Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. He was born in Breda, North Brabant.

Virgil van Dijk
Van Dijk playing for the Netherlands in 2016
Personal information
Full name Virgil van Dijk
Date of birth (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 4
Youth career
2009–2010 Willem II
2010–2011 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Groningen 62 (7)
2013–2015 Celtic 76 (9)
2015–2018 Southampton 67 (4)
2018– Liverpool 146 (15)
National team‡
2011 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2011–2013 Netherlands U21 3 (0)
2015– Netherlands 54 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:54, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Van Dijk began his career with Dutch team Groningen. He played there between 2011 and 2013. Then he moved to Scottish Premiership team Celtic. He won two league titles and a Scottish League Cup in both his seasons at Celtic. In 2015, he moved to Southampton of the Premier League. On 1 January 2018, van Dijk joined Liverpool.[1]

Club career statistics
As of match played 17 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Groningen 2010–11[2] Eredivisie 5200———52
2011–12[2] Eredivisie 23310———243
2012–13[2] Eredivisie 34230———372
Total 62740———667
Celtic 2013–14[3] Scottish Premiership 36520108[lower-alpha 3]0—475
2014–15[4] Scottish Premiership 354544014[lower-alpha 4]2—5810
2015–16[5] Scottish Premiership 50——5[lower-alpha 3]0—100
Total 7697450272—11515
Southampton 2015–16[5] Premier League 3431030——383
2016–17[6] Premier League 21111206[lower-alpha 5]2—304
2017–18[7] Premier League 120—00——120
Total 674215062—807
Liverpool 2017–18[7] Premier League 14021—6[lower-alpha 3]0—221
2018–19[8] Premier League 384000012[lower-alpha 3]2—506
2019–20[9] Premier League 38510008[lower-alpha 3]03[lower-alpha 6]0505
2020–21[10] Premier League 510020001[lower-alpha 7]081
Total 951031202624013013
Career total 300301661205964039142
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, League/EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. One appearance in FA Community Shield, one in UEFA Super Cup, one in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International career statistics
As of match played 14 October 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201530
201690
201740
201883
201991
202050
Total384
As of match played on 16 November 2019. Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Dijk goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Virgil van Dijk
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
126 March 2018Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland18 Portugal3–03–0Friendly[12]
213 October 2018Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands22 Germany1–03–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A[13]
319 November 2018Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany242–22–2[14]
421 March 2019De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands25 Belarus4–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[15]

Honours

Club
Celtic
Liverpool
Netherlands

References
  1. "Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool to sign Southampton defender for world record £75m". Liverpool: BBC. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. "V. Van Dijk: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  8. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  9. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  10. "Games played by Virgil van Dijk in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  11. "Van Dijk, Virgil". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  12. "Portugal vs. Netherlands 0–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  13. "Netherlands vs. Germany 3–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  14. "Germany vs. Netherlands 2–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  15. "Netherlands vs. Belarus 4–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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