Søren Hermansen

Søren Hermansen
Personal information
Full name Søren Hermansen
Date of birth (1970-09-07) 7 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Aarhus, Denmark
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Denmark U16 (head coach)
Youth career
Skovbakken
AGF
Aarhus Fremad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Aarhus Fremad 63 (44)
1998–2000 Lyngby 53 (27)
2000–2003 Mechelen 24 (7)
2003–2005 Þróttur 34 (17)
Managerial career
2005–2008 Vanløse (assistant)
2008–2009 Skovlunde
2009–2011 Frem U17
2011–2017 Lyngby U17
2015 Lyngby (caretaker)
2017–2018 Denmark U18
2017–2018 Denmark U16
2018–2019 Denmark U17
2019– Denmark U16
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Søren Hermansen (born 7 September 1970) is a Danish professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is manager of the Denmark national under-16 team.[1]

Playing career

During his active career, he started as a youth player for hometown clubs Skovbakken and AGF before helping Aarhus Fremad reach promotion to the Danish Superliga.[2] In 1998, he signed with Lyngby Boldklub before moving to Mechelen in Belgium.[3] After three tumultuous seasons there where he was demoted to the reserves and did not receive months worth of pay,[4] he ended his career in Iceland with Þróttur where he played for two years.[5] He scored 75 goals in all Danish divisions during his tenures for Fremad and Lyngby.[2]

Coaching career

After his active playing career, Hermansen started coaching local Copenhagen-clubs Vanløse and Skovlunde,[6] before becoming a renowned youth manager, having coached Lyngby U17 as well as various national youth teams.

References

  1. ^ Kjems Hansen, Torsten. "Søren Hermansen ny ung-landstræner". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Søren Hermansen tilbage på vangen – Aarhus Fremad Fodbold". Aarhus Fremad (in Danish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ Reyes, Marco de los (12 April 2000). "Søren Hermansen tæt på Mechelen". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Søren Hermansen låst fast i Mechelen til 2004". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 26 October 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Sören Hermansen fantagóður framherji sem skoraði 18 mörk i 38 leikjum timabilin 2003 og 2094, hefur verið ráðinn þ…". Twitter. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ^ Houman, Tim S.L. (5 August 2008). "Skovlunde IFs stabilisator". Ballerup Bladet (in Danish). 97 (32): 12. Retrieved 1 May 2022.