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.

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Groningen|2010–11|Eredivisie|5|2|0|0|—|—|—|5|2||||
|2011–12|Eredivisie|23|3|1|0|—|—|—|24|3||||||
|2012–13|Eredivisie|34|2|3|0|—|—|—|37|2||||||
|rowspan="4"|Celtic|2013–14|Scottish Premiership|36|5|2|0|1|0|8|0|—|47|5||
|2014–15|Scottish Premiership|35|4|5|4|4|0|14|2|—|58|10||||
|2015–16|Scottish Premiership|5|0|—|—|5|0|—|10|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|Southampton|2015–16|Premier League|34|3|1|0|3|0|—|—|38|3|||
|2016–17|Premier League|21|1|1|1|2|0|6|2|—|30|4||||
|2017–18|Premier League|12|0|—|0|0|—|—|12|0||||||
|rowspan="8"|Liverpool|2017–18|Premier League|14|0|2|1|—|6|0|—|22|1|||
|2018–19|Premier League|38|4|0|0|0|0|12|2|—|50|6||||
|2019–20|Premier League|38|5|1|0|0|0|8|0|3|0|50|5|||
|2020–21|Premier League|5|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|8|1|||
|2021–22|Premier League|34|3|5|0|3|0|9|0|—|51|3||||
|2022–23|Premier League|32|3|0|0|0|0|8|0|1|0|41|3|||
|2023–24|Premier League|10|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|11|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|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|||

- _Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Dijk goal._

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

## Honours

**Celtic**
- Scottish Premiership: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Scottish League Cup: 2014–15

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20 2024-25
- FA Cup: 2021–22
- EFL Cup: 2021–22
- FA Community Shield: 2022
- UEFA Champions League: 2018–19
- UEFA Super Cup: 2019
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2019

**Individual**
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2018–19
- PFA Team of the Year: 2018–19 Premier League, 2019–20 Premier League, 2021–22 Premier League
- PFA Player of the Month: November 2018
- Premier League Player of the Season: 2018–19
- Premier League Player of the Month: December 2018
- Premier League Player of the Year by Northwest Football Awards: 2019
- Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2022
- UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 2018–19
- UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 2018–19
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2020
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2021–22
- UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019
- Liverpool Fans' Player of the Season Award: 2018–19
- Liverpool Players' Player of the Season Award: 2018–19
- Southampton Player of the Season: 2015–16
- PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Celtic Players' Player of the Year: 2013–14
- FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2019, 2020, 2022
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2019, 2020, 2022
- IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
- IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
- ESM Team of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
- Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year: 2019

## Other websites

- Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Virgil van Dijk
- **image**: 20160604 AUT NED 8876 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Van Dijk playing for the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands in 2016
- **fullname**: Virgil van Dijk
- **birth place**: Breda, Netherlands
- **position**: Defender (football), Centre back
- **currentclub**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **clubnumber**: 4
- **youthyears1**: 2009–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Willem II (football club), Willem II
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2011
- **youthclubs2**: FC Groningen, Groningen
- **years1**: 2011–2013
- **clubs1**: FC Groningen, Groningen
- **caps1**: 62
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 2013–2015
- **clubs2**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps2**: 76
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 2015–2018
- **clubs3**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps3**: 67
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2018–
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 146
- **goals4**: 15
- **nationalyears1**: 2011
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2011–2013
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2015–
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps3**: 54
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **club-update**: 23:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:54, 9 December 2022 (UTC)