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In this article, Dutch capitalization is used for tussenvoegsels in Dutch family names. The first letter in Van Dijk is capitalized unless it is preceded by a name, initial or title of nobility.

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dijk, not Dijk.

Virgil van Dijk

Van Dijk lining up for the Netherlands in 2016

Personal information

Full name

\nVirgil van Dijk^[1]

Date of birth

\n8 July 1991 (age 33)^[1]

Place of birth

\nBreda, Netherlands

Height

\n1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)^[1]

Position(s)

\nCentre-back

Team information

Current team

\nLiverpool

Number

\n4

Youth career

\nWDS'19

1999\u20132010

\nWillem II

2010\u20132011

\nGroningen

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2011\u20132013

\nGroningen

\n62

\n(7)

2013\u20132015

\nCeltic

\n76

\n(9)

2015\u20132018

\nSouthampton

\n67

\n(4)

2018\u2013

\nLiverpool

\n222

\n(19)

International career^\u2021

2011

\nNetherlands U19

\n1

\n(0)

2011\u20132013

\nNetherlands U21

\n3

\n(0)

2015\u2013

\nNetherlands

\n78

\n(9)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Netherlands\n
UEFA Nations League\n
Runner-up	2019	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:16, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
\u2021 National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Virgil van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8v\u026ard\u0291\u026al v\u0251n \u02c8d\u025bik];^[2] born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains both Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, he is known for his strength, leadership, speed and aerial ability.^[9]\n

After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013. At Celtic, he won the Scottish Premiership and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club, and won the Scottish League Cup in the second. In 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for \u00a375 million, a then-world-record transfer fee for a defender.^[10] 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 and UEFA Super Cup, and helped end the club's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019\u201320 Premier League. He is the only defender to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and has finished runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player, all in 2019.^[11]^[12] Van Dijk has also been selected in the FIFPRO Men's World 11 in four different years.\n

Van Dijk represented the Netherlands at under-19 and under-21 levels. He made his senior international debut for the Netherlands in 2015 and assumed full captaincy of the national team in March 2018. The following year, Van Dijk captained the Netherlands to the final of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, where they finished runners-up. He also represented the side at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Groningen\n	2010\u201311^[99]\n	Eredivisie\n	5	2	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	5	2\n
2011\u201312^[99]\n	Eredivisie\n	23	3	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	24	3\n
2012\u201313^[99]\n	Eredivisie\n	34	2	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	37	2\n
Total\n	62	7	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	66	7\n
Celtic\n	2013\u201314^[197]\n	Scottish Premiership\n	36	5	2	0	1	0	8^[c]	0	\u2014	47	5\n
2014\u201315^[198]\n	Scottish Premiership\n	35	4	5	4	4	0	14^[d]	2	\u2014	58	10\n
2015\u201316^[75]\n	Scottish Premiership\n	5	0	\u2014	\u2014	5^[c]	0	\u2014	10	0\n
Total\n	76	9	7	4	5	0	27	2	\u2014	115	15\n
Southampton\n	2015\u201316^[75]\n	Premier League\n	34	3	1	0	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	38	3\n
2016\u201317^[199]\n	Premier League\n	21	1	1	1	2	0	6^[e]	2	\u2014	30	4\n
2017\u201318^[200]\n	Premier League\n	12	0	\u2014	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	12	0\n
Total\n	67	4	2	1	5	0	6	2	\u2014	80	7\n
Liverpool\n	2017\u201318^[200]\n	Premier League\n	14	0	2	1	\u2014	6^[c]	0	\u2014	22	1\n
2018\u201319^[201]\n	Premier League\n	38	4	0	0	0	0	12^[c]	2	\u2014	50	6\n
2019\u201320^[202]\n	Premier League\n	38	5	1	0	0	0	8^[c]	0	3^[f]	0	50	5\n
2020\u201321^[203]\n	Premier League\n	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1^[g]	0	8	1\n
2021\u201322^[204]\n	Premier League\n	34	3	5	0	3	0	9^[c]	0	\u2014	51	3\n
2022\u201323^[205]\n	Premier League\n	32	3	0	0	0	0	8^[c]	0	1^[g]	0	41	3\n
2023\u201324^[206]\n	Premier League\n	36	2	3	1	4	1	5^[e]	0	\u2014	48	4\n
2024\u201325^[207]\n	Premier League\n	25	1	0	0	2	1	7^[c]	1	\u2014	34	3\n
Total\n	222	19	11	2	11	2	55	3	5	0	304	26\n
Career total\n	427	39	24	7	21	2	88	7	5	0	565	55\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Netherlands\n	2015	3	0\n
2016	9	0\n
2017	4	0\n
2018	8	3\n
2019	9	1\n
2020	5	0\n
2021	6	1\n
2022	10	1\n
2023	10	1\n
2024	14	2\n
Total	78	9\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1	26 March 2018	Stade de Gen\u00e8ve, Geneva, Switzerland	18	$\"\"$ Portugal	3\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly	^[209]\n
2	13 October 2018	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20130	3\u20130	2018\u201319 UEFA Nations League A	^[210]\n
3	19 November 2018	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	24	$\"\"$ Germany	2\u20132	2\u20132	2018\u201319 UEFA Nations League A	^[211]\n
4	21 March 2019	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	25	$\"\"$ Belarus	4\u20130	4\u20130	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	^[212]\n
5	11 October 2021	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	42	$\"\"$ Gibraltar	1\u20130	6\u20130	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[213]\n
6	25 September 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	49	$\"\"$ Belgium	1\u20130	1\u20130	2022\u201323 UEFA Nations League A	^[214]\n
7	16 October 2023	Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece	62	$\"\"$ Greece	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	^[215]\n
8	6 June 2024	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	67	$\"\"$ Canada	4\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly	^[216]\n
9	10 June 2024	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	68	$\"\"$ Iceland	2\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly	^[217]\n

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Early life

Club career

Groningen

Celtic

2013\u201314 season

2014\u201315 season

Southampton

2015\u201316 season

2016\u201317 season

2017\u201318 season

Liverpool

2017\u201318 season

2018\u201319 season

2019\u201320 season

2020\u201321 season

2021\u201322 season

2022\u201323 season

2023\u201324 season

2024\u201325 season

International career

Youth career

Senior career

Style of play

Sponsorship

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

References

External links

Virgil van Dijk - Dutch association football player

Virgil van Dijk - Dutch association football player