Helmut Hermann
Helmut Hermann ( born December 16, 1966 in Karlsruhe ) is a retired German football player. He played from 1987 to 1992 for the Karlsruher SC 129 competitive matches in the Bundesliga, scoring 25 goals.
Career
In the youth of the traditional club Karlsruher FV career of the offensive player Helmut " Bright " Hermann started. In the summer of 1982, he joined the youth wing of the Karlsruher SC. Due to its outstanding speed, ball skill and dribbling ability to be way over the Badische Association selection in the squad of the DFB youth who could win the title at the 1984 U - 16 European Championship under coach Berti Vogts led him. As in last year 's youth he had to undergo a serious operation on his right knee, he was able to continue his career in the League Association Nordbaden only after long exposure and hard construction work in the amateur team under coach Rainer Ulrich. Coach Lothar Buchmann put the talented young players the first time on November 20, 1985 in an away game against FC Homburg in the 2nd Bundesliga one. "Bright " Hermann came on in the 85th minute in the Homburg Forest stadium for the attacker Jürgen Schmidt.
To round 1986/87 took over as coach Winfried Schaefer at the elf in the Deer Park Stadium. Hermann, he was still an amateur, was used in eleven games, scoring four goals. The KSC managed with achieving the runner to return to the Bundesliga. In addition to the regular players Arno Glesius, Milorad Pilipovic and Rainer Schütterle you put in Karlsruhe on the offensive in the future on the talent from our own ranks. The winger made his debut in the starting day of the 1987/88 season, on 1 August 1987, at the home game against 1 FC Cologne in the Bundesliga. The KSC reached the round start a 1-1 draw against studded with rounders as Bodo Illgner, Paul Steiner, Morten Olsen, Jürgen Kohler, Thomas Hassler and Flemming Povlsen " billy goat " Elf. Hermann and Glesius formed the KSC- tips, Michael Harforth tried with two long passes the attacker to send on the trip. His first goal in the Bundesliga succeeded "Bright " Hermann the second home game, August 15, in a 4-1 win against FC Schalke 04 in the 90th minute he scored the 4-1 in the Final guarded by Harald Schumacher Gate the Royal Blues. Overall, Hermann came in his debut season on 28 missions and 8 goals and was the most successful attacker of Baden, which - contrary to the predictions of many experts - could claim 15th place in the final standings in football - upper house. With the recent squads of the league, the Karlsruhe competed for the Bundesliga season 1988/89. Initially acted again as a candidate for relegation, the shepherd - Eleven surprised with bold attacking football and kept the whole group stage on the upper middle of the table. With regard to the goal tally of Hermann used again in 28 league games was left with only three goals behind not only his own share of the previous year, but also behind the relevant this season actors Spies ( 10), Trapp ( 7), Simmes (6) and Harforth (5). Highlight of the season for Hermann and his colleagues was the second-round match of the DFB Cup, as the Badeners managed a surprising 4-3 success at Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. Hermann fired the KSC in the Olympic Stadium after just eight minutes and put under the temporary equalizer of Bavaria after the re- opening goal, Joker Heisig, and Sweeper Bogdan made the Sensation finally perfect.
The third Bundesliga year in a row, in 1989/90, was worse for the Karlsruhe, as it suggests at the end of the season the 10th Place. Although the returned from Stuttgart Rainer Schütterle, the KSC- coming talent Michael Stern head and Eberhard Carl von 1.FC Pforzheim more offensive forces were joined the squad, put the worm in the attack. With just six hits and Hermann Schütterle were the scorers. Guarantor for the new league this year was rather stable defense - led by head cover and head specialist Srecko Bogdan - in front of goalkeeper Alexander Famulla, which was defeated only 39 times. Also in the 1990/91 season, the KSC placed exclusively in the lower half of the table. Storm Talent star head was committed before the season of Bayern Munich, with Oliver Kahn and Mehmet Scholl however, moved two more players from its own youth in the senior squad after that soon played their way into the starting eleven by Winfried Schäfer. While his colleague Rainer Schütterle striker came up with eleven goals this season, Helmut Hermann scored as in the previous six matches. Shepherd continued for the fifth year after the climb to the services of Helmut Hermann. The season started promisingly for him: Even in the third minute of the first game against Borussia Dortmund, he always wore a on the scoresheet. But the fifth year as a pro was for "Bright " Hermann also the last because another knee injury - this time on his left knee - meant only for the 25 -year-olds the End of career in professional football. His last assignment in the Bundesliga had Hermann on matchday 20 of the round when he was forced off after 13 minutes of play the away match in Dortmund 1991/92.
Hermann operates since 2000 a football school in front Palatine Berg, close to Karlsruhe.