Melissa Herrera

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

Honours Costa Rica Central American Games: 2013

Individual Première Ligue Player of the Month: March 2021, April 2021