Chris Hermansen (born 23 January 1975) is a retired

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player, who most notably won the 1999

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with

Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1. The club was established on F ...

(AB). He played as a

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and scored 73 goals in 174 games in the

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from 1996 to 2004. Hermansen played five games for Danish youth selections, including three games for the

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. During his club career, Hermansen played for

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

, 1. FC Köln,

Ikast FS Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the second tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superstructur ...

Herfølge BK Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Residential areas Holmebækhus ...

, AB,

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

and

Kolding FC Kolding FC was a Danish football club based in Kolding, a merger of two older football clubs. On 11 November 2006, the club received permission from the Danish FA to sign contracts. Before that, the club was the highest ranked amateur club in Den ...

. After retiring as a player, Hermansen took up coaching, and became the coach in the football club Løsning IF. Hermansen was part of the

Herfølge Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Residential areas Holmebækhuse, ...

squad that won the

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, having re-joined them half way through that season from AB.

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* * 1975 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers People from Esbjerg Association football forwards Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Esbjerg fB players 1. FC Köln players Ikast FS players Herfølge Boldklub players Akademisk Boldklub players Vejle Boldklub players Kolding FC players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub