Born in
Gijón,
Asturias as the youngest of eight siblings, Herrerita played youth football with local
Sporting de Gijón. In 1933 he moved to the professionals, joining neighbouring
Real Oviedo for a then-record 30.000
pesetas and finishing
his first season in
La Liga with 11 goals in only 18 games. During the better part of the following 15 years, Herrerita would be part of an attacking line that would be dubbed
Delanteras Eléctricas (Electric Forwards), also including the likes of Casuco, Emilín, Ricardo Gallart and
Isidro Lángara. The players combined for an astonishing 174 goals in 62 matches in their first three seasons together. The competition was resumed in
1939–40 following the
Spanish Civil War, but Oviedo could not take part in the tournament due to the state in which
the city was left after the conflict. Thus, Herrera and Emilín signed for
FC Barcelona for that campaign, with the
Catalans only ranking in ninth place. Returned to Oviedo, Herrerita continued to feature and score regularly for the team, helping it to four five-place finishes from 1943 to 1949. In
the latter season, he netted 12 goals in only 15 contests, but featured only twice in
the following year as the
Carbayones eventually suffered relegation; in 13 years, he appeared in 270 official games for his main side. In 1950, Herrerita returned to his first club Sporting, playing
one season in
Segunda División and retiring afterwards. Subsequently, he acted as assistant manager with Oviedo, and died on 15 August 1991 at the age of 77. ==International career==