High-class Vietnamese-American player, worth millions of dollars, has the opportunity to wear the Vietnamese national team jersey

(Dan Tri) - Kenneth Schmidt, a player who once played in the Bundesliga, is likely to play for the Vietnamese national team.

After the Vietnamese team lost to Malaysia, many opinions said that it was time for the "Golden Dragons" to take advantage of overseas Vietnamese players playing at high-level European football to improve the quality of the squad.

Kenneth Schmidt has the opportunity to wear the Vietnamese national team jersey (Photo: Freiburg).

In fact, there have been quite a few Vietnamese-origin players who have excelled in Europe in recent years. Fans can name a few players such as Chung Nguyen Do, who plays for Slavia Sofia (Bulgaria) or Bung Meng Freimann, a player for Luzern Club in Switzerland.

However, both players seem to be waiting for the opportunity to wear the Bulgarian and Swiss national team jerseys in the future. They are still quite young so they have not decided to return to contribute to the Vietnamese national team.

In that context, Kenneth Schmidt emerged as a bright candidate. This player was born in 2002, his father is German, his mother is Vietnamese.

Kenneth Schmidt is 1.81m tall. He plays well at left-back and center-back. This 23-year-old star was trained at Germany's top club Freiburg. He has played 10 matches for Freiburg in the Bundesliga 2023/24 season.

This season, Kenneth Schmidt moved to play on loan for the Hannover Club in the German 2nd Division. In the past, Kenneth Schmidt played for the U18, U19, U20 and U21 German teams.

Kenneth Schmidt played for the German youth team (Photo: Getty).

However, the possibility of the 23-year-old midfielder breaking into the German national team is extremely difficult. That is the reason why people believe that he can completely switch to wearing the Vietnamese national team shirt if he receives an invitation.

Currently, Kenneth Schmidt is valued at 1.2 million euros by Transfermarkt. In the current Vietnamese team, no one is valued at more than 1 million euros.

In recent years, Malaysia and Indonesia have been very good at approaching foreign mixed-race players and inviting them to play for the national team. That has helped these two teams to increase their strength many times over.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/cau-thu-viet-kieu-dang-cap-gia-trieu-do-co-co-hoi-khoac-ao-tuyen-viet-nam-20250615114628762.htm