Charles-Jesaja Herrmann (born 8 February 2000) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club Waldhof Mannheim.

Career

In 2021, Herrmann moved to Belgian side

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from VfL Wolfsburg in the German

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, where he said "young players get a lot of opportunities here to develop themselves. I also had proposals from the

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, but I absolutely wanted to go to Belgium. I immediately noticed how more difficult the preparation is here than in Germany." On 24 July 2021, he debuted for Kortrijk in a 2–0 win over

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. On 14 July 2022, Herrmann was loaned to

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in the Netherlands. On 9 August 2023, Herrmann moved to

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club Waldhof Mannheim.

Personal life

Hermann is the son of the Ghanaian former footballer Charles Akonnor.

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* * * 2000 births German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers VfL Wolfsburg II players K.V. Kortrijk players NAC Breda players SV Waldhof Mannheim players Regionalliga players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Footballers from Kiel {{Germany-footy-forward-2000s-stub