Mexican Eduardo Herrera announced his retirement from soccer as a professional player

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To your 33 years old Eduardo Herrera says goodbye to the soccer fields. It should be noted that he wore the colors of Santos, Pumas, Necaxa and Veracruz , had a spell with Rangers and wore the colors of the Mexican jersey.

Soccer player Eduardo Herrera decided to end his career on the pitch of game. The Mexican from 33 years he remained active with the Venados Fútbol Club de Yucatán, after wearing historic jerseys of the Aztec country league, including a spell in Scotland.

The player’s retirement was announced by him through his social networks. It should be noted that Eduardo Herrera did not win any title, however he lived through interesting moments in his career as an active soccer player. Despite how early his retirement may seem, the former player can tell that he wore important jerseys of more than one major in the Mexican league.

The gratitude of Eduardo Herrera

It should be noted that Eduardo Herrera was trained in the basic forces of the National University Club, and it was in the 2007 when he climbed to the first team. In 2015 he had some calls with Pumas Morelos of the First Division A, scoring 20 goals in a total of 89 meetings.

“With deep gratitude and satisfaction I want share with you that I have decided to close my stage as a professional soccer player”, the soccer player wrote on his Instagram account.

But the thanks did not stop there , Herrera also referred to all that s who believed in his throughout his career. “Thanks to all the coaches who trusted me, especially Memo Vázquez for allowing me to debut at Pumas. To Miguel Herrera for giving me the opportunity to represent my country and Pedro Caixinha for giving me the confidence I needed at Santos and later in Europe with Rangers”, he wrote.

Passed through the national team and Europe

Striker Eduardo Herrera wore the shirt of the Mexican national team for a total of nine games in which he managed to score three goals. In the same way, he played with the national team for the Copa América of the year 2015. The goals were scored in 2015 in a friendly against Paraguay and Guatemala was scored on two occasions.

His skills and good manners as a footballer led him to be part of one of Scotland’s historic teams, Glasgow Rangers, where he played a total of 24 matches since your arrival in 2017 and scored two goals.

In this way, a low-profile footballer retires but who had an interesting career within competitive clubs, scoring in friendlies with El Tri and with a brief stint in Europe in a club of a lot of history.

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