Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk
Virgil van Dijk, 2016
Personnel
birthday	July 8, 1991
place of birth	Breda , the  Netherlands
size	193 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
1997-2001	WDS'19
2001-2010	Willem II Tilburg
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000–2013	FC Groningen (reserve)
2011-2013	FC Groningen	62 (7)
2013-2015	Celtic Glasgow	76 (9)
2015-2017	Southampton FC	67 (4)
2018–	Liverpool FC	90 (9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2010	Netherlands U19	1 (0)
2011-2013	Netherlands U21	3 (0)
2015–	Netherlands	33 (4)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20 2 As of November 16, 2019

Virgil van Dijk (born July 8, 1991 in Breda , the Netherlands ) is a Dutch football player . The defender is used in central defense and has been under contract with Liverpool FC in the Premier League since January 2018 .

With Celtic Glasgow he won the Scottish Football Championship twice ( 2014 , 2015 ) and the Scottish League Cup ( 2015 ). Van Dijk won the UEFA Champions League ( 2019 ) and the UEFA Super Cup 2019 with Liverpool . That year he was named Europe's Defender of the Year and Europe's Footballer of the Year . He also finished second behind Lionel Messi in both the FIFA and France Football elections for FIFA World Player of the Year ( 2019 ) and Ballon d'Or ( 2019 ).

society

Youth in the province of Noord-Brabant

Virgil van Dijk, the son of a Surinamese mother and a Dutch father, started playing football at WDS'19 in the north of his native Breda in 1997 before moving to Willem II Tilburg after four years , around 30 kilometers east of Breda.

FC Groningen

On May 1, 2011, he played for the first time in professional football , now wearing the FC Groningen jersey , when he was used in the 4-2 away win against ADO Den Haag . The Groninger qualified for the play-offs for participation in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League . In the first round, FC Groningen prevailed against Heracles Almelo and again met ADO Den Haag in the second round. After a 1: 5 in The Hague , Virgil van Dijk scored two goals in the second leg in Groningen to a successful comeback, which resulted in the equalization of the first leg result; FC Groningen prevailed on penalties. On October 30, 2011 Virgil van Dijk scored his first goal in the Eredivisie in a 6-0 home win against Feyenoord Rotterdam . During the 2011/12 season he showed strong performances, but in April he was diagnosed with advanced peritonitis and kidney poisoning, which the medical staff of FC Groningen and the University Hospital of Groningen did not recognize. In terms of sport, the Groninger's season was disappointing when they managed to stay in the league with 14th place in the table six points ahead of 16th place.

In summer 2012 he returned to the team. Van Dijk and Kees Kwakman formed the central defender duo of FC Groningen, who qualified for the play-offs for participation in the second qualifying round for the Europa League , but were eliminated in the first round against FC Twente .

Celtic Glasgow

After three years at FCG, van Dijk moved to Celtic Glasgow in Scotland in June 2013 . He signed a four-year contract after being bought out of his contract with Groningen. With Celtic van Dijk won the Scottish championship in the first year of membership. The following season he won with the team the small double with the championship title and the league cup.

Southampton FC

In September 2015 he moved to English first division club Southampton FC , who was coached by his compatriot Ronald Koeman , for a transfer fee of £ 13 million .

Liverpool FC

On January 1, 2018, van Dijk moved to Liverpool FC. According to Southampton FC, Liverpool FC paid the highest transfer fee to date for a defender with an estimated £ 75 million (around 84.5 million euros at the time), making Van Dijk one of the most expensive players in football history to date . On his debut on January 5, 2018 in the third main round of the FA Cup , he scored the 2-1 winning goal in the 84th minute of the game in the Merseyside Derby against Everton .

On August 29, 2019, Virgil van Dijk was voted Europe's Defender of the Year and won the European Footballer of the Year award with 305 points ahead of Lionel Messi (207 points) and Cristiano Ronaldo (74 points). Van Dijk was both on September 24, 2019 in The Best FIFA Football Awards by the FIFA also at the presentation of as at December 2, 2019 Ballon d'Or from France Football for the second-best player in the world chosen, placed first in both cases behind the Messi and before third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo. On December 21, he won the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup with Liverpool in a 1-0 win over Flamengo Rio de Janeiro .

National team

Virgil van Dijk made his debut for the Dutch U21 national team on November 14, 2011 in the European Championship qualifier against Scotland in Nijmegen .

On October 10, 2015, under bond coach Danny Blind , he played for the first time for the Dutch national team in the 2-1 win in the European Championship qualifier against Kazakhstan in Astana . The 2016 European Championship in France was missed after a 3-2 defeat in the last game in Amsterdam against the Czech Republic. He was also unable to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia with the Elftal . Under Danny Blind and his interim successor Dick Advocaat , who, however, resigned after missing qualification, van Dijk made six appearances in qualifying. The new coach Ronald Koeman appointed Virgil van Dijk as the new captain of the Dutch national team.

In League A in the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League , van Dijk played during the group matches a. a. against world champions France and Germany and contributed to group victory with his goal to equalize 2-2 in the last game against Germany. In the Final Four , the Netherlands reached the final, which was lost to Portugal.

In the qualification for the European Championship 2020 , Virgil van Dijk qualified with the Elftal as group runner-up for the other games.

titles and achievements

Celtic Glasgow

• Scottish Champion (2): 2014 , 2015
• Scottish League Cup Winner (1): 2015

Liverpool FC

• UEFA Champions League (1): 2019
• English champion (1): 2020
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2019
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2019

National team

• UEFA Nations League finalist (1): 2019

Personal awards

• World Player of the Year ( FIFA ): 2nd place in 2019
• Ballon d'Or ( France Football ): 2nd place in 2019
• Europe's Footballer of the Year (1): 2019
• England's Player of the Year PFA (1) Player of the Year : 2019 (Player's Choice)
• Premier League Player of the Season (1): 2019
• FIFA FIFPro World XI (1): 2019
• UEFA Team of the Year (2): 2018 , 2019
• PFA Team of the Year (1): 2018/19 (Premier League)
• Premier League Player of the Month (1): 12/2018

Web links

Commons : Virgil van Dijk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Virgil van Dijk in the soccerway.com database
• Virgil van Dijk in the Voetbal International database
• Virgil van Dijk in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Virgil van Dijk in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} UEFA.com: Virgil van Dijk voted UEFA Player of the Year. Retrieved August 29, 2019 . 
2. ↑ FIFA.com: The Best FIFA Football Awards ™ - News - Van Dijk: Not everyone has a perfect way to the top - FIFA.com. Accessed December 28, 2019 (German). 
3. ↑ Virgil van Dijk & Lionel Messi: Communication problem with Ballon d'Or. Retrieved December 28, 2019 . 
4. ↑ See the article " Virgil van Dijk in 2011: FC Barcelona is het uiteindelijke doel " by Jan Mennega on Daagblad Norden
5. ^ Hoe de Nederlandse top Virgil van Dijk misliep. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=4174 (link not available)
7. ^ Virgil van Dijk: Southampton sign Celtic defender for £ 13m. In: BBC Sport. September 1, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Liverpool agree deal to sign Virgil van Dijk. In: liverpoolfc.com , December 27, 2017, accessed December 27, 2017.
9. ^ Van Dijk deal agreed. In: southamptonfc.com , December 27, 2017, accessed December 27, 2017.
10. ^ Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool to sign Southampton defender for world record £ 75m. In: bbc.com , December 27, 2017, accessed December 27, 2017.
11. ↑ world record! Van Dijk gets Klopp after all. In: kicker.de , December 27, 2017, accessed on December 27, 2017.
12. ↑ See the currency converter on oanda.com with the exchange rate from January 1, 2018.
13. ↑ Van Dijk gilds his debut and continues to behead Liverpool. In: kicker.de , January 5, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2018.
14. ↑ Lionel Messi votes for Ronaldo in the FIFA World Cup, CR7 not for Messi. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
15. ^ Ballon d'or. Retrieved December 21, 2019 . 
16. ↑ UEFA.com: Club World Cup: Firmino shoots Liverpool to victory. December 21, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .