Supersonic! Rațiu, chosen the player of the month of September » The chapter at which he is above Vinicius Jr. and Haaland!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published on Monday, 03 November 2025, 17:12 / Updated on Monday, 03 November 2025 17:13
Andrei Rațiu (27 years old), his right defender Rayo Vallecanois the winner of the September fastest player award. The Romanian international, number 1 for the second consecutive month of the Spanish club, managed a sprint with 35.8 km/h in the game with Atletico, lost by his team 2-3 in Madrid in the 6th stage.
Integralist in this championship, “Sonic” confirms his main quality, the extraordinary speed, displayed both at the club and at the national team. Rațiu, who also impressed at EURO 2024, Andrei was Rayo Vallecano's fastest footballer. And in August, and the following month!
According to the post on the official social media accounts of the La Liga group, the Romanian right defender had a maximum speed in the confrontation at “Metropolitano”, on September 24, score 2-3, against Atletico Madrid,
“I want to say thank you for this award and it's a recognition of the quality that the fast players have, especially since it's the second month that I'm the chosen one. Yes, it's my quality too and I'm satisfied. I think that I'm slowly gaining, I'm growing physically and I hope that what I can offer will be better.”
Andrei Rațiu: “I wouldn't be me if I wasn't interested in, little by little, raising my level of evolution this season as well”
If last year the numbers surprised me too, now they are even faster. The team is playing very well and we deserved to have more points, that's our feeling. It's a good year, we're playing and traveling in Europe”said Rațiu for the official website,
Andrei Rațiu, Rayo Vallecano's fastest player in September as well
Andrei also revealed what his goals are at Rayo: “I wouldn't be me if I wasn't interested in raising the level of my developments little by little and that they are reflected in good team matches this season as well. I hope we have good results on all three levels.
Rayo is like a family to me. This is where I debuted, my dream became a reality and it's something I want to keep forever. We are a united team, we know it will be difficult to confirm what we achieved last season, but we dream of a trophy
Andrei RatiuRayo Vallecano's defender
The recognition of the Spaniards is not singular, because Rațiu's speed has also been noted in Europe. According to the list compiled by MaxSpeed, Rațiu is first in the Top 5 championships.
The “tricolor” overtakes the Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), with 34.6 km/h, Erling Haaland (Manchester City) and Jackson Tchatchaoua (Wolverhampton), 34.5 km/h, Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille), 34.4 km/h, Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), 34.2 km/h and Javi Rueda (Celta Vigo), 33.9 km/h.
