Heriberto Herrera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Udrizar.

Heriberto Herrera

Heriberto Herrera with Juventus in 1967
Personal information
Full name	Heriberto Herrera Udrizar
Date of birth	(1926-04-24)24 April 1926
Place of birth	Guarambaré, Paraguay
Date of death	26 July 1996(1996-07-26) (aged 70)
Place of death	Asunción, Paraguay
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Teniente Fariño
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1953	Nacional (PY)
1953–1959	Atlético Madrid	74	(0)
International career
1953	Paraguay	5	(0)
1957	Spain	1	(0)
Managerial career
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
Medal record Representing  Paraguay Copa América Winner 1953 Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 and Valencia 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]

• Copa América: 1953

Manager

Juventus^[4]

• Serie A: 1966–67
• Coppa Italia: 1964–65

See also

• List of Spain international footballers born outside Spain

References

1. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. "Did you know that".
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External links

• Heriberto Herrera coaching stats at Juventus
• Fútbol en la Red profile