Vietnam team needs to be wary of the fastest midfielder in Bundesliga

Gerrit Holtmann plays for VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga 2024/2025 season. However, the Philippines international is just a "supporting actor". He was brought in from the bench in the match against Frankfurt in round 9. Despite the home team's heavy 2-7 defeat, Gerrit Holtmann still made history in the tournament.

The 1995-born midfielder's sprint reached a speed of 36.74 km/h - making him the fastest runner ever recorded in the Bundesliga. In just one season, the record was broken twice. In round 2, Sirlord Conteh reached a speed of 36.67 km/h in the match between Heidenheim and Augsburg. Before that, Karim Adeyemi - a player of Borussia Dortmund ran at 35.65 km/h in the match against Freiburg in the 2022/2023 season.

Gerrit Holtmann plays for Bochum in the Bundesliga.

In the list of fastest players in Bundesliga history, there are many other stars such as Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Archaf Hakimi (Dortmund), Moussa Diaby (Leverkusen). It is very surprising that center-back St Juste is in the top 10. The Dutch player reached a speed of 36.63 km/h when playing for Mainz 05 in the 2021/2022 season.

Gerrit Holtmann was once an important star for Bochum. In the 2021/2022 season, he scored 5 goals and had 6 assists for his teammates to score. Gerrit Holtmann was naturalized as a Filipino 2 years ago. This player made an important contribution when he scored 2 goals in 4 matches played. Notably, despite having had citizenship for a long time, Gerrit was often absent from the Philippine national team due to injury. The last time Vietnam met the Philippines in June 2024, the Bochum star did not play due to back pain.

In the 2024 AFF Cup, the Philippines team is in the same group with Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar. Coach Albert Capellas and his team face many challenges with the goal of passing the group stage of this year's tournament.

This coach can only put his hope on a series of naturalized players playing abroad. However, the Philippines has not shown superiority over regional opponents in past matches.

Mai Phuong

Source: https://vtcnews.vn/tuyen-viet-nam-can-de-chung-tien-ve-chay-nhanh-nhat-bundesliga-ar905493.html