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Virgil van Dijk

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Born
1991 (35 years old)
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Breda, Netherlands

Position
Centre-Back

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Mixed

Team Number
4

Height
193cm / 6'4"

Weight
203 lbs

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Side
Right

Agent
ROOF

Market Value
€70.5M

Wage Year
£11,440,000

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Soccer

Team
Liverpool

2nd Team
Netherlands

League
English Premier League

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Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Netherlands national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, he is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability. He is the only defender to win UEFA Men's Player of the Year, and has finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player.

After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013, where he won the Scottish Premiership and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club, also winning the Scottish League Cup in the latter. In 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for £75 million, a world record transfer fee for a defender at the time. With Liverpool, Van Dijk reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter. He was also named PFA Players' Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season in his first full season. Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and helped end the club's 30 year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.

Van Dijk made his international debut for the Netherlands in 2015 and became captain of his country in 2018. In 2018, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 win against Portugal. A year later, Van Dijk captained the Netherlands to the final of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, where they finished runners-up.

0 goals scored in the current 2026-2027 Season

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Trophies

FIFA FIFPro World XI	Liverpool	2025
English PFA Premier League Team of the Year	Liverpool	2024-2025
English Premier League	Liverpool	2024-2025
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Liverpool	2024
English Football League Cup	Liverpool	2023-2024
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Liverpool	2022
English FA Community Shield	Liverpool	2022
English FA Cup	Liverpool	2021-2022
English Football League Cup	Liverpool	2021-2022
UEFA Team of the Year	Liverpool	2020
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Liverpool	2020
English Premier League	Liverpool	2019-2020
UEFA Team of the Year	Liverpool	2019
FIFA Club World Cup	Liverpool	2019
UEFA Super Cup	Liverpool	2019
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Liverpool	2019
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award	Liverpool	2018-2019
UEFA Champions League	Liverpool	2018-2019
English Premier League Player of the Season	Liverpool	2018-2019
English PFA Players Player of the Year	Liverpool	2018-2019
UEFA Team of the Year	Liverpool	2018

Milestones

FIFA World Cup Player Of The Match	Netherlands	2026-06-14
UEFA Champions League Player Of The Match	Liverpool	2025-09-17

Former Youth Teams

Willem II	2009-2010	Youth	-	-
FC Groningen	2010-2011	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

FC Groningen	2011-2013	Permanent	62 app	7 gls
Celtic	2013-2015	Permanent	76 app	9 gls
Southampton	2015-2017	Permanent	-	-
Southampton	2015-2018	Permanent	67 app	4 gls
Liverpool	2018-	Permanent	272 app	27 gls