Charles Herrmann received over 112,000 votes for his emotional free-kick goal in the round of 16 of the U-17 World Cup against the USA, making him the goalscorer of the month for November 2023.
For Herrmann, son of ex-Bundesliga player Charles Akonnor, there are two prestigious awards at the end of the year: first he wins the world championship title with the German U-17 national team, then he becomes the winner of the traditional gold medal in the vote for Goal of the Month . November 2023 was certainly full of highlights for the 17-year-old from Dortmund.
Herrmann left Verena Wieder (69,000 votes) and Alex Grimaldo (40,000 votes) well behind in the November vote and secured the 630th TdM medal, which was awarded by the Sportschau to the best goalscorers in the 53 years of the competition . This included 46 free kick goals by November 2023.
Left over the wall into the corner
Herrmann scored the 47th goal in this category with a sensitive free kick from 20 meters from a half-right position. The American opponents in the wall become mere extras when the youngster shoots with his left and gently circles the ball over their heads into the left corner of the goal. The ball still touches the crossbar.
60th goal for the national team
The beautiful goal is the 60th goal of the month for a player wearing the German national team jersey. That means first place in the all-time team ranking table, ahead of Bayern Munich with 58 TdM.