Melissa Herrera

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 Liga MX Femenil side Club Tijuana and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Melissa Herrera

Herrera with Costa Rica in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge[1]
Date of birth	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica[2]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Tijuana
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	AD Moravia
2016	F.C. Indiana
2017–2018	Santa Fe
2018–2021	Reims	29	(10)
2021–2023	Bordeaux	23	(2)
2023–	Tijuana	38	(6)
International career‡
2013–2015	Costa Rica U20	3	(1)
2014–	Costa Rica	26[3]	(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:02, 31 June 2023 (UTC)

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 Costa Rica U20 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] Herrera continued to play for Costa Rica in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7] She scored in their Group C match against Zambia.^[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 June 2015	Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada	South Korea	1–0	2–2	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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
9	1 September 2019	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Argentina	3–1	3–1	Friendly
10	29 January 2020	BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States	Panama	1–0	6–1	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
11				5–1
12	20 February 2022	Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	5–0	6–0	2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
13	31 July 2023	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Zambia	1–2	1–3	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
14	25 September 2023	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–0	11–0	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
15				10–0
16				11–0
17	4 December 2023	SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14–0	19–0

Honours

Costa Rica

• Central American Games: 2013

Individual

• Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month: March 2021,^[9] April 2021^[10]

References

1. "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 11 June 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 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
6. "Costa Rica late show denies Korea Republic". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
7. "Costa Rica's Melissa Herrera scores goal vs. Zambia in 47' | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". FOX Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
8. "Costa Rica 1-3 Zambia (31 Jul, 2023) Game Analysis". ESPN. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
9. "MELISSA HERRERA ÉLUE JOUEUSE DE MARS". 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
10. "JOUEUSE DU MOIS : LE DOUBLÉ POUR MELISSA HERRERA". 8 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

External links

• Melissa Herrera at Soccerway.com
• Melissa Herrera at WorldFootball.net
• Melissa Herrera at FBref.com
• Melissa Herrera at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
• Melissa Herrera – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile (in Spanish) at Fedefutbol