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 (age 34)
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team 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)
International career‡
2011	Netherlands U19	1	(0)
2011–2013	Netherlands U21	3	(0)
2015–	Netherlands	54	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Groningen	2010–11[2]	Eredivisie	5	2	0	0	—		—		—		5	2
	2011–12[2]	Eredivisie	23	3	1	0	—		—		—		24	3
	2012–13[2]	Eredivisie	34	2	3	0	—		—		—		37	2
	Total		62	7	4	0	—		—		—		66	7
Celtic	2013–14[3]	Scottish Premiership	36	5	2	0	1	0	8[c]	0	—		47	5
	2014–15[4]	Scottish Premiership	35	4	5	4	4	0	14[d]	2	—		58	10
	2015–16[5]	Scottish Premiership	5	0	—		—		5[c]	0	—		10	0
	Total		76	9	7	4	5	0	27	2	—		115	15
Southampton	2015–16[5]	Premier League	34	3	1	0	3	0	—		—		38	3
	2016–17[6]	Premier League	21	1	1	1	2	0	6[e]	2	—		30	4
	2017–18[7]	Premier League	12	0	—		0	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		67	4	2	1	5	0	6	2	—		80	7
Liverpool	2017–18[7]	Premier League	14	0	2	1	—		6[c]	0	—		22	1
	2018–19[8]	Premier League	38	4	0	0	0	0	12[c]	2	—		50	6
	2019–20[9]	Premier League	38	5	1	0	0	0	8[c]	0	3[f]	0	50	5
	2020–21[10]	Premier League	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1[g]	0	8	1
	2021–22[11]	Premier League	34	3	5	0	3	0	9[c]	0	—		51	3
	2022–23[12]	Premier League	32	3	0	0	0	0	8[c]	0	1[g]	0	41	3
	2023–24[13]	Premier League	10	0	0	0	0	0	1[e]	0	—		11	0
	Total		171	16	8	1	5	0	44	2	5	0	233	19
Career total			376	36	21	6	15	0	77	6	5	0	494	48

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Scottish Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup/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

As of match played 16 October 2023^[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2015	3	0
	2016	9	0
	2017	4	0
	2018	8	3
	2019	9	1
	2020	5	0
	2021	6	1
	2022	10	1
	2023	8	1
Total		62	7

As of match played 16 October 2023

Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Dijk goal.^[14]

List of international goals scored by Virgil van Dijk

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	26 March 2018	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	18	Portugal	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[15]
2	13 October 2018	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	Germany	1–0	3–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	[16]
3	19 November 2018	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	24	Germany	2–2	2–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A	[17]
4	21 March 2019	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	25	Belarus	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	[18]
5	11 October 2021	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	42	Gibraltar	1–0	6–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[19]
6	25 September 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	49	Belgium	1–0	1–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A	[20]
7	16 October 2023	Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece	62	Greece	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	[21]

Honours

Celtic

• Scottish Premiership: 2013–14, 2014–15^[22]
• Scottish League Cup: 2014–15^[23]

Liverpool

• Premier League: 2019–20^[24]
• FA Cup: 2021–22^[25]
• EFL Cup: 2021–22^[26]
• FA Community Shield: 2022^[27]
• UEFA Champions League: 2018–19^[28]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2019^[29]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2019^[30]

Individual

• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2018–19^[31]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2018–19 Premier League,^[32] 2019–20 Premier League,^[33] 2021–22 Premier League^[34]
• PFA Player of the Month: November 2018^[35]
• Premier League Player of the Season: 2018–19^[24]
• Premier League Player of the Month: December 2018^[24]
• Premier League Player of the Year by Northwest Football Awards: 2019^[36]
• Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2022^[37]
• UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 2018–19^[38]
• UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 2018–19^[39]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2018,^[40] 2019,^[41] 2020^[42]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18,^[43] 2018–19,^[44] 2019–20^{[broken anchor][45]}
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2021–22^[46]
• UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019^[47]
• Liverpool Fans' Player of the Season Award: 2018–19^[48]
• Liverpool Players' Player of the Season Award: 2018–19^[48]
• Southampton Player of the Season: 2015–16^[49]
• PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2013–14,^[50] 2014–15^[51]
• Celtic Players' Player of the Year: 2013–14^[52]
• FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2019,^[53] 2020,^[54][55] 2022^[56]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2019,^[57] 2020,^[58] 2022^[59]
• IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[60]
• IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[61]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2018–19,^[62] 2019–20,^[63] 2021–22^[64]
• Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year: 2019^[65]