Søren Hermansen (born 7 September 1970) is a Danish professional football

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and former player who played as a forward. He is manager of the Denmark national under-16 team.

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

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. In 1998, he signed with

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before moving to Mechelen in Belgium. After three tumultuous seasons there where he was demoted to the reserves and did not receive months worth of pay, he ended his career in Iceland with Þróttur where he played for two years. He scored 75 goals in all Danish divisions during his tenures for Fremad and Lyngby.

Coaching career

After his active playing career, Hermansen started coaching local Copenhagen-clubs

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and

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, before becoming a renowned youth manager, having coached Lyngby U17 as well as various national youth teams.

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Søren Hermansen
at DBU {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermansen, Søren 1970 births Living people Footballers from Aarhus Danish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Aarhus Fremad players Lyngby Boldklub players K.V. Mechelen players Soren Hermansen Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Danish football managers Lyngby Boldklub managers VSK Aarhus players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Skovlunde IF managers Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold managers