Heinz Hermann

Heinz Hermann (born 28 March 1958) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Heinz Hermann

Hermann in 2002
Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-03-28) 28 March 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	FC Seefeld Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1985	Grasshoppers	213	(38)
1985–1990	Neuchâtel Xamax	139	(32)
1990–1992	Servette	90	(12)
1992–1993	Grasshoppers	18	(1)
1993–1994	Aarau	34	(1)
Total		494	(84)
International career
1978–1991	Switzerland	118	(15)
Managerial career
1997	FC Basel
2000–2002	SR Delémont
2002–2005	Waldhof Mannheim (Assistant)
2005–2007	FC Basel (Youth Coach)
2007–2008	FC Vaduz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

With 118 international caps^[1] (and 15 goals) between 1978 and 1991 for the Switzerland national team, Hermann is the nation's fourth-highest appearance maker, behind Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Ricardo Rodriguez.

Club

Herrmann was born in 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 1984–85 season, he changed to Neuchâtel Xamax. He later played for Servette FC and FC Aarau. From 1984 to 1988 he was awarded Player of the Year five consecutive seasons.

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 (manager), FC Vaduz in Liechtenstein, SV Waldhof Mannheim (assistant coach) and FC Basel, where he had filled a number of roles. In July 2012 he became new sports director of FC Luzern, but he was sacked on 6 February 2013.^[2]

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^[3]

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