Place of birth American Samoa Years Team Career start 2010 | Playing position Apps (Gls) | |
Full name Ismael D'Angelo Herrera Date of birth (1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 25) Current teams American Samoa national football team (Midfielder), PanSa East F.C. (Midfielder) | ||
Ismael D'Angelo Herrera (born 3 October 1991) is an association footballer from American Samoa. Herrera can play either as a midfielder or as a forward and currently plays for domestic club PanSa East FC. Ismael has also represented his country at U20 level and at the 2011 Pacific Games.
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Club career
Herrera currently plays for PanSa East FC, historically American Samoa's most successful club. He joined PanSa in 2010 and helped them reach the semi-final of the 2010 President's Cup, scoring the winner in the 1st round match against Tafuna Jets.
In August 2012 Herrera scored in PanSa's 3-2 ASFA Soccer League win over FC SKBC early in the 2012-13 season.
International career
Ismael was called up to American Samoa's U20 squad for their OFC U20 Championship matches against Fiji U20, Papua New Guinea U20 and Vanuatu U20. Herrera scored American Samoa's consolation goal in the 5-1 loss to Fiji. He was also yellow-carded in that match. Ismael wears the no.8 jersey for the U20 team.
He was also called up to American Samoa's 2011 Pacific Games squad, along with PanSa East team-mates Terence Sinapati, Travis Pita Sinapati and Pesamino Victor. Herrera made his debut in American Samoa's 4-0 loss to Tuvalu in their first game on 27 August 2011 and then made his second appearance in the 4-0 loss to Solomon Islands four days later. He then played in the 2-0 loss to Guam on 1 September 2011 and the 8-0 defeat to tournament hosts New Caledonia on 3 September 2011, before making his and American Samoa's final appearance of the tournament in the 8-0 loss to Vanuatu on 5 September. Herrera was an unused substitute in the 2–1 victory over Tonga on 22 November 2011, American Samoa's first ever win in international football.