Name: Johnny Cristian Herrera Muñoz

Nickname: "Superboy"



Country: Chile
Club: Universidad de Chile
Shirt Number: 23, 25
Position: ★GK
Side: RF/BS
Age: 30-33 years (09/05/1981)

Height: 188 cm
Weight: 89 kg

Attack: 32
Defence: 84
Balance: 86
Stamina: 66
Top Speed: 68
Acceleration: 72
Response: 88
Agility: 70
Dribble Accuracy: 54
Dribble Speed: 49
Short Pass Accuracy: 63
Short Pass Speed: 66
Long Pass Accuracy: 65
Long Pass Speed: 67
Shot Accuracy: 48
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 46
Free Kick Accuracy: 53
Swerve: 46
Header: 54
Jump: 78
Technique: 55
Aggression: 65
Mentality: 80
Goalkeeper Skills: 84
Team work: 73

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 3
Weak Foot Frequency: 3
Consistency: 6 (2011-2012) | 5 (2013-2014)
Growth type: Late/Lasting

CARDS:
S11 - Penalty Saver

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Penalty Stopper

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence-Minded

INFO:
Johnny Herrera is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Angol, La Araucanía (09/05/1981), Herrera made his professional debut for Universidad de Chile in 1999, replacing the legendary blue goalkeeper Sergio "Superman" Vargas in a Superclásico against Colo-Colo. In 2000, he was the third-choice goalkeeper for the under-23 national team that won bronze at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, behind Nelson Tapia and Javier di Gregorio. By 2001, he began to alternate starting roles with Vargas, playing 14 matches in the local tournament (Vargas played 19). That same year, Herrera made his international club debut on July 25 in the Copa Mercosur against Palmeiras. By 2003, after the departure of the legendary Vargas, Herrera established himself as the starting goalkeeper for the club. In 2004, he became a club legend, helping Universidad de Chile defeat the two-time Chilean champion Cobreloa by saving a penalty in the final and winning the Chilean championship. In his first stint with "La U", he played 138 matches, winning four titles: three national leagues and one Copa Chile. In 2006, he was transferred to S.C. Corinthians Paulista, making his debut on March 2 against Ituano in a match valid for the Campeonato Paulista. However, two serious errors in the derby against São Paulo relegated him to the position of substitute goalkeeper. After leaving Brazil, Herrera played for Everton de Viña del Mar and later, in 2008, joined Audax Italiano, where he gradually revived his career. In 2010, he received a call from Universidad de Chile to return to the club where he began. Since his return to Universidad de Chile, he has won three consecutive national tournaments, three Copa Chile titles, one Supercopa de Chile, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana (the most important trophy in the club's history), the Torneo Apertura 2014, and the Torneo Clausura 2017. In the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, he holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak, conceding only two goals in twelve matches. This achievement earned him the Best South American Goalkeeper of the Year award, making him the third Chilean goalkeeper to receive this honor after Patricio Toledo in 1991 and Miguel Pinto in 2009. Herrera has won a total of thirteen official titles at the club level, twelve with Universidad de Chile (one with Everton), making him the player with the most titles in the club's history and one of its main references in recent years and throughout history. Additionally, at the international level, he has won two trophies: the Copa América 2015 and the Copa América Centenario.

His first call-up to the senior national team was in 2002, making his debut for the national team on April 17 in a friendly match away against Turkey (0-2). Three years later, he played another friendly for Chile in a 3-0 loss away against Peru. Years later, during his peak playing for Universidad de Chile between 2011 and 2012, Herrera curiously did not receive nominations from Claudio Borghi, the coach of the Chilean national team at that time. The media generally referred to an internal dispute between them, but with Borghi's departure in December 2012, the situation changed in Herrera's favor. After almost 5 years of absence, Herrera was reconsidered by Jorge Sampaoli (his former coach at Universidad de Chile), who eventually took over the national team over Borghi. He received his first call-up from Sampaoli for friendly matches against Senegal and Haiti in January 2013, where it was announced that Herrera would play against Senegal, rotating duties with Christopher Toselli. However, he played both matches, which were 2-1 and 3-0 victories respectively. On March 5, 2014, Herrera played his seventh match for Chile against Germany at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, tasked with replacing Claudio Bravo due to an injury. However, he played well, as did all his teammates, in a closely contested match that ended with a 1-0 loss to Germany, who would go on to win the World Cup three months later. His last call-up for the Chilean national football team was on November 21, 2018, in a friendly match played at the Estadio Germán Becker in Temuco, ahead of the 2019 Copa América, where they won 4-1 against the Honduras national football team.