Melissa Herrera

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Melissa Herrera
Personal information
Full name Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica,[2]
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bordeaux
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016
2016 F.C. Indiana
2017–2018 Santa Fe
2018–2021 Reims 29 (10)
2021- Bordeaux 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2015 3 (1)
2014– Costa Rica 26[3] (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Monge.

Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge (born 10 October 1996), known as Melissa Herrera, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Club career[]

Herrera began her career by playing for AD Moravia in Costa Rica. Herrera then played in United Women's Soccer for FC Indiana for a short time in 2016. From May 2017 to July 2018 she played for Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe.

In July 2018, she moved to France to join Reims.

On 8 June 2021, it was announced that she had reached an agreement to sign for FC Girondins de Bordeaux.[4]

International career[]

She started playing with in 2013. She played all three of Costa Rica's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5] On 13 June 2015, during Costa Rica's second match in the tournament against South Korea, she scored the opening goal of the match which ended 2–2.[6]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 13 June 2015 Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada  South Korea
1–0
2–2
 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup [6]
2 13 February 2016 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Puerto Rico
3–0
9–0
 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
3 14 December 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil  Russia
1–2
1–3
 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
4 12 June 2018 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile  Chile
2–2
2–2
 Friendly
5 27 August 2018 IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, United States  El Salvador
1–0
 11–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
6
7–0
7
8–0
8 5 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Cuba
1–0
8–0
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship [7]
9 1 September 2019 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Argentina
3–1
3–1
 Friendly [8]
10 29 January 2020 BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States  Panama 1–0 6–1 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship [9]
11
5–1

Honours[]

Costa Rica

Winner

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Melissa Herrera en route vers Bordeaux". 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Costa Rica late show denies Korea Republic". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ Costa Rica arruinó el debut de Cuba en el CWC 2018
  8. ^ Cuadrangular Sudamericano: Argentina cayó con Costa Rica 3-1
  9. ^ Costa Rica v Panama

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