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Right after the world cup had finished in 1990, he joined the Oranje as an assistant coach for two years.
Right after the world cup had finished in 1990, he joined the Oranje as an assistant coach for two years.
Hermans started his career by playing outdoor football for his hometown when he was a teenager. He later moved to Belgium to play for Tongres. After he left Belgium, he moved back into his own country to play for Caesar Beek.
He represented his country 50 times and participated in four international tournaments, including the 1989 Fédération internationale de football association Futsal World Championship where his team was runner-up, losing at the final to Brazil.
In1989, he decided to retire as a player and start his coaching career. After Hermans thought that he was fit to take charge of a team, he was appointed as the Hong Kong manager.
He managed Hong Kong in their first world cup as a host nation. He later went to manage Malaysia for one year.
He left the team after they lost all of their matches in the 1996 World Cup.
After leaving Malaysia he went back to be assistant coach of the Oranje once again, and he did so for three years. He managed the team for six years, despite the fact he failed to take Netherlands to any world cup but he did take them in to the European championship and one Grand Prix tournament in Brazil after having disappointing results in both tournaments he was sacked as the head coach position in 2007. He later joined Malta as the head coach for two years, but he did not even manage 10 games as the managers, which was a big problem for Hermans and after having to manage getting only 3 points he left the Malta.