“Important support”
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Goalkeeper Jonas Kersken has extended his contract with Arminia Bielefeld. How long the new working paper of the 24-year-old has been valid did not make the DSC known. The native of Düsseldorf, who was 5-1 against the Fortuna from his hometown between the posts at the start of the season in the 2nd Bundesliga, played through the last two third division season almost completely. Kersken also pressed his stamp on the successful cup season, in which the East Westphalia could contest the final against Stuttgart in May.
“In the past two years, Jonas has developed into a real leader on and next to the square and took responsibility from the first day,” said Arminia Managing Director Michael Mutzel. “He continuously worked on himself, continued to develop and was an important support and a guarantee for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and moving into the DFB Cup final with many strong appearances. The fact that he would like to go his way with Arminia shows his great identification with the club and his will to continue writing our history.”
Kersken explained: “I feel very comfortable in Bielefeld – sporty and personally, everything fits here. My development of the past few years I also owe the optimal conditions with Arminia and the confidence of the coaching team – especially my goalkeeper Steffen Süßner. I was given responsibility early on, that helped me a lot in my development. For me, I quickly became clear: I want to go on here in the future. To be able to write fans in the back of history. “