 aggregate ) over belgian english Club Brugge in the second peg of their Champions League play-off. [ 21 ] He scored his moment goal of the season from the penalty blot in Manchester United ‘s 3–1 home succeed over Liverpool on 12 September. [ 22 ] His good form continued with a valet of the Match performance in a 3–0 winnings against Everton at Goodison Park, in which he scored United ‘s moment – heading in from a Marcos Rojo cross, and assisting Rooney ‘s goal in the 2nd Half. [ 23 ] On 25 February 2016, Herrera scored his first european finish at Old Trafford – a powerfully converted penalty in the latter stages of a 5–1 defeat of FC Midtjylland, in the Round of 32 of the Europa League. [ 24 ] Later that week, on 28 February, Herrera scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory over Arsenal. [ 25 ] On 23 April, Herrera featured in United ‘s triumph in the FA Cup Semi-final over Everton at Wembley ; on as an 87th-minute stand-in for Marouane Fellaini with the score tied at 1–1, Herrera played a one-two with Anthony Martial, sending the Frenchman through on goal to score a dramatic injury-time winner to seal a 2–1 acquire and air United through to the final. [ 26 ] United went on to beat Crystal Palace 2–1 in the final, securing the cup and Herrera ‘s inaugural major honor with United. [ 27 ]
2016–17 season [edit ]
Herrera ( left ) playing for Manchester United in 2017 Herrera ‘s role initially remained limited to substitute appearances under fresh director, José Mourinho, with Fellaini preferred in midfield aboard worldly concern phonograph record sign Paul Pogba. Herrera did, however, start in United ‘s League Cup third round tie versus Northampton Town, and punctually registered his inaugural goal of the 2016–17 crusade in his slope ‘s 3–1 victory. [ 28 ] He was subsequently retained in the starting line-up for the Premier League game against champions Leicester City, and helped his side cross-file a comfortable 4–1 win. [ 29 ] Herrera was roundly lauded for his performances both against Leicester City and in the games that followed, and was named homo of the match for helping Manchester United restrict free-scoring Liverpool to a 0–0 draw at Anfield. [ 30 ] On 26 February, he was named in the depart eleven for the 2017 EFL Cup Final gain against Southampton at Wembley Stadium, and contributed an assist for Zlatan Ibrahimović ‘s second gear goal of the match which gave United a 3–2 lead and finally proved to be the win goal and secured Herrera ‘s second base major trophy with United. [ 31 ] Having been sent off against Chelsea on 13 March at Stamford Bridge in their FA Cup quarter-final pit, [ 32 ] he turned IN a valet of the match display on 16 April against the lapp team at Old Trafford in the Premier League by shackling Eden Hazard, [ 33 ] assisting Marcus Rashford for the first goal, then himself getting on the scoresheet with the second goal for a 2–0 win which kept United in the hunt for a top-four polish and extended their unbeaten run to twenty-two matches. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] On 18 May 2017, Herrera was presented with the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award. [ 36 ] After helping Manchester United win the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final on 24 May, Herrera was awarded the crippled ‘s man of the meet award, which he dedicated to victims of the Manchester Arena bombing that occurred a few days earlier. [ 37 ]
2017–18 season [edit ]
Herrera ‘s chances of playing looked to be diminishing with the arrival of Nemanja Matić, but he remained with the team and fight for his position. On 26 January 2018, he scored his beginning goal of the season in a 4–0 FA Cup fourthly round off gain against Yeovil Town. [ 38 ] On 21 April, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. [ 39 ]
2018–19 temper [edit ]
Following the November external break, Herrera was part of Manchester United ‘s starting football team to play Southampton. The match saw Herrera score his beginning goal of the season, being the equalizer in the 2–2 draw. [ 40 ] Herrera besides started in United ‘s wednesday game against Arsenal where he scored the help for United ‘s first goal by Martial. [ 41 ] Herrera started in United ‘s beginning catch with Ole Gunnar Solskjær as director, which saw Herrera score the second goal of the pit which saw United beat Cardiff City 5–1. [ 42 ] On 18 February 2019, Herrera scored the first in a 2–0 win over Chelsea, securing United ‘s place in the sixth round of the FA Cup. [ 43 ] On 1 March, Herrera was announced as Manchester United ‘s February musician of the calendar month. [ 44 ] On 11 May 2019, it was confirmed that Herrera would be leaving United at the conclusion of the season. [ 45 ]
Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]
On 4 July 2019, Herrera had signed a five-year narrow with Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain ( PSG ). [ 46 ] On 14 September, he made his league debut for PSG, coming on as a stand-in for Pablo Sarabia in a 1–0 succeed over Strasbourg. [ 47 ] Herrera scored his first finish for the club in a 4–4 league draw against Amiens on 15 February 2020. [ 48 ] In his first season at PSG, Herrera won the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, and was runner-up in the UEFA Champions League. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In his second season in Paris, Herrera scored one goal in 45 matches as the club won the Coupe de France, the Trophée des Champions, and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] On 11 September 2021, Herrera scored a pair in a 4–0 league gain over Clermont, the second brace of his career. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Four days late, he scored his first base Champions League goal in the rival proper, a low-driven, left-footed shoot from the middle of the penalty area in a 1–1 puff against Club Brugge. [ 56 ] [ 57 ]
International career [edit ]
Herrera was a extremity of the Spain under-20 team which won gold in football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy. [ 58 ] Herrera was selected by spanish under-21 bus Luis Milla to the 2011 UEFA european Under-21 Championship in Denmark. On 12 June, in the group stage undoer against England, he scored a controversial goal in an eventual 1–1 draw. [ 59 ] In the final examination against Switzerland, through another header, Herrera netted the first goal in an eventual 2–0 win in Aarhus. [ 60 ] He played for Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [ 61 ] He received his first aged call-up on 3 October 2016, for 2018 World Cup qualification fixtures against Italy and Albania, but did not feature in either bet on. [ 62 ] He made his senior international introduction against England, at Wembley Stadium, on 15 November 2016, coming on as a second-half utility in a 2–2 trace. [ 63 ]
expressive style of play [edit ]
During his time at Manchester United, Herrera ‘s style of play led to comparisons with Paul Scholes [ 64 ] [ 65 ] and he was even praised by Scholes himself as the baseball club ‘s best sign of the 2014 summer transfer window. [ 66 ] He is a contentious, box-to-box midfielder, known for his assured passage and eminent energy on the field, [ 67 ] angstrom well as his bowel movement, tactical intelligence, ability to read the crippled, [ 68 ] [ 69 ] and technique, attributes which allow him to be deployed in respective midfield positions, including as number six, as a number eight, or as issue ten-spot. [ 70 ]
personal liveliness [edit ]
Herrera ‘s father, Pedro María, was besides a football player and a midfielder. He besides played for Real Zaragoza, a well as for Celta de Vigo, and at both clubs served as general coach. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Herrera has two children with his wife Isabel Collado. [ 73 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 6 November 2021[74][55]
International [edit ]
- As of match played 28 March 2017[75]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Spain
2016
1
0
2017
1
0
Total
2
0
Honours [edit ]
Manchester United
Paris Saint-Germain
Spain U20
Spain U21
Individual
References [edit ]
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