Iván Rodrigo Herrera Muñoz (born 10 October 1985) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career A product of Huachipato, Herrera came to the club from Deportivo Lamiplanch, after playing in a youth championship. Along with Huachipato U17, he won the Juegos de la Araucanía Championship in 2003. He made his professional debut in 2005 versus Deportes La Serena. Since 2007, he played for many clubs in the Chilean footballsuch as Iberia, Naval, Deportes Melipilla, among other clubs. In addition, in 2009 he had a step with the Tecos B-team in the Liga Premier de México.
He is well-remembered by the Naval de Talcahuano fans after his two steps with the team.
In 2019 he joined Chapulineros de Oaxaca in the Serie B de México, also playing for the Football 7 team. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 he returned to Chile while he was a player of Chapulineros de Oaxaca.
Personal life He was nicknamed Pichunga since he was a child, due to the fact that he used to say Pichunga instead of Pichanga, an informal form to refer to a football game in Chile.
Since his step with Tecos B, he has a close friendship with the Mexican international goalkeeper José de Jesús Corona.
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