West Ham United confirmed the signing of Danish goalkeeper Mads Hermansen from Leicester City in August 2025.
Hermansen joined the Hammers on a five-year contract with a one-year option, adding proven Premier League quality to the squad and reuniting him with lead goalkeeper coach Casper Ankergren, who he developed under at Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.
Hermansen starred at Brøndby, winning Player of the Year in 2022, then was named in the EFL Championship Team of the Year as Leicester won the title in 2023/24. He then made over 100 Premier League saves for the Foxes in 2024/25 before swapping the East Midlands for east London.
Career
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…Began his career with Næsby Boldklub in his home city of Odense as a schoolboy… Earned his first international callup for Denmark U16s in 2015, having caught the eye with Næsby Boldklub…Went on trial at Brøndby IF in Copenhagen, two hours to the east, before formally joining Brøndby’s Idrætsefterskole (Sports Secondary School) as an U17 in 2016…Made his debut for Brøndby U19s in the national Boys League at Esbjerg fB in May 2017 and would play 44 times for the U19s and eight times for Brøndby Reserves over four years… Called into Brøndby’s senior men’s squad in summer 2019 and backed-up German No1 Marvin Schwäbe in the Danish Superliga for two seasons in 2019/20 and 2020/21…Made his Brøndby debut in a 1-0 Danish Cup third-round win at Ledöje-Smörum Fodbold in front of a COVID-restricted crowd of 500 supporters on 5 November 2020…Became Brøndby’s No1 under new goalkeeper coach Casper Ankergren in 2021/22, starting 29 Superliga matches, two UEFA Champions League qualifiers against RB Salzburg and five UEFA Europa League group-stage ties against Sparta Prague, Oympique Lyonnais and Rangers in 2021/22…Voted Brøndby’s Player of the Year for 2022 in December of that year… Captained Denmark U21s during their qualification campaign for the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship finals. Denmark finished second in Group I, losing the one match Hermansen missed against group winners Belgium, and were knocked out on penalties by Croatia in the play-off…Previously travelled to the 2021 finals, where he was a reserve to OB’s Oliver Christensen…Capped nine times at U21 level in total between 2021-22…Received his first senior callup for Denmark from manager Kasper Hjulmand for UEFA European Championship qualifiers with Finland and Kazakhstan in March 2023…Started 27 of 32 Brøndby’s Danish Superliga matches and four UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers in 2022/23...Joined Leicester City in July 2023 and was immediately installed as No1 goalkeeper by Foxes head coach Enzo Maresca…Kept 13 clean sheets and conceded just 41 goals in 44 appearances as the Foxes won the EFL Championship title ahead of Ipswich Town in 2023/24…Performances won him a place in the 2023/24 Championship Team of the Season alongside new West Ham teammates Kyle Walker-Peters and Crysencio Summerville, who were then with Southampton and Leeds United respectively…Made 101 saves in the Premier League for Leicester City in 2024/25.
Honours
Brøndby IL
Danish Superliga (2020/21)
Leicester City
EFL Championship (2023/24)
Brøndby IL Player of the Year (2022)
EFL Championship Team of the Season (2023/24)