Carl Herrera

Carl Víctor Herrera Alleyne (born December 14, 1966), nicknamed "Amigo", is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets' National Basketball Association (NBA) championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the first Venezuelan to ever play in the NBA.

Basketball career Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Herrera grew up playing basketball at colegio Simón Bolívar in San José, a suburb of Venezuela's capital Caracas. From the age of 16 he played in Venezuela's top flight for the Bravos de Portuguesa. In 1984, he was named Rookie of the Year in the LPB league. He participated in the 1992 Olympic Games, as well as in the World Championships 1990 and 2002. In 1991, he won the South America Championship with Venezuela.

In December 2014, he was wounded during a shooting at Margarita Island, which was described as an "apparent robbery attempt". Herrera was taken into intensive care.