Yangel Herrera is a midfielder in Real Sociedad’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 La Liga season. He was born in La Guaira, Venezuela on 7 January 1998.
He began his senior career at Monagas in 2014, and he went on to play for Atlético Venezuela, New York City, Huesca and Granada. He joined Real Sociedad in 2025.
Herrera is a senior international for Venezuela, and he played for their youth teams on the way up.
Since his first senior season in 2014/15, Herrera has made 336 club appearances and scored 36 goals in all competitions for 8 clubs. His most productive season in front of goal was 2020/21, when he scored 8 times in 42 games for Granada. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 8 appearances for Real Sociedad. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.