Yangel Herrera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herreraand the second or maternal family name is Ravelo.

Yangel Ravelo

Herrera with Venezuela U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo [1]
Date of birth	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	La Guaira, Venezuela
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Real Sociedad
Number	12
Youth career
	Monagas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Atlético Venezuela	32	(3)
2017–2023	Manchester City	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ New York City (loan)	38	(1)
2019	→ Huesca (loan)	16	(0)
2019–2021	→ Granada (loan)	62	(5)
2021–2022	→ Espanyol (loan)	23	(1)
2022–2023	→ Girona (loan)	20	(2)
2023–2025	Girona	60	(9)
2025–	Real Sociedad	2	(0)
International career‡
2015	Venezuela U17	4	(2)
2017–2018	Venezuela U20	15	(3)
2016–	Venezuela	43	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo (born 7 January 1998) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Venezuela national team. ^[2]

Club career

Herrera started his club career at Monagas SC before moving to Atlético Venezuela in 2016. ^[3]

Manchester City

Loan to New York City

On 31 January 2017 it was confirmed that Herrera had signed for Manchester City. ^[4] Herrera was immediately sent to New York City on a two-year loan. ^{[5] [6]} He made his debut on 12 March, as a substitute in a 4–0 win over D.C. United. ^[7]

Loan to Huesca

Following the conclusion of his two-year stay at New York City, Herrera was loaned to La Liga side Huesca for the last six months of the 2018–19 season. ^[8]

Loan to Granada

On 26 July 2019, Herrera was loaned to Granada for the 2019–20 season. ^[9] On 30 August 2020, his loan was extended for the 2020–21 season. ^[10]

Loan to Espanyol

On 31 August 2021, Herrera moved to fellow La Liga side Espanyol on a one-year loan deal. ^[11]

Girona

On 2 August 2022, Herrera joined newly promoted side Girona, on a season-long loan. ^[12] He made his debut for the club on the first matchday of the 2022–23 season in a 1–0 away loss to Valencia. ^[13] On 7 January 2023, he scored his first goal for Girona, securing a late 2–2 equalizer against his former club Espanyol. ^[14]

On 14 July 2023, Herrera signed a permanent four-year contract with Girona. ^[15]

Real Sociedad

On 1 September 2025, Herrera moved to Real Sociedad also in the Spanish top tier on a five-year deal. ^[16]

International career

Herrera in action with Venezuela against the United States on 9 June 2019

Herrera made his international debut for the Venezuela national team on 10 October 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 loss to Brazil. ^[17]

Herrera was named captain of the Venezuela U20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. He scored the only goal, in the 108th minute of their Round of 16 win over Japan. ^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 October 2025 ^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monagas	2014–15	Venezuelan Segunda División	19	4	4	0	—		—		23	4
	2015	Venezuelan Segunda División	16	5	2	0	—		—		18	5
	Total		35	9	6	0	—		—		41	9
Atlético Venezuela	2016	Venezuelan Primera División	32	3	1	0	—		—		33	3
New York City (loan)	2017	MLS	20	1	0	0	—		—		20	1
	2018	MLS	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		38	1	0	0	—		—		38	1
Huesca (loan)	2018–19	La Liga	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
Granada (loan)	2019–20	La Liga	30	2	6	0	—		—		36	2
	2020–21	La Liga	32	3	2	0	8 [b]	5	—		42	8
	Total		62	5	8	0	8	5	—		78	10
Espanyol (loan)	2021–22	La Liga	23	1	0	0	—		—		23	1
Girona (loan)	2022–23	La Liga	20	2	0	0	—		—		20	2
Girona	2023–24	La Liga	29	5	2	0	—		—		31	5
	2024–25	La Liga	29	4	0	0	4 [c]	0	—		33	4
	2025–26	La Liga	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		61	9	2	0	4	0	0	0	67	9
Real Sociedad	2025–26	La Liga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			288	30	17	0	12	5	0	0	317	35

1. Includes Copa Venezuela, Copa del Rey
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 10 June 2025 ^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Venezuela	2016	1	0
	2017	5	1
	2018	2	0
	2019	10	1
	2020	3	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	7	0
	2025	3	0
Total		43	3

Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Herrera goal.

List of international goals scored by Yangel Herrera

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2017	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	10 October 2019	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela	Bolivia	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3	19 June 2023	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, United States	Guatemala	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Monagas

• Venezuelan Segunda División: 2015

Venezuela U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2017
• South American Youth Football Championship third place: 2017

Venezuela

• Kirin Cup: 2019 ^{[21] [22]}

Individual

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Bronze Ball: 2017 ^[23]

References

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2. de Menezes, Jack (February 2017). "Manchester City make surprise double-deadline day signing to swoop for Yangel Herrera and Nabil Touaizi" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
3. "Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
4. "Manchester City complete the signing of Yangel Herrera from Atlético Venezuela". City Watch. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. Smith, Jonathan (15 February 2017). "Manchester City loan Yangel Herrera to New York City FC for 2017 season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. @GlennCrooks (27 November 2017). "Regarding Yangel Herrera, just..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. Araos, Christian (12 March 2017). "NYCFC Runs Over, Around and Through D.C. United". Empire of Soccer. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
8. "Yangel Herrera, talento para el mediocentro" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
9. "Comunicado | Yangel Herrera se une al Granada CF como cedido" [Announcement | Yangel Herrera joins Granada CF on loan] (in Spanish). Granada CF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
10. "Acuerdo con el Manchester City para la cesión de Yangel Herrera" [Agreement with Manchester City for the loan of Yangel Herrera] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
11. "Yangel Herrera, incorporación para el centro del campo" [Yangel Herrera, addition for the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
12. "Yangel Herrera s'incorpora al Girona FC" [Yangel Herrea joins Girona FC]. Girona FC (in Catalan). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
13. Pico, Diego (14 August 2022). "El Valencia gana con el espíritu Gattuso". MARCA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
14. Molero, Iván (7 January 2023). "Yangel asfixia al Espanyol". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
15. "Yangel Herrera, blanc-i-vermell fins al 2027" [Yangel Herrera, white-and-red until 2027] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
16. "Real Sociedad sign Yangel Herrera". Real Sociedad. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
17. "Brazil beat Venezuela to go top of South American group". Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
18. Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2017). "NYCFC's Yangel Herrera credits Vieira, Pirlo for Under-20 World Cup success". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
19. Yangel Herrera at Soccerway . Retrieved 2 August 2022.
20. "Venezuela - y. Herrera - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
21. "Japan vs. Venezuela". Soccerway. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
22. "Samurai Blue lose final home match of the year 1-4 against Venezuela - Kirin Challenge Cup 2019". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
23. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.

External links

• Yangel Herrera at BDFutbol
• Yangel Herrera at National-Football-Teams.com
• Yangel Herrera at Soccerway