LEGENDARY Dutch national futsal team player and multi-titled coach Victor Hermans has agreed to help develop the Philippine futsal program.
“Vic Hermans is very well versed and experienced with the Asian and Asean futsal landscape,” said Philippine Football Federation futsal department head Kevin Goco. “As for national team development, he knows the styles, strength and weakness of each team and has beaten most of them having conquered titles coaching Iran and Thailand and having won numerous titles coaching both.”
The 67-year-old Hermans—who managed teams in Europe, Asia and the Middle East—goes on board as a technical consultant for futsal. He will be tasked to help rebuild the national teams from the national, senior and youth levels.
As a player, his teams in the Netherlands won the futsal title five times. He also represented the Oranje, as the national Dutch team nicknamed, 50 times.
He coached Iran to the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in 2001 and his native country to the European championships. The Dutchman’s biggest success came while coaching in Thailand where they won four Asian championships from 2012 to 15 and a Southeast Asian Games gold medal in 2013.
“Being one of the pioneers of world futsal, Vic brings so much into the table,” said Philippine futsal patron Danny Moran of the Moran Foundation that is ably supporting the Philippine Football Federation.
“His experience as a player, coach and well respected senior Fifa futsal instructor will be highly beneficial for us in forming a well-structured development program which will be spread nationwide.” Moran said. “Sharing his knowledge and deep understanding of the sport will not only produce quality players, but effective coaches, as well.”