Mads Hermansen
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File:Mads Hermansen 24082024 (2) (cropped).jpg Hermansen with Leicester City in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mads Hermansen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Odense, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Næsby | ||
| 2015–2019 | Brøndby | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Brøndby | 56 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Leicester City | 71 | (0) |
| 2025– | West Ham United | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Denmark U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Denmark U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:33, 13 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
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Mads Hermansen (born 11 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club West Ham United.
Club career
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Born in Odense, Denmark, Hermansen began his youth career at Næsby.[3] As a ten-year-old, he transitioned from being an outfielder into a goalkeeper after suffering from achilles tendinitis.[3]
In September 2015, Hermansen moved to Brøndby.[4] He was promoted to the first team prior to the 2019–20 season.[5]
On 5 November 2020, Hermansen made his professional debut in a Danish Cup match against Ledøje-Smørum, which ended in a 1–0 win for Brøndby.[6] At the end of the 2020–21 season, Brøndby became Danish champions for the first time since 2005,[7] with Hermansen featuring as the backup to German goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe. As a result, he did not make a league appearance.[8]
After Schwäbe's departure to 1. FC Köln, Hermansen assumed to role as starting goalkeeper.[9] He made his debut in the Danish Superliga on 18 July 2021 in a 1–1 draw against AGF.[10] The following month, on 17 August, Hermansen made his European debut in a 2–1 loss to Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League.[11] Despite the loss, Hermansen impressed in goal with vital saves.[12][13]
On 3 December 2022, Hermansen received the award of Brøndby Player of the Year 2022 after putting in strong performances through the year.[14]
Leicester City
[edit | edit source]On 18 July 2023, Hermansen signed for Championship club Leicester City on a five-year deal.[15] He made his competitive debut for the Foxes on the opening matchday of the season, providing crucial saves to help secure the team a 2–1 league victory against Coventry City.[16] However, he would pick up a quad injury during training a few days later, sidelining him for the following league game against Huddersfield Town.[17] He returned to the starting line-up on 19 August in a league win against Cardiff City.[18]
On 20 September, he kept his first clean sheet after joining the Foxes, helping his side to a 2–0 away victory against Norwich City at Carrow Road.[19] After the game, Hermansen discussed his role as ball-playing goalkeeper in manager Enzo Maresca's team, saying: "He (Maresca) gives me a lot of responsibility and I really appreciate that ... I like to try to dictate the game. As a lot of teams do, they leave me open and play man-to-man with the rest of the guys, so it's up to me to find these smaller passes, to try to move things around and create these spaces."[20] His strong form throughout the season earned him a place in the EFL Championship Team of the Season, as Leicester won the division title and secured promotion back to the Premier League.[21][22]
Hermansen made his Premier League debut in the opening fixture of the season on 19 August 2024, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Tottenham Hotspur.[23]
West Ham United
[edit | edit source]On 9 August 2025, Hermansen signed for West Ham United on a five-year deal.[24] The fee was reported to be worth around £20 million.[25] On 16 August 2025, he made his competitive debut in a 3–0 loss to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.[26] This was followed by a 5–1 home defeat to Chelsea, on 22 August 2025, making eight goals conceded in his first two games for West Ham.[27]
International career
[edit | edit source]Hermansen has represented Denmark at youth international levels from under-16 to under-19.[28]
In November 2020, Hermansen was called up for the Denmark under-21 team for the first time.[29] On 7 September 2021, he gained his first cap for the team in a 1–0 win over Kazakhstan in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[30][31]
Hermansen was called up to the senior Denmark squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches throughout June, September, and October 2023.[32]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Hermansen is renowned for his ball-playing skills, alongside shot-stopping talent.[33] He is also considered a specialist in saving penalties, having done so in crucial occasions including a UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier against Basel in 2022 and a derby against Copenhagen,[34][35] as well as a triple penalty save against FC Nordsjælland in 2023.[36]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 13 September 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brøndby | 2020–21[8] | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22[8] | Danish Superliga | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23[8] | Danish Superliga | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| Leicester City | 2023–24[37] | Championship | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25[38] | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 72 | 0 | ||||
| West Ham United | 2025–26[39] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 146 | 0 | |||
- ^ Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit | edit source]Brøndby
Leicester City
Individual
- Brøndby Player of the Year: 2022[14]
- EFL Championship Team of the Season: 2023–24[21]
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External links
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- Profileat the Leicester City F.C. website Archived 6 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Odense
- Danish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Næsby Boldklub players
- Brøndby IF players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Danish Superliga players
- English Football League players
- Premier League players
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in England
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen