VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam football team has employed a foreign physical strength coach to prepare for the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Cup later this year.

He is Maltese-born English former defender Dylan Kerr, who arrived in Vietnam last December to work for the V-League's Khatoco Khanh Hoa club. Kerr was recently selected as a national team assistant under head coach Phan Thanh Hung.

During his career Kerr played for different teams in the UK. He started at Sheffield Wednesday in 1984 who he helped win a Second Division champion title in his first season.

In 1989 Kerr moved to First Division's Leeds United which won the Cup in 1992, a year before the tournament became the Premier League.

He then joined the Kilmarnock Club for the 1996-97 season when they won the Scottish Cup.

After retirement in 2003, Kerr became a trainer and is now recognized as an expert in sport science and physique training.

The national football team convened on September 4 and began practicing new exercises of Kerr. Vietnamese players were very interested in these strange exercises.