1. He started out as a striker
Mads Hermansen initially began his football career as an outfield player, appearing as a striker and winger, before switching to goalkeeper at the age of ten after suffering inflammation in his Achilles tendon. Hermansen himself explained: “I had a really good kick and scored quite a few goals, but that was in the younger years, so it wasn't really something that was talked about. I found out that it was fun to throw myself around. I stuck with it, and it's kind of funny, because my Dad was a little against it. He thought I should play in attack, but I really wanted to, and that was it.”
2. His first club produced lots of goalkeepers!
Mads Hermansen began his career with Næsby Boldklub in his home city of Odense as a schoolboy. Næsby has a reputation for developing promising young goalkeepers. Alongside Hermansen, Hans Christian Bernat is with German 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC, Thomas Mikkelsen is at Danish Superliga side Brøndby, former Denmark U21 international Casper Radza is at Danish 1st Division club Middelfart. Benfica and Denmark right-back Alexander Bah also spent time at the club as a boy, as did RB Salzburg centre-back Jacob Rasmussen and Queens Park Rangers midfielder Nicolas Madsen.