Ozziel Herrera
Mexican footballer (born 2001)
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Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales (born 25 May 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.[2]
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Herrera with Tigres UANL] in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigres UANL | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014 | Pachuca | ||
| 2016–2018 | Atlas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Atlas | 89 | (10) |
| 2023– | Tigres UANL | 101 | (19) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Mexico U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Mexico | 7 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2023 | |||
Early life
Herrera was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa to Afro-Cuban Olympic runner, Héctor Herrera, and a Mexican mother. His father began his career in Mexico as a personal trainer at the age of 22 years old in the Institute of Sinaloense Sports.[3]
Club career
Youth
Herrera joined Pachuca's youth academy in 2014. Then moving on to Club Atlas Academy in 2016 where he managed settle down. He continued through Atlas Youth Academy successfully going through U-15, U-17, and U-20. Until finally reaching the first team to debut in Liga MX, Ángel Guillermo Hoyos being the coach giving Herrera the opportunity to join the first team.[4]
Atlas
Herrera made his professional debut in Liga MX against Monterrey in which ended in a 3–1 loss, where he subbed in the last 20 minutes of the game.
Tigres UANL
On 24 July 2023, Herrera joined Tigres UANL on a permanent transfer.
International career
Youth
In October 2021, Herrera made his under-21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania under-21 national team.[5] He was called up by Raúl Chabrand to participate with the under-21 team at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament,[6] where Mexico finished the tournament in third place.[7]
Senior
As a dual Mexican-Cuban national, Herrera was eligible to play for the national team of both countries. In mid April 2023, he was called up to Mexico's senior national team for a friendly match against the United States.[8] Herrera made his senior debut for Mexico on April 19, 2023, in a friendly against the United States entering in the 86th minute substituting Roberto de la Rosa.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 13 May 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlas | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 6 | – | 4[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 38 | 7 | |||
| Total | 89 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 11 | ||
| Tigres UANL | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 34 | 7 | – | 6[b] | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | 42 | 8 | |
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 123 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 143 | 19 | ||
- Appearance in Supercopa de la Liga MX
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- Appearance in Campeones Cup
- Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
- As of match played 2 July 2023[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Atlas
Tigres UANL
Mexico
