Timo Letschert was born on May 25, 1993 in Piermerund, the Netherlands. He is 186cm tall and weighs 78kg. He is the core of the No. 5 center defender in Chengdu Chengdu and a Dutch foreign aid. This tough guy with both European background and Asian league experience has become an indispensable defensive hub in Xu Zhengyuan's tactical system with his all-round performance of "defensive barrier + offensive fulcrum + precise ball delivery", and was named the best in the Super League in 2025. lineup guard.
core features1ˇ Defensive Rock: Average 4.25 clearances, 2.38 interceptions, and 1.25 steals per game, building a solid defense line. The success rate of air confrontations is 52%, and the success rate of ground confrontations is 62%. Top strikers such as Kresan have been restricted many times in key battles. The team's defensive data dropped significantly when he was absent, which shows that he is irreplaceable.
2ˇ Knife attribute: Break the shackles of the center defender's "heavy defense and light attack", score 5 goals and 2 assists in the 2025 season, becoming one of the defenders with the most goals in the Super League. Heading goals is a specialty. The three goals came from key battles against Shanghai Haigang, Shandong Taishan and other giants. They can be called the "nemesis of giants".
3ˇ Organizational central defender: The pass success rate is as high as 85%, and the long pass success rate is 58%, ranking among the top in the same position, sending 1 key pass per game. Frequent back-entry to participate in the offense, and the ability to hold the ball and advance it to the midfield to complete scheduling, becoming the "first starting point" for the team to switch from defense to offense.
2025 season performanceLecchett continues to shine brightly this season, and both offensive and defensive ends have become the core pillars of the team:
- The Super League played 25 games (23 starts), played a total of 2131 minutes, contributed 5 goals and 2 assists, ranking first among the center defenders of the Super League with an average of 7.5 points per game.
- Several extraordinary achievements have been made in key games: a header against Shanghai Harbor scored to help the team score points. After scoring against Meizhou Hakka at home, he climbed over the stands and celebrated with the fans. It became a classic moment at Phoenix Mountain Stadium.
- The defensive end dominates the defense line, helping Chengdu Rongcheng become one of the teams that concede the fewest goals in the Super League. He was selected as the best team in the Super League in 2025, confirming his status as the top defender in the league.
career highlightsEuropean heritage: Born in the youth training camp of Herenveen in the Netherlands, he played for European teams such as Sassolo, Hamburg, and Alkmaar during his career. He won the runner-up in the Dutch Cup with Utrecht in the 2015-16 season and accumulated rich practical experience in the European League.
Become famous in Asia: Join Kwangju FC in South Korea's K League in 2023 and be selected as the best lineup in the K League at the end of the season, helping the team win third place in the league and demonstrating its dominance in the Asian arena.
Transformation of Chengdu: He transferred to Chengdu Chengdu in February 2024, and helped the team defeat Qingdao Manatee 2-0 in his first show; the 2025 season broke out in an all-round way, upgraded from the backbone of the defense line to the core of "integrated offensive and defensive", and was selected into the Dutch national team list and became a benchmark for foreign aid strength in the Chinese Super League.