Daphne Melissa Herrera Monge (born 10 October 1996), known as Melissa Herrera, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Les Marseillaises and the Costa Rica women's national team.
Club career Herrera went through the youth ranks of Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, and played her first senior career season there. She then joined AD Moravia in Costa Rica, too. 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.
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. 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. Herrera continued to play for Costa Rica in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She scored in their Group C match against Zambia.
International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 13 June 2015 Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 13 February 2016 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 3 14 December 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus 4 12 June 2018 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Friendly 5 27 August 2018 IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, United States 11–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification 6 7 8 5 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship 9 1 September 2019 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil Friendly 10 29 January 2020 BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States 1–0 6–1 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 11 12 20 February 2022 Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 5–0 6–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification13 31 July 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand 1–2 1–3 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup14 25 September 2023 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica 2–0 11–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification15 10–016 11–017 4 December 2023 SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 14–0 19–018 10 April 2026 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica 13–0 21–0 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
Honours Costa Rica Central American Games: 2013
Individual Première Ligue Player of the Month: March 2021, April 2021
See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps
References
External links
Profile at Fedefutbol