As a child he went to sleep with a soccer ball, now Michel Vlap has “woken up” in the Bundesliga and wants to score goals for Bielefeld. Will coach Uwe Neuhaus let him try it right away?
He wants to assert himself in the Bundesliga: Michel Vlap.
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In his first media round in Bielefeld, Michel Vlap reveals how this sport started for him and where his above-average feel for the ball comes from. “When I was four years old I went to sleep with a soccer ball. My family knew then that I love soccer,” says Arminia’s newcomer from RSC Anderlecht from his home in the Netherlands. “I saw a lot of football in Heerenveen and it started there. My brother gave me a ball when I was two. We did everything with the ball on our feet.”
“Work hard with a smile”
15 years later Vlap played for his hometown club SC Heerenveen. “This is the club I grew up in, I have a special relationship with the people there. I always try to connect with the fans and share my positivity with them.” A quality that should look good on the Bundesliga climber in the escalating battle for relegation. “I always try to live with a smile, to be positive and to work hard – work hard with a smile”, promises the 23-year-old in a friendly mixture of German and English.