title: Søren Hermansen
text: # Søren Hermansen
  
  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.
  
  ## 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. In 1998, he signed with Lyngby Boldklub 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 Vanløse and Skovlunde, before becoming a renowned youth manager, having coached Lyngby U17 as well as various national youth teams.
  
  