Heriberto Herrera
 Heriberto Herrera with Juventus in 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Heriberto Herrera Udrizar | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Guarambaré, Paraguay | ||
| Date of death | 26 July 1996 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Teniente Fariño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Nacional (PY) | |||
| 1952–1959 | Atlético Madrid | 74 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Paraguay | 5 | (0) | |
| 1957 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1959 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1960–1961 | Tenerife | ||
| 1961–1962 | Granada | ||
| 1962 | Valladolid | ||
| 1962–1963 | Español | ||
| 1963–1964 | Elche | ||
| 1964–1969 | Juventus | ||
| 1969–1971 | Internazionale | ||
| 1971–1973 | Sampdoria | ||
| 1974–1975 | Atalanta | ||
| 1975–1976 | Las Palmas | ||
| 1976–1977 | Valencia | ||
| 1978 | Español | ||
| 1978–1979 | Elche | ||
| 1982 | Las Palmas | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Heriberto Herrera Udrizar (24 April 1926 – 26 July 1996) was a footballer and manager who played international football for both Paraguay and Spain as a defender.[1]
Career[]
Herrera played for Club Nacional of Paraguay and for several Spanish teams. While playing for the Paraguay national football team he led the team to win the 1953 Copa América against Brazil and was named the best player of the tournament. He later played one game for the Spain national football team in 1957.
As a coach, he managed Spanish teams (Elche CF and Valencia CF among them) and Italian teams Juventus and Inter Milan.
He coached Juventus from 1964 to 1969, winning one scudetto in the 1966–67 season and one Coppa Italia in the 1964–65 season. Herrera ranks fourth in most games as a Juventus coach with 162 (Giovanni Trapattoni is first with 402 games).[2]
As the coach of Internazionale, he led the team to a second-place finish in the 1969–70 Serie A season.
Biography[]
Herrera was born in Guarambaré. He died in Asunción in 1996.
Honours[]
Player[]
- Paraguay[3]
Manager[]
- Juventus[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Did you know that".
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External links[]
Paraguay squad – 1953 South American Championship winners (1st title) | ||
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| South American Nations Championship Player of the tournament |
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| Copa América Player of the tournament | |
Messi was given the 2015 award, but rejected it. | |
- 1926 births
- 1996 deaths
- People from Guarambaré
- Paraguayan footballers
- Spanish footballers
- Paraguayan emigrants to Spain
- Paraguay international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Club Nacional footballers
- Paraguayan football managers
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Serie A managers
- Juventus F.C. managers
- Inter Milan managers
- La Liga managers
- Rayo Vallecano managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- Granada CF managers
- Real Valladolid managers
- RCD Espanyol managers
- Elche CF managers
- UD Las Palmas managers
- Valencia CF managers
- Expatriate football managers in Italy
- Paraguayan expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Association football defenders