Heinz Hermann (born 28 March 1958) is a Swiss former professional
footballer who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. With 118 international matches (15 goals) between 1978 and 1991 for the
Switzerland national team he is record national player ahead of
Alain Geiger and
Stéphane Chapuisat.
Club
Herrmann was born in
Zürich
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Zürich ...
. On 1 July 1977, he moved from FC Seefeld Zürich to
Grasshopper Club Zürich, where he became Swiss league champion four times and cup champion once. At the end of the season 1984–85 he changed to
Neuchâtel Xamax, and he later played for
Servette FC and
FC Aarau
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History
FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local br ...
. Between 1984 and 1988 he was awarded Player of the year five years in a row.
Hermann's first international match came in September 1978 with the 2–0 victory against the USA. In November 1991 he ended his international match career after a 1–0 loss to Romania.
His clubs as a coach include
SR Delémont
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(manager),
FC Vaduz
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in Liechtenstein,
SV Waldhof Mannheim (assistant coach) and
FC Basel
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, where he had filled a number of roles. In July 2012 he became new sports director of
FC Luzern
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, but he was sacked on 6 February 2013.
Honours
Grasshoppers
*
Nationalliga A:
1977–78,
1981–82,
1982–83,
1983–84
*
Swiss Cup: 1982–83
Neuchâtel Xamax
* Nationalliga A:
1986–87,
1987–88
*
Swiss Super Cup: 1987
Individual
*
Swiss Footballer of the Year: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Zürich
Swiss footballers
Association football midfielders
Switzerland international footballers
Servette FC players
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
FC Aarau players
FIFA Century Club
Swiss football managers
Servette FC managers
FC Basel managers
FC Vaduz managers
Swiss-German people
Swiss expatriate football managers
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
Expatriate football managers in Liechtenstein
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