Charles-Jesaja Herrmann (born 8 February 2000) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for Austrian club

SKU Amstetten Sportklub Union Amstetten, commonly known as SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten for sponsorship reasons is a professional association football club based in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that competes in the Austrian Regionalliga, the third tier ...

Career

In 2021, Herrmann moved to Belgian side

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

from

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

in the German

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, where he said "young players get a lot of opportunities here to develop themselves. I also had proposals from the 2. Bundesliga, but I absolutely wanted to go to Belgium. I immediately noticed how more difficult the preparation is here than in Germany." On 24 July 2021, he debuted for Kortrijk in a 2–0 win over

Seraing Seraing (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-M ...

. On 14 July 2022, Herrmann was loaned to

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

in the Netherlands. On 9 August 2023, Herrmann moved to

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

club

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of ove ...

. On 30 July 2024, Herrmann joined

in Austria.

Personal life

Hermann is the son of the Ghanaian former footballer

Charles Akonnor Charles Kwabla Akonnor (born 12 March 1974) is a Ghanaian football manager and former player who most recently managed the Ghana national team. A former midfielder, he spent most of his club career in Germany. He made 51 appearances for the Gha ...

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* * * 2000 births German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers VfL Wolfsburg II players K.V. Kortrijk players NAC Breda players SV Waldhof Mannheim players SKU Amstetten players Regionalliga players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players 3. Liga players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Footballers from Kiel 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-2000s-stub