Ari Hermann
{{short description|Greenlandic footballer (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Ari Hermann
|image =
|fullname = Ari Claus Jean Lehnfelt Hermann
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|6|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Nanortalik, Greenland{{cite web |title=Ari Hermann |url=http://greenlandtoday.com/ari-hermann/?lang=en |publisher=Greenland Today |access-date=1 February 2023}}
|height =
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = B-67 Nuuk
|clubnumber = 11
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003
|youthclubs1 = Siuteroq-43
|youthyears2 = 2003–2005
|youthclubs2 = South Burnaby Metro Club
|youthyears3 = 2005–2010
|youthclubs3 = GSS
|youthyears4 = 2011–2013
|youthclubs4 = B-67 Nuuk
|youthyears5 = 2014
|youthclubs5 = Silkeborg
|youthyears6 = 2014–2016
|youthclubs6 = Viborg
|years1 = 2016–
|clubs1 = B-67 Nuuk
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|nationalyears1 = 2017–
|nationalteam1 = Greenland
|nationalcaps1 = 5
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|pcupdate = 19:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
|ntupdate = 19:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
}}
Ari Hermann (born 6 September 1997) is a Greenlandic footballer who currently plays for Greenlandic Football Championship club B-67 Nuuk and the Greenland national team. Former national team head coach Jens Tang Olesen has described Hermann as one of the most talented players in the country.{{cite web |title=Scout: Et stort talent efter grønlandske forhold |url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/sport/scout-et-stort-talent-efter-groenlandske-forhold |publisher=Viborg Folkeblad |access-date=1 February 2023}}
Club career
Hermann began playing football as a youth with Siuteroq Nanortalik-43 in his hometown of Nanortalik. When he was six or seven years old he moved to Canada with his family as his father had a work assignment there. There he played football on a grass pitch for the first time and joined South Burnaby Metro Club, a club from outside of Vancouver.{{cite web |last1=Kristensen |first1=Danni |title=Giftig grønlænder på måljagt i Viborg |url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/sport/giftig-groenlaender-paa-maaljagt-i-viborg |publisher=Viborg Folkeblad |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}}
He returned to Greenland at almost age nine and moved to Nuuk. He began playing for local club Grønlands Seminariums Sportklub before switching to B-67 Nuuk at age thirteen.{{cite web |title=En Lovende Fodboldspiller |url=https://issuu.com/anu-una/docs/timiuna5_issuu/47 |publisher=Timiuna |access-date=1 February 2023 |pages=47–49 |language=da, kl}} He went on to lead the club to four Greenlandic U18 championships and was named the league's Player of the Season and a member of the Team of the Season in 2012. He competed in the senior Greenlandic Football Championship for the first time in 2011 at age fourteen.{{cite web |last1=Jakobsen |first1=John |title=Hædret ved U 18 GM i fodbold |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/132458 |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}}
During the summer of 2014 he moved to Denmark to attend a boarding school in Silkeborg. For one season he played in the academy of Silkeborg IF before switching to a school in Viborg and joining the academy of Viborg FF and FK Viborg.{{cite web |title=Sikre hjemmesejre til U17 og U19 |url=https://www.vff.dk/nyhedsarkiv/8-frontpagenews/8451-sikre-hjemmesejre-til-u17-og-u19 |publisher=Viborg FF |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}} Hermann scored nine goals in twelve games during his first season, making him the club's top scorer and second-top scorer in the under-19 division. He made further appearances for the club in the reserve league. In the final match of the 2015 under-19 division season, Hermann played a vital role in the offense as the team secured a 2–1 victory over FC Vestsjælland and a third-place finish in the table.{{cite web |title=U19-hold lukkede sæsonen med sejr |url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/sport/u19-hold-lukkede-saesonen-med-sejr |publisher=Viborg Folkeblad |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}}
By 2016 Hermann had returned to Greenland and rejoined B-67 Nuuk. The club advanced to the league final that season, defeating Nagdlunguaq-48 to win the title.{{cite web |title=N48 og B-67 mødes i finalen |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/189595 |publisher=sermitsiaq.ag |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}} He was named to the team of the season for his performances.{{cite web |title=Se billeder: Finalebrag til GM i Nuuk |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/189618 |publisher=sermitsiaq.ag |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}} He helped the club reach the league final again for the 2017 season before ultimately falling to IT-79. Hermann was again named one of the top two forwards in the league at the end-of-season awards.{{cite web |last1=Turnowsky |first1=Walter |title=IT-79 blev mestre for første gang |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/199664 |publisher=sermitsiaq.ag |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}} He was one of the squad's key members as the club won the league championship in again in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Skovsgaard Tøfting |first1=Nicolai |title=Nørholt fik trænersucces i ambitiøse Grønland |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/noerholt-fik-traenersucces-i-ambitioese-groenland/ |publisher=bold.dk |access-date=1 February 2023}}
International career
Hermann was selected for the national futsal team for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. Greenland advanced to the final before being defeated by Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. He was the tournament's top scorer that year. He competed again in the 2014 edition of the tournament. This time Greenland won the championship with Hermann being the top scorer again.
Hermann was called up to the senior national team for the first time in 2014 but did not see much playing time because of injury. He was later called up to the Greenland squad for the 2017 Island Games. He went on to make three appearances in the competition.{{cite web |title=NFT profile |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/70492/Ari_Lehnfelt_Hermann.html |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=1 February 2023}}
In August 2021, Greenland head coach Morten Rutkjær named Hermann to the 24-man squad that would train and compete against several Danish clubs in Denmark the following month.{{cite web |last1=Brøns |first1=Malik |title=Her er fodboldslandsholdstruppen |url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/her-er-fodboldslandsholdstruppen |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=da}} The camp was the first of its kind after the Greenland Football Association began the process of joining CONCACAF.{{cite web |title=Første samling for »nyt grønlands landshold: Vildbjerg er garant for kvalitet |url=https://www.herningfolkeblad.dk/artikel/90feedaf-ec01-4b60-a532-0f1c1df6c6a8/ |publisher=Herning Folkeblad |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Danish}}
He was then part of the roster for Greenland's first match against an official national team after beginning the process of joining CONCACAF, a friendly match against Kosovo under-21 to be played in Turkey in September 2022.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Nukappiaaluk |title=Fodbold: Landstræner har udtaget 20 spillere til træningslejr |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/fodboldlandstraener-udtaget-20-spillere-traeningslejr |publisher=Sermitsiaq |access-date=22 August 2022 |language=da}} He was also in the starting line-up in a 6–1 defeat to Al-Kahrabaa SC of the Iraqi Premier League during the camp.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Nukappiaaluk |title=Positive takter trods nederlag |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/239651 |publisher=sermitsiaq.ag |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=da}}
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|70492/Ari_Lehnfelt_Hermann}}
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Category:Greenlandic men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders