“I always wanted to go back to Porto”

The Mexican International Hector Herreracurrent player of Houston Dynamo of MLS, confirmed today that he still has “hope” to one day return to Portobecause this is the club where he lived “the best years and the best moments” of his career.

In an interview given to ‘or play games‘, Herrera remembers his successful period in the blue and white club. “It was Porto that gave me everything, that pushed me to play in Europe, grow as a player and have the career I have,” the Mexican told the Portuguese newspaper.

“I experienced the best moment of my career”

For this reason, “returning to Porto is something I will look for and think about. I always want to come back”, because “it was in Portugal where I spent the best years and the best moments of my career”.

However, he admitted that his return is “a long way off”, but assured that he is not losing “hope to return one day”.

Hector Herrera32, came to the dragons in 2013 from Pachuca Mexican and in the north of Portugal until 2019, the year in which he even acquired Portuguese nationality.

245 games with the Dragons

During that time he scored 35 goals in 245 games and was one of the most outstanding team that sought to regain the hegemony of Portuguese football lost in Benfica.

His most memorable goal for the blue and white fans was certainly at home Benficain a game in the final stages of the 2017/2018 season, a powerful shot in the 90th minute that put Porto ahead of the League they will win.

“I think it’s the best goal of my career and certainly the most important,” he declared. Herrera in the Portuguese newspaper.

Little regularity at Atlético

After his tour of Portugal, he spent two and a half years in Atletico Madridbut there is Diego Simeone He did not achieve the same regularity as in the Portuguese lands.

In 2022 he left the Spanish capital for MLS to sign for Houston Dynamo American, where he wants to “do a good job and help the team become a contender”.